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• Description
  • What
    • A photography, essay, and video contest resulting in a coffee table-style book & documentary movie using photos, text, and video clips.
  • Who
    • New-Branch
  • When
    • New-Branch
  • Where
    • New-Branch
  • How
    • New-Branch
• Topics/Chapters
  • Animals & Agriculture
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Economy
    • Foreclosures
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Homelessness
  • Hunger
  • Immigration
  • Politics
  • Poverty
  • Unemployment/Jobs
  • Rights
    • Voting
    • Women's
• Pages in Site
  • Contest Announcement (temporary page)
  • Landing/Front
  • Topics/Chapters: (12-16) (Need keyword research)
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Rules
  • FAQ
  • Purchase
  • Personal Profile
    • 2nd pg/tab: Account Info: changeable by user
      • Name
      • Address
        • City/town
        • State
        • Zip Code
      • Email
      • Phone Number(s)
      • Age: (Need proof/permission under age 18; √ laws)
      • Organization/group being documented
        • Address
          • City/town
          • State
          • Zip Code
        • Contact Name
        • Phone Number(s)
    • Main pg./tab
      • List/Avatars of voters of recently received votes on entries
      • List of submissions user has voted, commented, etc. on
      • Top 3 voted submissions of user's
  • Admin
  • Register/Login
  • Our Sponsors & Friends
  • Challenges
    • (special contests to boost submissions in slow chapters)
  • Prizes
  • Contact
  • About?
  • Entry/Submission
    • Entry Confirmation pg
      • Entry Confirmation Email
• Functions
  • Discount Banner at bottom of each pg.
    • Link to Order pg
    • # Days counter: counts down daily
  • Algorithm/Voting (One time voting per person per entry)
    • Like: +2/Dislike: -1
    • # of 'Stars' given; 5=5 pts, 1=1 pt.
    • Comment: 3 pts.
      • (need Delete & edit functions for both Admin & User for negative comments, misspells, etc.)
    • Shares/participation?
    • (Plz build algorithm in admin area so we can adjust the # of pts. ea function has)
    • Admin votes, comments, etc. pts = <? value> pts.
  • Determine 'Daily Dozen' & 'Weekly People's Choice
    • Daily/Weekly Emails of 12 top winners/ea division as determined by algorithm
  • Top 10 photos on bottom of each pg
    • Determined by algorithm/updated constantly
    • (OR, could be top photo, essay, & video on bottom of ea pg?)
  • Top Contributors
    • (I don't know if this will be applicable)
  • Order/Payment
    • Particulars
      • # of each
      • Price
      • Sub Total
      • Pre-Order Discount
      • Sales Tax
        • Sales Tax calculator
      • Shipping
        • Shipping calculator
      • Total
    • Books
    • DVD's: Photos
    • DVD's: Essays
    • DVD: Documentary
    • PayPal integration
  • Challenges
    • Link to Challenges pg.
    • Top voted entries (page)(algorithm)
  • Contact Us
    • Link: Email contact form
  • Footer
    • Links: sponsors, Maverick Media contact, etc.
  • Register/Log-in
    • Registration form
    • Confirmation email/security verification
    • Send Password
    • Greeting email/letter w/user, password reminder, instructions, unsubscribe, re-direct to website, help, user profile, etc.
  • Share Function/Pages: Social Media: (for entrants/users to share content/ promote voting visitors)
    • Individual Photos
    • Individual Videos
    • Individual Essays
    • Challenges
    • Home Page
    • User/Entrant's Page
    • About
  • Shares Tracking Page
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • Google+
    • Digg
    • Reddit
    • Etc., Etc., Etc.!
    • Email
      • (Import Gmail, Yahoo, etc. contacts?)
    • RSS Feeds?
  • Database
    • User
    • Visitor
    • Voter
  • Security
    • Database
    • Transactions/$$
    • Entry Copyright Protection
    • Voting fraud
      • Block/track multiples from same IP, etc.
      • Track/block multiple user names, etc.
      • Disable going back in browser after voting, changing votes, comments, etc.
  • Sumissions/Entries
    • Entry Form
      • Name, address, e/m, ph#, etc.
      • Entry Division i.e. photo, essay, video
      • Name, address, info of org/idea documented
      • Title of Entry
      • Tags
    • Video Uploader
    • Photo Uploader
    • Text Uploader
    • Entry Confirmation pg/re-direct to home page option
      • Entry Confirmation Email
    • Delete and Re-Submit options
    • Pre-Submission Viewing/ Correction Options page
  • Admin
    • Database/contact info of all users
      • Ability to delete/block user
      • Date started
      • Last check-in
      • Amnt of shares
      • Set Admins
    • Ability to delete/edit any entries
    • Admin Functions/Page
  • Common to All Pages
    • Title: Great Ideas That Work
    • Click Here for Challenges
      • (Links to page w/current challenge & past challenges &/or coming announcement.
