Queries on search at eflora website

[Kapil Gupta]

Respected Members of e-flora,

In continuation from our previous mail and appreciation from JM Garg Sir, I want to tell you that we have gone through the website 

and the google group of eflora and have identified some interactions and corresponding queries. It will be great help if you could answer us-

Searching without login, 

Question: What are the main features based on which eflora contributors and fans might search for a plant species or biodiversity?

 

Do we record the search strings used by people on efloraofindia.com? if so, can you share?

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Best Regards

Dr Kapil
Department of Computer Applications
NIT Kurukshetra 136119
Ph. 8221811422

Course Website: https://sites.google.com/site/mcanitkuru/

[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Kapil ji,

How the search works on the site (as it is inbuilt in Wordpress), is not clear to me also.

But I search a lot on botanical names (Genus names, species names (part or complete) etc.), common names (part or complete), some features like winged (petiole etc.) or on many things which may throw up limited results to take me closer to the id. 

Sometimes also search on genus name + state name, to narrow down on the species which may be reported/ observed from the state. 

I sometimes also search on a species name, which may take me to other species pages where mention of that species may also be there as it may have been confused (or similar looking) in the past during the discussions. 

There are infinite possibilities and search keywords depend on one's requirement and familiarity with the site. 

I hope it clarifies a bit. 

Regarding "Do we record the search strings used by people on efloraofindia.com? if so, can you share?"- I am not aware. But in the past I came across reports from Google Analytics as to the most searched posts on our site everyday, week or month etc. (not available now). 

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With regards,
J.M.Garg

[Kapil Gupta]

Thanks a lot Sir for the feedback

[Kapil Gupta]

Dear Group members,

Please help us understand, how we work. Here are some of the screens we have planned, please check and let us know---

Every user, contributing any kind of data, must share some of his information and this information is taken from him at signup

 

but to ensure the privacy of the individual, we have the following questions-

What information from a user should be kept about himself with the system?

Like

System Required: email-id, password, Name

Our requirement: ___

 

What portion of users’ personal information can be shown to other users, and what should be not?

Like

System Required: email-id, password

Our requirement: Name

Can you suggest us how many different type users, one the basis of permissions, our group and website has?

like Admin: Who decides about rules /policies of the group? Who can update the website

Contributors

Requesters of information about a specific observation

Surfers of our google group and website

Like in google group, only managers and owners can see members’ information.

For any contribution and question from the eFlora community, one has to share some details about oneself (to assure that we get the authentic information), so

We have login before actually putting anything on the group desk. This will attach the contribution with a particular person.

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Kapil ji.

Regarding: "Can you suggest us how many different type users, one the basis of permissions, our group and website has?"
In our group we have: Owner, Manager and Member.

In our Wordpress site we have provision for Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor and Subscriber. 

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With regards,
J.M.Garg

[Kapil Gupta]

Thank you for the information. 

On Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 11:14 AM J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks, Kapil ji.

Regarding: "Can you suggest us how many different type users, one the basis of permissions, our group and website has?"
In our group we have: Owner, Manager and Member.

Sir this I know very well 

The owner of the group: can only delete the group

Manager: can add and remove people

Member: can post

In our Wordpress site we have provision for Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor and Subscriber. 

 For the WordPress, I am not very sure of these roles, can you explain?

[Kapil Gupta]

Thank you Garg Sir. However, I want to understand how you are utilising the user roles.

In our WordPress site, we have provision for Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor and Subscriber. 

For WordPress, what are the responsibilities

Who updates the website from the content summarised from Google Group?

If there are many users updating the website, how do we maintain coherency over different pages of the website?

Are there any other tasks that we take up on the website?

[J.M. Garg]

At present there is only one Administration (i.e. me).

I am updating the site. 
As nobody has come forward, we have not tried any other role. 

We have also created 'Genus ' and 'Family' pages with details and comparative images, for easier identifications by users and all of us. 

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With regards,
J.M.Garg

[Kapil Gupta]

Thanks a lot sir, I will get back to you all soon.