1. Language of Settlement
Technical Requirements

2. Site Requirements
• 11 Separate sites (1 for each language) + 1 content management system, redirected from
single splash page
• Ability to handle non-latin scripts, without the need for users to install client-side script
programs
• Interface for each site is completely in selected language, including controls, etc.
• Sites are completely synchronized, so a user would be able to view the same site in another
languages at the click of a button
• 900px screen size

3. Site navigation
• Splash page http://www.langaugeofsettlement.org – Users will be able to choose a language
on this page
• Redirects to site for this language
• Each page will have a separate domain name ( e.g. www.urdusettlement.org), however these
could redirect to subdomain in language of settlement (e.g urdu.settlement.org)

4. MyLOS - Overview
• Simple signup process – To sign up, a user would simply enter their email address, and a
confirmation would be sent their email account. From there a user could sign up by pressing
on a confirmation link and choosing a password. Users would be able to subscribe up for the
newsletter without signing up for newsletter
• MyLOS Login – The login would appear prominently on each page of the application. Once a
user is signed in a link the myLOS page would be featured prominently in the site menu
• MyLOS page – This page would contain personalized features for users, including tracking
favourites, receiving alerts and providing feedback.
• MyLOS toolbar – This toolbar would appear on the article page, and would provide tools for
users to personalize the article.

5. MyLOS Features
1. Update alerts – Users would receive email updates of articles or subjects that they are
interested in. Additionally, when users are logged in, they receive an alert (pop-up) if they
have any new updates. These updates would let users know if an existing article has been
removed or changed, or if a new article in their chosen category has been added. Users
would view updates on the myLOS page, and would also have the option of editing their
preferred articles or subjects.
2. Profile – Users could enter information about themselves and their organization, including
uploading a logo, which would be used to ‘brand’ articles printed on the site
3. Favourites – Users could tag articles as favourites, which they could access on their myLOS
page.
4. Feedback – Users would be able to send messages in their language of choice to site
coordinator

6. MyLOS Features – cont.
4. History – This feature, available to users on the myLOS page would allow users to view a list
of articles they have downloaded and personalized etc.
5. Article Branding – This features, available on the myLOS toolbar on the article page, would
allow users to ‘brand’ an article with their organization address and logo when it’s printed.
6. Notes – Users would be able to write notes in the language of their choice which would be
printed along with the article, and ‘branded’ with the org name and logo

7. LOS Site Search
• As this is project is, at its core, an electronic document archive, the site search is of critical
importance. It should be able to perform searches in a number of different scripts, based
on a wide range of parameters.
• Google site search – The premium version of Google’s search Engine fully indexes the site
and searches articles in many different languages and scripts.
• Customizing – The site needs to be customized to fit with the site, and customized to search
using the parameters specific to LOS

8. Sharing
• This page would allow users to subscribe to an RSS feed, which the could post on their page
• The feed would be customized to allow user to select a feed based on the language, and
would display recently updated or added documents

9. Content Management System
• Similar to the Settlement.Org content management system, using the parent/child model,
with each child representing a different language
• Use Unicode or other similar method encoding to ensure correct characters are
entered/retrieved from databases
• CMS UI would be in English only

10. CMS - Parent
Fields:
* = required
• Document Name *
• Breadcrumb*
• Status (submitted for approval, live etc)*
• Related Articles
• Date Published*
• Date entered/modified*
• Name of organization which published article*
• Name of author
• Date of Expiry
• Document Security (e.g editable PDF, read only PDF etc.)*
The page would also display a table of all child articles, their current status, date modified,
allowing users to delete, modify or add child

11. CMS - Child
Fields
Required = *
• Language*
• Title*
• Body*
• Brief Description
• Status (Completed, in process)
• Keywords
• Additional Comments
• Date Published (automatically entered upon publishing)
• Revision Date (automatically entered upon revising)
• Revision Severity (this field would be tied to a revision alert, which would appear on
frontpage)
• Revision comments
This page would also display information about the child – how many times, viewed, added to
favourites printed, branded by users

12. Site Structure (user)
Homepage
Advanced
Search
Login
Cat. Landing
page
Article
Signup
myLOS
Sub Landing
page
sharing
About us
Help
Legal
Revisions

13. Homepage
Education | Health | Immigration | Employment | Legal Services
Login and
invitation to
sign up
Site
Search,
Keyword
search and link
to advanced
search
Recently added, Recently Updated Articles
photo
About us | Contact Us | Help
Links to
Mirror
sites
In other
languages

14. Category Landing Page
•s
Education | Health | Immigration | Employment | Legal Services
Login and
invitation to
sign up
Site
Search,
Keyword
search and link
to advanced
search
Community Health
Description
Finding a Doctor
Description
Dental Care
Description
Nutrition
Description
Home > health
This would be a
dropdown menu with
categories similar to
Settlement.Org
View
list
in
other
langs
Recently
Updated in
this section

15. RevisionsPage
•s
Education | Health | Immigration | Employment | Legal Services
Login and
invitation to
sign up
Site
Search,
Keyword
search and link
to advanced
search
Recent Revisions to Hindi documents
Finding a Doctor
Updated Oct 1, 2007
Major Revisions in content
Dental Care
Updated Oct31, 2007
Minor Revisions
Home > health
Would show only
revisions in selected
language. Only
english site would
show revisions for all
languages
View
list
in
other
langs
Recently
Updated in
this section

16. Subject Landing Page
Education | Health | Immigration | Employment | Legal Services
Login and
invitation to
sign up
Site
Search,
Keyword
search and link
to advanced
search
List of articles
Interface allows users to sort
list based on date updated,
published date, name of
article, name of agency, and
author.
Home > health > Community Health
View
list
in
other
langs
.
Recently
Updated in
this section

17. Article Page
Education | Health | Immigration | Employment | Legal Services
Login and
invitation to
sign up
Site
Search,
Keyword
search and link
to advanced
search
Article content
Home > health > my Article
Personalization Toolbar
Article Toolbar
Related
Content
These tools would include -print
this page
-print this page as PDF
-print this pdf in another
language (with dropdown)
-Sign up for updates to this
article
-- refer this to a friend
This toolbar would only be
available if the user is logged in,
and would include
-Brand this article (put your
org’s logo on printed version)
-Add notes to article
--Brand this article in another
language View
article
in other
langs.

18. myLOS Page
Education | Health | Immigration | Employment | Legal Services
Site
Search,
Keyword
search and link
to advanced
search
Home > myLOS – Kumar Bol
Send Feeback
View in
other
langs.
Alerts and
updates
View
Profile
My Profile
View
Favourites
Log off

19. Site Structure (admin)
Admin home
article
(parent)
article (child)
Article list