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D8.1 Website Launch Report EDI-Net 01.09.2016 695916

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Energy Data Innovation Network

GA N. 695916

Deliverable Title D8.1 Website Launch Report

Deliverable Lead: Climate Alliance

Related Work Package: WP8: Dissemination and communication

Related Task: T8.2 Communication activities and public engagement

Main Author(s): Wolfgang Hofstetter, Nina Stiehr – Climate Alliance

Other Author(s): -

Dissemination Level: Public

Due Submission Date: 01.09.2016

Actual Submission: 01.09.2016

Project Number 695916

Instrument: H2020-EE-2015-3-MarketUptake

Start Date of Project: 01.03.2016

Duration: 36 months

Abstract An important instrument concerning communication activities is the EDI-

Net website, which directly embeds several of the project results and

digital content so that the website serves as a “stimulation portal”. The

website will be updated throughout the project with news, information

and public deliverables produced by the project partners.

D8.1 Website Launch Report EDI-Net 01-09-2016 695916

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“This Project has received funding from the European Union’s H2020

research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 695916”

“The sole responsibility for the content of this report lies with the authors.

It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither

the EASME nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that

may be made of the information contained therein.”

Versioning and Contribution History

Version Date Modified by Modification reason

v.01 15/08/2016 Nina Stiehr First draft created

v.02 22/08/2016 Wolfgang Hofstetter Second draft

v.03 24/08/2016 Nina Stiehr, Wolfgang

Hofstetter

Update content

v.04 26/08/2016 Wolfgang Hofstetter Final draft

v.05 29/08/2016 Nina Stiehr Incorporate comments and feedback from

partners (Leicester, Nuremberg, Catalonia) QA

check

v.06 30/08/2016 Georg Vogt Quality assurance

v.07 30/08/2016 Nina Stiehr Final version


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Table of Contents

1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 5

2 EDI-Net web presence ............................................................................................................................... 5

2.1 Home: www.edi-net.eu ..................................................................................................................... 7

2.2 Our Initiative ...................................................................................................................................... 9

2.3 Pilot Sites ......................................................................................................................................... 10

2.4 Service ............................................................................................................................................. 11

2.5 Materials .......................................................................................................................................... 12

2.6 FAQs ................................................................................................................................................. 13

2.7 News ................................................................................................................................................ 14

3 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................... 15


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Table of Figures

Figure 1: Start page ........................................................................................................................................... 7

Figure 2: Start page: Introduction, news box and statement ............................................................................. 8

Figure 3: Start page: Share options, footer and EU flag ................................................................................... 8

Figure 4: Subsection ‘Our Initiative’ ................................................................................................................... 9

Figure 5: Subsection ‘Pilot Sites’ ..................................................................................................................... 10

Figure 6: Subsection ‘Service’ ......................................................................................................................... 11

Figure 7: Subsection ‘Materials’ ...................................................................................................................... 12

Figure 8: Subsection ‘FAQ’ .............................................................................................................................. 13

Figure 9: Subsection ‘News’ ............................................................................................................................ 14

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1 Introduction

The present document has been developed as part of the WP8 “Dissemination and communication” and

provides an overview of the EDI-Net website. The objective of the website is to make easy access to detailed

EDI-Net information and useful tools available. The main functions are dissemination with a design focusing

on communication. The idea is the visitors find tools and resources that make them return again becoming

part of the community and the network. The website creates an interactive experience by engaging the

visitors directly with it.

2 EDI-Net web presence

The website URL is www.edi-net.eu. The server is located in Germany and Climate Alliance (CA) runs the

website under German law. The website was created with the content management system “typo3”.

Interested partners can be entitled to use the system as editors.

Overview

The menu items are:

• Home

• Our Initiative

o Background

o Objectives

o Tools & Methods

o Our Consortium

• Pilot Sites

o City of Leicester

o City of Nuremberg

o Generalitat de Catalunya

• Service

o Helpdesk

o Newsletter

o Sign up

• Materials

• FAQ

• News


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In month 7 the forum will be available, in month 11 the helpdesk can be used and soon the users will have

access to the dashboard. FAQ will be online when the helpdesk is in operation. A special feature of the EDI-

Net website is the smartphone and tablet adaptation for Android and Apple OS based devices.