    • Tabs/links: Top of Pages
      • Home
      • Chapters
      • Search (options)
        • User/entrant
        • Organization/group
        • Title of Entry
        • City/State/(Country?)
      • Share
        • Email
        • Twitter
        • Google+
        • Facebook
        • Digg
        • Reddit, etc.
      • About
    • (#) Days Left to Vote (counts down daily during contest)
    • Register/Login
    • RSS Feed
    • Connect With Us In Social Media!
      • Links to GITW in Social Media Platforms
    • Order book/video Banner at bottom of page
    • Footer
      • Links: sponsors, Maverick Media contact, etc.
  • Home Page (< > = link)
    • [Everything listed in 'Common to All Pages ' (above)]
    • Photo front page
      • Click: link to user's photo/pg
      • Hover: Title of photo/contributor name appear
      • (Voting, etc. disabled until registration & confirmation are complete.)
    • Text describing the site [opaque overlay over the photo]
    • Body of Page (next to photo)
      • "Take <pictures>, <videos>, or write an <essay>" [Link to photo, video, and essays pages(s)]
      • "<Register> or <Login>."
      • "Upload your <photos>, <videos>, and <essays>" [Links to submission page for that category]
      • "<Vote> to help shape the <book> [<Vote> links to vote/Top/Freshest pg & <book> links to the order page]
    • Photo/video/essay randomizer of recent submissions at bottom of page?
  • Chapters Page(s):
    • Main Chapter Page: Clickable random photos representing each chapter w/title of chapter over each (3 rows X 4 photos or 3 rows X 5 photos)
    • Individual Chapter Page(s) Need the following:
    • Clickable/hoverable Larger Image Next to Title & Description
    • Chapter Title & Description
    • Continuously updated # of Contributors & photos, videos, essays submitted
    • Most Recent Submissions (randomized icons or images at bottom of Chapter(s) & other pages)
    • "Greatest"/"Freshest"/"Unvoted" randomized photos, essays, videos <links to photos>
      • Page for each category/tab
      • Page w/top 4 of each?
      • Hover: Title of Submission & Entrant Name Appear
  • About Page:
    • Links to:
      • FAQ
      • Terms & Conditions
      • Prizes
      • Sponsors
      • FeedTheUS.com
      • FacesOfUSAHunger
  • Connect With Us In Social Media!
    • Links to GITW in Social Media Platforms
  • Personal Profile
    • Main pg./tab
      • List/Avatars of voters of recently received votes on entries
      • List of submissions user has voted, commented, etc. on
      • Top 3 voted submissions of user's
    • 2nd pg/tab: Account Info: changeable by user
      • Name
      • Address
        • City/town
        • State
        • Zip Code
      • Email
      • Phone Number(s)
      • Age: (Need proof/permission under age 18; √ laws)
      • Organization/group being documented
        • Address
          • City/town
          • State
          • Zip Code
        • Contact Name
        • Phone Number(s)
  • Voting Page (in order of appearance/function starting at top left going down, then top right, down page.)
    • "Votes: <#>l Stars: <#> l Comments: <#> l Wings: <#>
    • "<Title of entry> by <Entrant Name>"
    • Photo, Video, or Essay (Image)
    • Description of entry
    • "<Delete this Photo> OR <Edit this Photo, Video, Essay>"
    • "Comment" <space for entry of comment> + "Submit" button/Delete option
    • Order Banner & Footer
    • "You've voted for <#%> of the Great Ideas That Work. <Get Voting> on the <#%>"
    • "Tags < > < > < > < >"
    • "Do you want to make a comment, give wings or stars before you vote?"
    • Vote: <Thumbs Up> <Thumbs Down> text & graphic
    • [Post Vote: "You have already voted for this photo" "Next ==>>" (Make sure user can't vote on previously voted entries & this msg appears w/clickable "Next" that takes user to next un-voted entry.]
    • "Poll" (on top of inset box) "Mini Poll" <list choices> "Vote" tab "Total Votes:" <#> "<View Results>"
    • "Take Action" "Does this fit in the <Chapter Title> category? If not, suggest another: <Clickable list of all the chapters/categories)> "Suggest" tab [sends email to entrant w/suggestion and alerts admin to potential entry issue]
    • "Location of Entry"
    • Comments
      • Username/avatar of commenter, "Says"
        • (Comment appears)
      • <Delete><Report as Offensive>
      • <Day> <Date> <Time; a.m/p.m.>
      • "Leave a comment!" <comment entry form>
      • <"Post Comment"> button
    • "Explore"
  • Count down clocks:
    • Top of page (#) Days Left to Vote (counts down daily during contest)
    • Order Banner: bottom of pgs
  • Prizes/Sponsors
    • Links/photos/descriptions of/to prizes
    • Links to sponsors
  • Error Page => link to 'Contact Admin' & describe issue form/thank you/we are looking into the issue email response.
• Threats
  • Weaknesses
  • External roadblocks
  • Marketplace changes
  • Economic conditions
• Marketing

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