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2024-01-08 Created initial post
Summary:
We’re seeking a grant of 17,338 ATOM for this initiative. Our proposal presents a comprehensive solution that utilizes a thoroughly researched tech stack and embraces open-source principles to enhance communication and community collaboration. The document outlines key objectives, features, and benefits, emphasizing our dedication to a robust and efficient platform for Cosmos. Additionally, the proposal provides a concise breakdown of work, timeline, and funds, ensuring a clear and transparent project execution plan.
Recipient
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Amount
17,338 ATOM
Details
We propose developing a comprehensive, all-in-one solution for Cosmos, involving the creation of a management website from scratch. This website will incorporate all features essential to the day-to-day needs of Cosmos and will serve as the central element of the cosmos once completed. The initiative aims to leverage cutting-edge technology and deliver a seamless, 100% open-source platform that aligns with the vision of the Cosmos.
Who We Are
We are a digital agency that offers world-class digital solutions to brands worldwide. Recently, we had the privilege of serving the Akash Network, and we are currently engaged in a comprehensive revamp and redevelopment of the Akash Network website, employing 100% open-source code. Our commitment extends to wanting to serve the Cosmos ecosystem, and detailed information about our plan is provided in this proposal.
- Website: Hooman Digital
- Twitter: 0xboldpanther
- Discord: boldpanther
- Telegram: boldpanther
Objectives
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Optimized Technology Stack: Employ the latest technology stack, including AstroJS, Typescript, Tailwind CSS, and Markdown/MDX, to ensure high-speed performance and reliability, tailored for the Cosmos ecosystem.
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100% Open Source: Pledge to maintain the entire solution as open source, fostering transparency and collaboration within the Cosmos community.
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Community Showcase: Establish a dedicated space and streamlined pipeline for the community to effortlessly showcase their work. Enable contributions through simple markdown submissions with minimal PR details.
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Accessibility Through Markdown: Simplify contribution processes by managing the entire website, documentation, and content in markdown. Our technical team will handle coding aspects, allowing contributors and maintainers to focus on delivering valuable content.
Key Features
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Cosmos: Tailor the solution to meet the day-to-day needs of the Cosmos, providing an efficient and user-friendly experience.
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Efficient Content Management: Prioritize efficient content management through markdown, enabling contributors to focus on content creation rather than technical details.
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Streamlined Workflows: Address code quality issues, streamline workflows, and facilitate content migration to ensure a smooth development process.
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Refreshed Interface: Design and develop a refreshed, user-friendly interface aligned with the Cosmos ecosystem’s vision for a modern and intuitive user experience as per the branding of cosmos.
Pages To Be Developed
1. Overall Blueprint, Planning, brainstorm & UX-Research
- Blueprint and Structure: Define the architectural framework, outlining key components and navigation flow.
- Functionality Planning: Analyze required functionalities and define core features for integration.
- Page Planning with Feature Details: Plan individual pages, specifying content, layout, and features.
- User Experience Enhancement: Explore opportunities to enhance overall user experience, considering interactions, responsiveness, and accessibility.
- Content Update Strategy: Develop a content strategy aligning with website goals.
- Ecosystem Analysis: Research Cosmos ecosystem for insights and identify areas for innovation.
- Technology Research: Explore and evaluate technologies for scalability, security, and compatibility.
- Risk Assessment: Identify potential risks and challenges, and develop mitigation strategies.
2. Homepage design and development
- Craft an intuitive, home-interface aligned with Cosmos’ branding.
- Ensure seamless user experience across all devices with a responsive layout.
- Maintain visual harmony for a polished presentation on different screen sizes.
- Code precisely for a flawless and professional homepage.
- Emphasize critical information using design elements.
- Include essential components aligned with Cosmos’ goals for user engagement.
- Craft clear, concise content to effectively convey Cosmos’ core message.
- Implement speed optimization techniques for a fast, responsive site.
- Conduct thorough testing and iterate based on user feedback for improvements.
- Explore and integrate features enhancing user interaction and information delivery.
3. ‘Developer Page’ design and development
- Craft an intuitive and developer-page interface, aligning with Cosmos’ branding for a cohesive identity.
- Ensure a seamless user experience on all devices through a responsive layout, enhancing accessibility and usability.
- Develop and populate the page with links to proper Cosmos documentation, tools, and resources, catering to developers’ needs and facilitating a smoother workflow.
- Design an intuitive layout for easy navigation, ensuring quick access to essential developer information and promoting a positive user experience.
By focusing on these aspects, the Developer Page will not only meet functional requirements but also provide a user-friendly environment that encourages engagement and productivity for developers interacting with Cosmos’ platform.
4. Grant Hub
- Design and Develop a grant hub page, aligned with Cosmos’ branding, offering a flawless experience across devices while highlighting key information through strategic design elements.
- Provide details and an overview of different grant programs under Cosmos, including information on how to engage in each program.
- Dedicate space for each grant program with a proper pipeline to update/list grantees for a specific program.
