What Is Coming to ZCom
The ZCom Upgrade is in place, though with many wrinkles still being ironed out and some features still coming. Also, we have many additional changes and projects in the works, or under consideration. On this page we enumerate current plans, including very broad timeline estimates. PLEASE NOTE: It gets more interesting and exciting the further down you go as the list moves from being cleanup of the upgrade, to new innovations. If you have ideas for other changes, additions, refinements, or corrections, please send to [email protected]
Tasks To Do |
Brief
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Est.
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Fix ZMag Archive |
Implements Proper dating and fix old links |
May 10 |
Import old forum posts |
Gets old forum data, particularly from busiest forums and perhaps only thoxse, from the old system into the new one. |
May 15 |
Properly display book and film preferences on ZSpace pages. |
Displays users preferences on the users page and on cumulative pages with links to reviews, etc. |
May 15 |
Finalize Forum EMail |
Let users receive forum notices via email |
May `15 |
Finalize extensive RSS and promote |
Help users benefit from the feeds... |
May 15 |
Ramp up use of group pages...and intergroup member communications... |
This will turn the group ZSpace page capacity into a mechanism of deliberation and activism.... |
May 25 |
Complete Online Check Paying and Paypal Payment Options, billing system |
Finalize use checks and paypal for store and donations. Automated billing of accounts, with email messages |
May 20 |
Improve Friends Social Networking System in ZSpace |
Blackboard and chat communications between friends, tracking friends posts, calendars, etc. etc. etc. |
May 20 |
New Content |
Brief
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Hopeful
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Intro Videos |
Short videos about each aspect of ZCom |
June 10 |
Video Shorts |
Excerpts from ZVideos for online viewing, and Z Shorts begin appearing |
June 10 |
Podcasts |
More audio, including podcasting |
July 1 |
Video |
Extensive exansion of Z Video Offerings |
Aug 1 |
POSSIBLE
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Brief
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Hopeful
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ZSpaceBands |
Sign up diverse political bands for their own sections with audio, etc. |
July 2008 |
ZSpace Publishers and other Orgs |
Sign up diverse publishers and organizations for their own sections... |
August 2008 |
Add Polling facility |
Extensive facility for taking polls about policy, politics, etc. etc. |
May 2008 |
Add Calendar facility |
Events, demos, etc. etc. |
May 2008 |
Add chat facility with rooms etc. |
Chat tools for Sustainers... |
May 2008 |
Book, video, site, and article of the week... |
Facility for collective assessment and discussion of one entry per type per week... |
June 2008 |
Debate Facility |
Mechanism for user and writer debates and their display |
Aug 2008 |
ZSchool/ZEO |
Major Facility - three or four 10 week semesters per year online school with dozens of courses, full online facilities, etc. And very low fees! |
Trial in summer,
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Crush Facility |
Additional means for socializing... |
Fall 2008 |
Major Socializing Venue |
Major Facility - online poetry room, lecture hall, film center, "restaurant," etc. for group activities, socializing, etc... |
Winter 2008 |
ZBooks |
Major Project - Z publishes short books on vision and strategy and distributes them like we do ZVideos ...and online display as well... |
Fall 2008 |
ZTV |
Short news, satire, interview, and other online shows... |
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