GameCitizens

GameCitizens - Community Management System

Following the success of volunteering at the GameCity5 festival (Annual) and subsequent GameCity Nights (Monthly) events, along with ongoing meetings regarding the GameCity iPhone Application, the Managing Director of GameCity offered me a voluntree position to lead development on the GameCitizens.org project.

The website, powered by WordPress and BuddyPress (a social networking out-of-the-box plugin), was aimed at reducing the administration requirements of signing up and moderating potential GameCity6 volunteers. With prior knowledge of WordPress and website design I accepted the place and began fortnightly meetings with a group of GameCity employees to develop a key feature set and timescale for the project.

Major functionality included;

  • various contact avenues (including SMS messaging, Email and Social Media)
  • Simple sign-up processes with user validation and confirmation Emails
  • Detailed personal profiles (per user) for administrative use
  • Forums and ‘group’ functionality
  • Testimonials
  • Training videos

BaseCamp (online project management software) was used to collaborate between GameCity employees and myself, specifically during initial design stages. Full administrative access was granted to the WordPress website as well as FTP rights.

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