Improve P4
The P4 Roadmap
Planet 4 was live for the first time at the beginning of 2018 on version 1.0. The improvements made since then are grouped in the #Updates page.
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What you see below is a public list of all the ideas generated by the community 🙌. . Please Log in* to create a new idea or vote for existing ones!
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- 27SEO Meta Data - Add Customisation Features beyond excerptGP France developed an SEO feature on their WP website to customize meta data (beyond the excerpt) and increase their organic reach. Could probably be partly replicable and for sure very interestin... Read more...
- 25Have pages visible only to people with the link (restricted access)As a webbie I want to create hidden pages that are visible only to people who have the link (restricted access). An example of a case may be the need to publish landing pages for use by advertising ag... Read more...
- 17Notification for Content SubmissionsAs a Web Editor I want to get notified when content is Submitted for Review (based on notification preferences or permissions) so that I can Publish it to Production or return to Contributor for addit... Read more...
- 17Allow "FlipBook" page design in P4I think it will be good for Web editors to create our own page for Newsletter or Annual Report by use pdf file to flipbook page. Here is example that we used to use for flipbook - http://viewer.zma... Read more...
- 15Robust web page reportingAllow Admins to run more robust website reporting and allow Editors to have wider view of changes made to Posts and Pages. 🗳️ SLACK VOTING – NOVEMBER 2020 🗳️ 🙌 – 3 (from 12 to 15) 💚 – 6 ... Read more...
- 12Media Library asset version controlAs an Editor I need to be able to overwrite assets in the WP Media Library and maintain the asset URL. The current process* is not only cumbersome (Admins cannot create redirects from an old media ... Read more...
- 12"Draft" previews for colleagues without full editing rightsWhen we create landing pages or stories, there's often a need to get feedback from colleagues that aren't editors on the website. It would be very useful if we could share previews of drafts with t... Read more...
- 12Enable Image Bilingual CaptionsAs a user I would like to Enable bilingual option for caption images translate the caption in the correct language and add it in the FR version of a description so it's available every time we call th... Read more...
- 12Add time length to post details (e.g. 2 min read)To facilitate posts consumption, an indicator on how long the post will take would be useful. No need to go deep in machine learning (e.g. 2'000 characters = 3 min), this could be a manual command / e... Read more...
- 9Explore GP US multi-engagement FeatureGPUs build an awesome Volunteer Platform on WP. Their Take action feature is simple & engaging, reusable for online toolkits for action for ex. See here the tool : https://www.greenpeace.org/us... Read more...
- 9Make Sitemap page editableWeb editors should be able to edit the Sitemap page, which is now automatically populated. JIRA Ticket >> https://jira.greenpeace.org/browse/PLANET-2096 [caption id="attachment_4... Read more...
- 9Media Library enhanced managementAs a web editor I want to organize P4 media into folders (?) by category (?) in my CMS so that I can easily find media for content I publish. JIRA Ticket >> https://jira.greenpeace.org/browse... Read more...
- 9Mixed SoMe Feed (Social Radar)Call all Social Media feeds in a same frame to see Facebook, Twitter and Instagram most recent posts. Sort of an enhanced version of the German Social Radar, including all Social Media feeds but fr... Read more...
- 8Tasks to count more than 4As an Editor, I want to put 2 tasks blocks on the same page and command the 2nd task block to count from a specific number. So I can have more than 4 tasks for my audience to take. e.g. the 1st tas... Read more...
- 7Show EN Form on top of mobile pagesAs an Editor I want the form part of the EN Form block to appear at the top of the page when viewing the content on a mobile device. ... Read more...
- 7Add a "Countdown" blockI would like to add a countdown to some of our pages, for example an act page. A countdown can bring across the urgency to act. The "Countdown" block should include at least: Date and time to ... Read more...
- 6Ability to change the color of donation buttonI want able to decide which colour the DONATE button is. Sort of what GP Colombia did - http://greenpeace.org/colombia Maybe this could be in Settings > Planet 4? UPDATE June 3rd 2020 >>... Read more...
- 6Upgrade "tweet share" to twitter standardsAs an admin I want more control over the tweet button for each page, access to all the parameters and for it to use twitter standards for tweet button: https://publish.twitter.com/ https://publish.... Read more...
- 6Customise Search ResultsAs an Admin/Editor I want to have the ability to weight and/or customise search results in Elastic Search, so that I can influence search results and sorting; directing my audience to the content I wa... Read more...