The upmost level of navigation is shown on every page. The home button as well as the “home” navigation

point leads back to the start page. Editors can add subpages and the navigation is automatically updated.

From the start, the website is available in English. A German version will follow in a couple of weeks and

Spanish and Catalan versions are currently at a planning stage.

The dashboard and the forum are interconnected with the EDI-Net website and are run by the project

partners. On the dashboard the participating local authorities will be able to organise their data and at the

forum all engaged users can communicate with each other. A click on the news icon in the top right corner

leads to a list of news items. Just below the top picture the user can later choose his or her preferred

language. All this is all available on any page of the website.

To be able to inform about the EDI-Net project buttons were included which forward to the user’s social

media accounts like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn but also to the user’s e-mail account. This function is also

available on each site of the website. The legal notice (imprint), the disclaimer and the data protection rules

according to which the EDI-Net website is operating are located in the footer to be easily accessible. The

footer also links to the EDI-Net forum, the project’s LinkedIn account, provides phone or email contact data

to get in touch with the helpdesk and provides an option to sign up for the newsletter. The flag and a hint to

the projects’ funding by the European Union are at the very end of the site.


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2.1 Home: www.edi-net.eu

The start page welcomes the user with a short description of the project telling about the advantages of

being part of the initiative. It also gives information about how to join the EDI-Net initiative. On the right of

the start page there is a statement either from the EDI-Net project coordinator or of the Climate Alliance

Director highlighting the initiative’s unique features. The statements are rotating by reloading the start page.

Above the statement a grey coloured box shows the latest news coming from the news extension list.

Figure 1: Start page


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Figure 2: Start page: Introduction, news box and statement

Figure 3: Start page: Share options, footer and EU flag


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2.2 Our Initiative

This site and the attached subpages are normal written content pages giving information about the initiative,

the background, the objectives, the tools & methods and the consortium partners of the EDI-Net initiative.

Figure 4: Subsection ‘Our Initiative’


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2.3 Pilot Sites

The Pilot Sites develop and implement the EDI-Net solution. On the first level there is an overall view of the

main Pilot Sites’ tasks. The second level provides further information about the three Pilot Sites Leicester,

Nuremberg and Catalonia.

Figure 5: Subsection ‘Pilot Sites’


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2.4 Service

EDI-Net is supporting participating public authorities i.a. with a helpdesk, which will be available soon and

which can be found under the category ‘service’ to retrieve detailed contact data. Under this category, users

can also find the project’s newsletters or sign up for the newsletter. The advantage of the sign up tool is the

newsletter recipients can subscribe or unsubscribe themselves or edit their profile without Climate Alliance

or project partners having to manage the recipients’ list manually.

Figure 6: Subsection ‘Service’


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2.5 Materials

This subsection will provide different kind of materials like the online training and case study materials, fact

sheets, videos and other practical guidelines. The EDI-Net leaflet is already available and can be downloaded

to be sent to other potential users.

Figure 7: Subsection ‘Materials’


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2.6 FAQs

In Task 8.3 a contact point and a helpdesk have to be created until month 11 of the project. Part of the

helpdesk operation will be a FAQ (frequently asked questions) section, which is going to be part of the EDI-

Net website. Technical preconditions for handling FAQs on the EDI-Net website were already developed. The

FAQs are rendered presenting the content in an accordion like way. Individual items and groups can be

extended. We kept in mind the FAQ section is an important part of the helpdesk, which has – besides the

regular consultation - a second level for more technical questions. The screenshot just shows an example of

how it is going to look like technically. The FAQ site will be finally available in the beginning of 2017.

Figure 8: Subsection ‘FAQ’


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2.7 News

In this subsection information is provided about activities of partners, events, deliverables and other

interesting topics concerning the project.

Figure 9: Subsection ‘News’


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3 Conclusion

The EDI-Net website is a growing website. The content management system ‘typo3’ allows quick additions

of content in any part of the web site. There is the option to represent all kinds of different materials like

videos, downloads, newsletters, training materials, etc. The structure of the website is clearly adapted to the

specific needs of the project. The website serves as a centre of communication activities and public

engagement of the initiative and provides the opportunity to connect to the discussion forum and to get

access to the dashboard.

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