Introducing Read+Comment
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The document discusses the evolution and functionalities of 'read+comment,' a platform for commentable documents, highlighting its developments from 2008 to 2010. It outlines features like collaborative drafting, crowdsourcing, and engagement alongside various implementations available for public sector use. Key aspects include ease of deployment, customizable setups, and compliance with government standards, making it an accessible solution for online document engagement.
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Introducing Read+Comment
- 1. Read+Comment: commentable documents reloaded September 2010 Steph Gray, Helpful Technology
- 2. Implementing commentable documents Read+Comment Back in 2008, there were some interesting options already: CommentOnThis (by MySociety volunteer Sam Smith) Co-ment (collaborative text editing) Scribd (embeddable documents) Google Docs or wikis CommentPress (WordPress theme for paragraph-level comments) just using regular ol’ Typepad/WordPress But it’s two years on, and things are now even more interesting: In 2009, DIUS released Commentariat , a WordPress theme built for document commenting, used by lots of government organisations, and as a basis for something better by lots more CommentPress is now being actively developed as Digress.It as used in RegulationRoom. org and WriteToReply offers a hosted service Google Docs now allows live document highlighting Crowdsourcing: Delib’s OpinionSuite for Spending Challenge & Your Freedom
- 3. Reloading commentable documents Read+Comment There seem to be three main directions for commentable documents in the context of UK government digital engagement at the moment: 1. Collaborative drafting and detailed commenting on a document 2. Crowdsourcing, reviewing and prioritising ideas 3. Ongoing engagement around a strategy
- 4. 2009: Commentariat 1.0 Read+Comment A different site for each document All about the document structure Flexible and accessible, but took some fiddling with for each new project
- 5. 2010: Commentariat 2.0 Read+Comment Designed to be able to deploy quickly, for lots of documents Layers: comment quickly or slowly, publicly or privately Position the document alongside other channels for engagement (blog, email Twitter etc) Keep it accessible and flexible, but make it possible to change the look and feel without coding skills
- 6. One bunch of code, lots of different-looking documents Read+Comment
- 7. So what’s Read+Comment? Read+Comment Ready-made software, hosting and support for online engagement around commentable documents WordPress 3.0 + Commentariat 2.0 Hosting + Configuration As much support as you need + + Your own subdomain address, and the basic site setup done for you UK cloud-based, scalable Ubuntu Linux hosting. Software tested, maintained and ready. Fixed price or flexible
- 8. Out of the box, a new Read+Comment site Read+Comment Soon after you’ve signed up, you’ll get emailed with the login details for your new site: Comes set up with some demo content showing how you can organise the pages Is password-protected, for you to share internally, until you’re ready to launch
- 9. A new Read+Comment site Read+Comment Drag-and-drop to layout the homepage Edit content using regular WordPress WYSIWYG editor Moderate (spam-filtered) comments before they appear -- or not, you choose
- 10. A new Read+Comment site Read+Comment Customise the look and feel to upload new backgrounds, choose colours etc Change layout to suit the project - two columns or three, fixed or ‘floating’ comment box Add your own CSS rules and analytics code if you want
- 11. Government-friendly Read+Comment Low cost (like, under a grand) Quick: can have a nice-looking site up and running in hours Transformational Government & COI standards compliant: Designed for time-limited sites, with functionality most CMS don’t offer Subdomain can be mapped to your chosen subdomain or as a simple redirect (myconsultation.department.gov.uk or department.gov.uk/myconsultation) Indexable by search engines and The National Archives - add to your sitemap Easy to track cost and usage data if you want to report on it Cross-browser compliant - yes, even IE6 Ready-made Privacy, Accessibility and Moderation policies and T&Cs for you to tailor Core templates and functionality accessible to WCAG Priority Level 2 (AA)
- 12. A sales pitch in three flavours (kind of) Read+Comment Off you go Keys to the site Happy to help Jim’ll Fix It Something Else A bit of help tweaking it and getting it right Whatever you need: help with inputting content, tweaks to design or functionality A private version of Read+Comment on your own servers, or customised to you £450+VAT £950+VAT From £1,950+VAT Let’s talk! Traffic limits apply. Costs for 1 site for up to 12 months.
- 13. What’s next? Read+Comment Find out more about the service: http://readandcomment.com Check out the public demo: http://demo.readandcomment.com Email or call for a chat about the options: [email_address] 020 3012 1024