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Request or vote for P4 features
Below is a list of cool ideas for P4 suggested by the community 🙌
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The full Idea generation / voting / discussion / decision process is described below 👇 (How ideas turn into product development)
P4 feature request
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- 7Audio Reader for Blog Posts (Text-to-Speech)As a site visitor, I want to listen to an audio version of blog articles, so that I can consume content hands-free or in an audio format that fits my accessibility needs. Goals: Increase conte... Read more...
- 1Update HTTP 500 Error Page MessagingWe would like to request a minor content update to the HTTP 500 error page. Current wording: Chinese: 這個網站發生嚴重錯誤。 English: There is a serious problem with this website. The current mess... Read more...
- 2Taxonomy exclude from carousels & listsSometimes we wish to show all our posts or action pages except a curtain kind (excluding one-off donation action pages for example, or excluding a specific campaign tag). In the taxonomies section ... Read more...
- 3Paginate search resultsThe search results shows a handful of results and a "load more" button that loads 5 more. It's impossible to browser through all results for certain searches. In other content blocks, that pattern has... Read more...
- 6Make column order on mobile configurableColumns are usually stacked on mobile, left column first, then the ones to the right. Depending on the content, it would be useful to be able to configure the stacking order of columns for mobile, so... Read more...
- 2Homepage Carousel "pre-header" fieldRequest to add our tagline ("defending nature") to more places on the homepage. This would to add more context to the carousel slides and ensure the messaging is framed in the context of defending nat... Read more...
- 1Real-Time Carbon Emissions Feedback for Web EditorsThe Green Web Foundation provides an open-source library designed to estimate the carbon emissions of websites: https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/. This library is lightweight, easy to implement, ... Read more...
- 1Guest Author ProfilesWe often have guest bloggers or authors who create content for us. the Author Override feature is great, but it would be even better if we could include a thumbnail image and 'About the Author' block ... Read more...
- 1Dual counter displayOn our petition landing page we would like the ability to display 2 counters (one national and one global) showing the number of people who signed the petition from that country and also globally.
- 1Carousel option on Query Loop gridAs a web admin I often use the covers block for displaying related articles/reports and other post types. I would love to have more flexibility in the content displayed in the covers. It would be g... Read more...
- 1More info dropdown in articlesAs a web manager I would like to be able to include more information on highlighted text with a dropdown box similar to below on the GPUK site. See here https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/shell-lawsui... Read more...
- 3Hubspot counter blockNow the Hubspot counter block is very limited in what if offers. We cannot change the spacings/padding, we cannot change the alignment/fonts/size of the acompaying text. The colors can be edited by a ... Read more...
- 1Automated slug transliteration for non-Latin alphabetsAs an editor, I would like to be able to toggle automatic transliteration for page and post slugs when the page title is using non-Latin letters. WordPress generates slugs for pages and posts autom... Read more...
- 2Customize the footerI would like to be able to add a third column to the footer, so I can list various donation options and they are visually separate from the rest of the items. Currently, all new items are just app... Read more...
- 3Sort and search functions for tablesI'd like to be able to allow users to sort and search a table of data in the same way as you can do with the Google Sheets embed. Sometimes tables are required so that we can have html in the data ... Read more...
- 2Add an internal title to pagesOur editors sometimes set up multiple landing pages with similar content for different audiences. It would be useful for them to be able to set an internal title for pages (that's not visible to th... Read more...
- 3Gravity Forms thank you message customizationIt would be nice if we could customize each share message by channel: WhatsApp: it could be a copy of the twitter but often Tweets uses @ or other formatting that doesn’t make sense for WhatsApp. I... Read more...
- 11Hubspot counter blockAs it's done for the EN counter block, I believe it could be useful to have a block that use the Hubspot counter for NROs who host their petition pages in P4. The idea is to display the number of s... Read more...
- 7Carousel scrolling on mobileOn mobile, it is not clear that users can swipe through the slided in Carousel. Would it be possible to add some elements to make it more obvious, like an arrow on the left and right side? Thanks! ... Read more...
- 5Identify Greenpeace staff when replying to comments on PostsWhen GP staff reply to comments on Posts we'd like a way to identify ourselves as GP staff. On P3, when a user with a GP email address would leave a comment their comment was highlighted with a lig... Read more...
- 6Send readership/impact stats to post authorsAs an author of a post, I would love to have Planet 4 send me updates about how well that post/article is doing. I envision something similar to what is sent to authors of posts on Medium.com. See,... Read more...
- 5Media assets warning (when a user deletes an file)As an Admin, when an Editor attempts to delete a Media Library asset I want them to be able to see if and where that asset is embedded/linked to on the website so they can make an informed decision ab... Read more...
- 16Browser / P4 Push notificationsAs a user I want to be able to allow push notifications from greenpeace.org so that, even when I don't have the Greenpeace website open in my browser, I can be notified of important things like petiti... Read more...
- 2Enable more alphabets in another language in ThumbnailAs a User I want to show more than 30 alphabets in blog thumbnail for another language. Now with only 30 alphabets we still can't communicate sample content with people. example for Thai language, we ... Read more...
How ideas turn into features (Video & Process)
Here’s a video on how the ideas above make their way into the core product 👇
Data-Driven Improvements
To continuously improve existing features and integrate new functionalities, the mantra of the P4 team is “Test before developing”.
The schematic below highlights how this is included in the development process, and for more details please check the Medium post improving Planet 4 with A/B Testing and the Set up A/B testing Handbook guide.
Links & Resources
P4 Handbook
Community
Set up A/B testing
#Updates (release notes, improvements and much more)
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