DENNIS DEWEY 
• Web Developer of 14 years - 3 years Drupal 
site builder / front-back end interface 
designer / developer 
• started out as an fine artist / graphic designer 
with a need to make my own website 
• Was brought on at CNI for this project
FAIR HOUSING 
INFORMATION 
CLEARINGHOUSE 
• Brief overview of site purpose / features 
• DEMO of creating new document / 
customization of existing content for a 
local agency 
• Q&A Session
PURPOSE OF THE FHIC 
• Share documents 
between FHAP Agencies 
• Customize / rebrand 
selected documents for 
localized redistribution 
• Provide a way to locate 
resources and FHAP / 
FHIP agencies to public
FHIC 
MEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 
(1 OF 3) 
• Support for many media types (viewing & 
downloading) : 
• Microsoft Office 
• Portable Document Format (Adobe Acrobat) 
• HTML5 Video (mp4s) 
• MP3s (Standard Audio Files)
FHIC 
MEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 
(2 OF 3) 
• Video and Audio files have support for soft 
captions and transcripts to make them 
searchable 
• Customization is currently in the form of PDFs 
but support can also be added for standard 
Microsoft Office (doc, xls, ppt) 
• Storage space is unlimited / uncapped. 
Currently the server sits on a 500gb redundant 
drive but can be dynamically resized to 
accomodate needs
FHIC 
MEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 
(3 OF 3) 
• Users can comment and subscribe to documents for 
changes and comments. 
• Customization is not available to public 
• Setup time approximately 1-3 hours per item based 
on complexity of demo customizations. * 
*Initial setup time may exceed this for really complex items but 
subsequent items utilizing similar complexity will take less 
time 
(so it should even out).
GENERAL WEBSITE 
FEATURES 
• Custom logo sets it apart 
from NFHTA’s site 
• Front page slideshow for 
highlighting clearinghouse 
items 
• 508 Compliance based on 
HHS checklists / guidelines
GENERAL WEBSITE FEATURES 
(continued) 
• Google translate for selected languages 
• Sitemap for SEO purposes / Sight-impaired 
users 
• Apache Solr integration for good search 
capabilities
GENERAL WEBSITE 
FEATURES 
(continued) 
• FHAP / FHIP Agency Map 
powered by Google Maps 
API. 
• Fully Responsive / Mobile- 
Friendly for both end users 
and administrators 
• ISO 27001 Compliance
TIMELINE
DEMO 
Upload / Document Creation Process
DEMO 
Customization / rebranding of content
Q&A

Fhic

  • 2.
    DENNIS DEWEY •Web Developer of 14 years - 3 years Drupal site builder / front-back end interface designer / developer • started out as an fine artist / graphic designer with a need to make my own website • Was brought on at CNI for this project
  • 3.
    FAIR HOUSING INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE • Brief overview of site purpose / features • DEMO of creating new document / customization of existing content for a local agency • Q&A Session
  • 4.
    PURPOSE OF THEFHIC • Share documents between FHAP Agencies • Customize / rebrand selected documents for localized redistribution • Provide a way to locate resources and FHAP / FHIP agencies to public
  • 5.
    FHIC MEDIA MANAGEMENTSYSTEM (1 OF 3) • Support for many media types (viewing & downloading) : • Microsoft Office • Portable Document Format (Adobe Acrobat) • HTML5 Video (mp4s) • MP3s (Standard Audio Files)
  • 6.
    FHIC MEDIA MANAGEMENTSYSTEM (2 OF 3) • Video and Audio files have support for soft captions and transcripts to make them searchable • Customization is currently in the form of PDFs but support can also be added for standard Microsoft Office (doc, xls, ppt) • Storage space is unlimited / uncapped. Currently the server sits on a 500gb redundant drive but can be dynamically resized to accomodate needs
  • 7.
    FHIC MEDIA MANAGEMENTSYSTEM (3 OF 3) • Users can comment and subscribe to documents for changes and comments. • Customization is not available to public • Setup time approximately 1-3 hours per item based on complexity of demo customizations. * *Initial setup time may exceed this for really complex items but subsequent items utilizing similar complexity will take less time (so it should even out).
  • 8.
    GENERAL WEBSITE FEATURES • Custom logo sets it apart from NFHTA’s site • Front page slideshow for highlighting clearinghouse items • 508 Compliance based on HHS checklists / guidelines
  • 9.
    GENERAL WEBSITE FEATURES (continued) • Google translate for selected languages • Sitemap for SEO purposes / Sight-impaired users • Apache Solr integration for good search capabilities
  • 10.
    GENERAL WEBSITE FEATURES (continued) • FHAP / FHIP Agency Map powered by Google Maps API. • Fully Responsive / Mobile- Friendly for both end users and administrators • ISO 27001 Compliance
  • 11.
  • 12.
    DEMO Upload /Document Creation Process
  • 13.
    DEMO Customization /rebranding of content
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