2. WHAT IS SNOWMAGEDDON?
Snowmageddon is a breaking news and
event template prototype that serves as a
landing page for all of your coverage.
It’s meant to be easy and quick to setup
and update as the event changes.
The template pulls in content from you as
well as user generated content.
6. HOW IT WORKS
Hosted on the DS servers
Able to handle a larger number of requests.
Page auto-refreshes so users are up to date.
Lightweight:
Site includes HTML, CSS, Config file and JS files.
Easy to use:
Config file allows you to change branding, event information
and content on the page.
You’re given access to the DS servers to send updates to the
file.
7. HOW IT WORKS
Config file controls:
Slider Images
Station Name
Event Name
Listen Live Link
Support/Donate Link
Breaking News Label
Breaking News Content
Support Email
Google Analytics ID
API Updated Story
Instagram Feeds
8. HOW IT WORKS
Staf f updates the following:
Before event:
Config File
Branding
Event name
Map
Instagram #hashtags
Story IDs
Picasa ID
Picasa (to pre-fill the slideshow)
During event:
Core Publisher stories
Main story
Breaking news bar
Config File
Instagram #hashtags
Event name (if needed)
Picasa
10. BRANDING
Built-In
Logo & Favicon
Colors
Config Changes
Station name
Event name
Support email
Listen live button link
Support button link
11. IMAGES
Station Generated
Picasa slideshow
API driven
UGC
Instagram images based
on #hashtags related to
the event
EX: #Boston, #WBGHSnow
12. CONTENT
Main story and breaking
news ticker are backed
by the NPR API.
Drop the story IDs and
API key into the config
file then the story and
ticker will appear on the
template.
Staf f updates story and
breaking news section
in Core Publisher.
Page auto-refreshes for
the most recent version.
13. MAPS
Live Radar
Update config file with
URL for your location
from
wunderground.com
Traffic
Update config file with
URL for your location
from mapquest.com
14. MORE CONTENT
Twitter
Create a Twitter List
of resources that
you’d like your
readers to have and
we’ll add the widget
to the page.
15. MORE CONTENT
RSS
We’ll build the feed into
the page.
Ask yourself: What else
do your readers need to
know? What do you
want to highlight?
MTBA updates
School closures
16. MOBILE FEATURES
Mobile Weather
Created so that your
mobile users have
quicker access to
weather besides the map.
Update the RSS link in
the config file to change
to your location.
17. MOBILE FEATURES
Mobile Support Feature
Because the mobile
button
disappears, we’ve
created an additional
button at the bottom of
the page.