The Process

Requirements
Requirements gathering was conducted over several meetings and finalized in January
2003. The requirements covered the following areas:
Key Objectives
• Promote the organization and its services
• Clearly define what CFD are about
• Create a knowledge base
• Publish information in order to change current practices
Creative
• Present CFD as they wished to be seen
• Show an understanding of the target market
• Recognize local & international considerations
Functionality
• All content to be managed in-house without needing technical skills
• Intuitive and easy-to-use browser-based administration interface
• Multiple users with different permission levels (namely author, editor, and
publisher)
• Consistent presentation for all content
• Site search facility (including searching Word documents & PDFs)
• Complex publication rules (for example, content added to one section can
automatically appear in other sections)
• Accommodate different types of content
• Workflow for creation, review, and publication of content
• Version tracking
• Ability to update look and feel without rebuilding the entire site
Content
• Review existing content
• Establish patterns
• Establish ideal structure
Hosting Environment
Sorting out the hardware was straightforward. We already had a server configured that
hosted other eZ publish sites. The client agreed that we would host the new site.
Hardware
• Hewlett Packard LC 2000R
• Dual PIII 1GHz processors
• 1Gb Ram
• 3 x 9Gb SCSI Hot Swappable Hard Drives
• RAID 5 Array
• DAT tape back up facility with daily tape rotation
• Dual Redundant Power Supply
Software
• Red Hat Linux
• Apache web server
• Tomcat 4 servlet container
• PHP 4
• MySQL 3