Requirements - Finishing the User Experience

This post deals with all the other "items" that might be on a user group site. What I have been thinking is these items can be more like blog posting with categories. I think this would be allow for the greatest flexibility. So without further adu, here are the item requirements:

• An Item shall consist of the following items:
  • Title
  • Free text area used for descriptions/further information.
  • Activation flag
  • Link
  • File
  • Item Category
• Items shall be arranged on the User Group site by category
• Any member shall be able to submit an item using just their First Name, Last Name and email address in accordance with the Membership requirements
• All items submitted shall be inactive
• Administrators shall have the ability to activate and deactivate all items and shall be notified when new items arrive

Well, that pretty much sums about any of the extra things on a site (like Articles, Links, Jobs, etc.). Below are some more front-side requirements not specific to any of the requirements already listed:

• The User Group mission shall be displayed on the main page and be editable by Administrators through the administration interface
• The site shall have a contact form that will generate an email to the administrators (usually, one of which should be the user group manager)

Well, I guess the next step is to define the requirements for the Administration area. That blog post will come about shortly, I imagine and hopefully next week, the team can start down this path.