Alternative Website Structure

[bbest]

Hi @7yl4r and @soaresjoanasilveira,

The website structure, aka sitemap or navigation menu, of marinebon.org is more of an organizational chart than topics of general public interest.

It seems to be missing Research topics like eDNA, Seascapes, etc that could then cross-walk to Papers, Products and Projects.

OLD

The current navigation menu of the website looks like this...

About Us | The Network | Data & Products | Media | Contact us | JOIN MBON
LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES ↓

NEW

What if it could look like this...

Navigation

• Left:
  Research | Projects | Papers | Data | Software

• Right:
  About | News | Contact

Research:

• eDNA
• Acoustics
• Telemetry
• Indicators

The working groups populate the content of these Research topics.

Link with Tags

• Tags ‹ MBON — WordPress

Projects ↔ Research ↔ Papers ↔ Data ↔ Software

Thanks for considering this, @bbest

Source: Pulling from here in my notes X-MBON Meeting 2022-11-01 to -04 - Google Docs

[soaresjoanasilveira]

Hi Ben, Thanks for reaching out and for the suggestions. We have updated the MBON website to give it a more "global flavour" not long ago. Making big modifications soon will probably not be so easy. Nonetheless, I do see your point and some things could be better probably without a big effort from those making the modifications in practice. In my view, it would be great if we could highlight US MBON projects/working group research. If I recall Frank (lopped in) asked US project leaders to visit the website and see how their group could be a better picture there at the 2023 annual US MBON meeting. We did not receive any feedback. From my understanding of your email this project research topic could be better figured and at a specific tab rather than at the "Data&Products" or "Network"

specific projects ones (probably not so easily findable here).

If people are willing to contribute and we have the "manpower" to make those changes (technically) we can always improve. Best, *Joana Soares * *PhD* *Project Officer **| AIR Centre – Atlantic International Research Centre* *Executive Secretary **| **MBON – Marine Biodiversity Observation Network* *Headquarters:* TERINOV – Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia da Ilha Terceira. Canada de Belém s/n, Terra Chã, 9700-702 Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal. *Lisbon Office:* Palácio das Laranjeiras. Estrada das Laranjeiras 205, 1649-018 Lisboa, Portugal. *Email:* ***@***.*** *Mobile:* +351 914 315 341 *Work:* +351 295 249 419 Ben Best ***@***.***> escreveu (quarta, 10/04/2024 à(s) 14:24):

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Hi @7yl4r <https://github.com/7yl4r> and @soaresjoanasilveira <https://github.com/soaresjoanasilveira>, The website structure, aka sitemap or navigation menu, of marinebon.org is more of an organizational chart than topics of general public interest. It seems to be missing *Research* topics like *eDNA*, *Seascapes*, etc that could then cross-walk to *Papers*, *Products* and *Projects*. OLD *The current navigation menu of the website looks like this...* About Us | The Network | Data & Products | Media | Contact us | JOIN MBON LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES ↓ NEW *What if it could look like this...* Navigation - Left: *Research* | *Projects* | *Papers* | *Data* | *Software* - Right: About | News | Contact *Research*: - eDNA - Acoustics - Telemetry - Indicators - The working groups populate the content of these *Research* topics. Link with Tags - Tags ‹ MBON — WordPress <https://marinebon.org/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=post_tag> Projects ↔ Research (Topics) ↔ Papers ↔ Products ↔ Data ↔ Software Thanks for considering this, @bbest <https://github.com/bbest> Source: Pulling from here in my notes X-MBON Meeting 2022-11-01 to -04 - Google Docs <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RzGZSnycUchnRfcca5wbBSi0nioNqkTL8PxVhhgmf0E/edit#bookmark=id.yxbcpabohchh> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#32>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQLWIBZQIBUX7W7OO52UJMTY4VDSXAVCNFSM6AAAAABGAR3AISVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZSGIZTKNZTGMZTKOI> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>