- 5Allow "Articles Block" in Posts to customize related storiesIf required, give editors the opportunity to customise the posts to be pulled out within a single post, basically replicating the "Articles Block" behaviour, now allowed only in pages. JIRA STORY &... Read more...
- 4Enable zoom setting on timeline blockThe timeline block displays a timeline to a default zoom level, which doesn't work well for all content. The underlying timeline script seems to support setting a default zoom level. It would be gr... Read more...
- 4Have auto-generated bit.lys / UTM values to P4 share buttonsIt would be great to have auto-generated Bit.ly or other links auto-generated from P4 sharing buttons so that whenever users shares P4 content links get automatically UTM parameters added. That way... Read more...
- 4Stripe payment gateway integrationAs an admin I want to be able to create a 'donate widget' page element that allows users to select and / or type a donation amount, and click a button that triggers the Stripe Payment Gateway 'remembe... Read more...
- 3Add an author image to their BlogI would like to add an author image to their blogs/story. 💡 Idea meeting outcomes - March 2021 - It's a GO, but for Contributors' backlog ✅ The idea is interesting and certainly a nice-to-have, ... Read more...
- 3Text Editor in the EN form blockTo facilitate text customization easily as in any other text block
- 3Media assets warning (when a user deletes an file)As an Admin, when an Editor attempts to delete a Media Library asset I want them to be able to see if and where that asset is embedded/linked to on the website so they can make an informed decision ab... Read more...
- 3Google Apps plugin for WordPressMany Web Editors find the process of adding a Gravatar to their Author bios cumbersome. Either they do not have the internet bandwidth (ships personnel), the time (EDs), or the technical capacity (... Read more...
- 3Images URL for special charactersWe had some problems with editors who forgot (or just didn't know) to rename image files, removing/converting special/latin characters, like "á", "é", "ç". I noted that spaces are substituted, but may... Read more...
- 2Enable more alphabets in another language in ThumbnailAs a User I want to show more than 30 alphabets in blog thumbnail for another language. Now with only 30 alphabets we still can't communicate sample content with people. example for Thai language, we ... Read more...
- 2Proper sizing for og:graphAs an editor I want to be able to select an image from the GPI media library without having to worry about whether its size is appropriate for social media (og:graph). Large images of several thous... Read more...
- 1Text positioning option in carousel header blockBecause of the text overlay on carousel items, the options what images can be used are somewhat limited and images have to be selected specifically to work in this layout. Sometimes, that prevents ... Read more...
- 1Embed ProfilesWeb Editor Embed a profile of a colleague in a page where their contact details and photo are relevant, so our visitors can contact them. E.g. a pressofficer in a press release, or a fundraiser for a ... Read more...
- 1Add an option for a second button on each slide of the carousel header blockFor the carousel header block, it would be nice to have the option to add a second button to each slide. I was able to achieve this for GPCA by copying the carousel header block from the browser dev t... Read more...
- 1Accordion Block V2 (allowing other blocks or content types)I see the new accordion block is now available, which is awesome! I see that for content, users can insert text and a button for each section. Are there any plans (or is it possible?) to allow users t... Read more...
- 1Translator roles in Planet4People with the "Editor" role can not edit both languages. I'd like to see a "Translator" role; someone who can post a blog and also be able to translate it in the other language (without having to be... Read more...
- 1Allow selection of Take Action parent pagesI'd like to be able to select parent pages of Take Action pages. Today only the first level pages - Take Action - are available to be selected on Post pages. Sometimes it's needed to create a tree ... Read more...
- 1Hide certain pages from Google and othersMost pages in Planet4 are for the whole world to see, but we also work with landing pages, thank you pages for donations and others that aren't relevant to everyone. I'd like to have a page setting... Read more...
- 0New P4 block: meme generatorMy colleagues and I really like this meme generator idea: https://greenpeace.org.nz/omv/banners/2019-11-18-728-stz86/# We were hoping this could become a reusable P4 block where we could customize ... Read more...
- 0EN form : add Email To Target OptionIn order to use P4 as we use Engaging Network to build Email To Target campaigns
How ideas turn into product development (Video & process)
Here’s a video and here’s a schematic process on how the ideas above make their way into the core product 👇
Data-Driven Improvements
To continuously improve existing features and integrate new functionalities, the mantra of the P4 team is “Testing before developing”.
The schematic below highlights how this is included in the development process, and for more details please check the Medium post improving Planet 4 with A/B Testing and the Set up A/B testing Handbook guide.
Links & Resources
- Handbook
- #Updates (release notes, improvements and much more)
- MEDIUM