- Implement an easy-to-use pipeline structure for grantees to update/share their project progress through simple markdown PRs on GitHub.
- Enhance the overview of each grant program for better understanding.
5. Community Hub
- Design and Develop a community hub page, aligned with Cosmos’ branding, offering a flawless experience across devices while highlighting key information through strategic design elements.
- Develop it as a central hub with an overall explanation and details to get started and explore the Cosmos ecosystem.
- Include a dedicated space for the community to showcase contributions related to educational resources, videos, etc., with easy listing via minimal details and GitHub PRs in markdown format.
- Add a dedicated section to highlight educational resources created by the community.
- Create a dedicated sub-page to highlight upcoming and past Cosmos events.
- Integrate a meeting calendar with details about events happening in the ecosystem.
6. Work-Group Hub
- Design and Develop a Work-Group (WG) hub page, aligned with Cosmos’ branding, offering a flawless experience across devices while highlighting key information through strategic design elements.
- Create a dedicated space for different workgroups or groups of members engaged in core contributions, with leaders identified.
- Include a space for easy updating of meeting transcripts for a specific workgroup through markdown.
- Provide an overview and details about different workgroups, outlining their focus, responsibilities, and contributions easily upgradable by workgroup members through markdown.
7. Proposal Hub
- Design and Develop a proposal hub page, aligned with Cosmos’ branding, offering a flawless experience across devices while highlighting key information through strategic design elements.
- Include general details & overview about proposals for the foundation and other DAO initiatives, providing guidance on how to engage and post a proposal.
- Provide details on how to participate in discussions and create proposals.
- Display ongoing proposal status with external sources and an overview, allowing filtering based on discussion phase, voting live, passed, and failed proposals.
8. Blog Page
- Design and Develop a blog page, aligned with Cosmos’ branding, offering a flawless experience across devices while highlighting key information through strategic design elements.
- Utilize markdown for efficient content creation and management, accessible even by non-technical individuals.
- Develop a filtering system through tags, sharing functionality, related article filtering, ensuring fast loading with no lags.
- Migrate or copy Cosmos blogs from Medium to this page with an in-house infrastructure.
- Explore additional features to enhance efficiency and functionality.
9. Network Activity
- Design and Develop a network activity page, aligned with Cosmos’ branding, offering a flawless experience across devices while highlighting key information through strategic design elements.
- Source real-time data from mintscan, Coingecko & other reliable sources.
- Integrate real-time APIs listed above.
10. Ecosystem Page
- Design and Develop an ecosystem page, aligned with Cosmos’ branding, offering a flawless experience across devices while highlighting key information through strategic design elements.
- Highlight success stories and case studies related to different projects in the Cosmos ecosystem.
- Implement an easy yet highly functional pipeline for the community to list their projects with proper tags onto the ecosystem page through PRs on GitHub in markdown with minimal details.
- Incorporate a powerful filtering system through tags to explore different projects.
11. Partners, Branding & Press Page
- Design and Develop a Partners, Branding & Press page, aligned with Cosmos’ branding, offering a flawless experience across devices while highlighting key information through strategic design elements.
- Implement a layout to showcase partners and their relevant information.
- Highlight different press coverage with proper external source listings, easily updatable through markdown.
- List official branding resources of Cosmos for contributors to the ecosystem.
12. Career Page
- Design and Develop a career page, aligned with Cosmos’ branding, offering a flawless experience across devices while highlighting key information through strategic design elements.
- Incorporate information about job opportunities, company culture, and application processes.
- Utilize easy Markdown/MDX for streamlined editing, updating, and maintenance.
13. Document everything properly about this website, how-to guide, updates, etc.
- Documentation: Outline the proper documentation of this website.
- Guides and Tutorials: Create comprehensive how-to guides for contributors, covering Git workflows and markdown formatting.
- Update Procedures: Document version control practices and guidelines for handling technology stack updates.
- Maintenance and Troubleshooting: Detail routine maintenance tasks, troubleshoot common issues, and provide solutions.
- Collaboration and Improvement: Define collaborative workflows, scalability guidelines,
14. Weekly updates, Rigorous Testing and Refinement
- Regular weekly updates to be shared with community, feedback over progress and updates of this platform to be shared with the community.
- Conduct exhaustive testing across various browsers, devices, and screen dimensions.
- Identify and address inconsistencies, glitches, and minor design misalignment.
- Prioritize and swiftly resolve critical bugs, ensuring a friction-less and flawless user experience.
Budget:
The proposed budget for the comprehensive development initiative is based on the estimated hours required for each task multiplied by a rate of $75 per hour.
| Task | Estimated Hours |
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| Overall Website Blueprint and Planning | 120 |
| Homepage Design and Development | 150 |
| ‘Developer Page’ Design and Development | 80 |
| Grant Hub Design and Development | 200 |
| Community Hub Design and Development | 280 |
| Work-Group Hub Design and Development | 180 |
| Proposal Hub Design and Development | 90 |
| Blog Page Design and Development | 280 |
| Network Activity Design and Development | 180 |
| Ecosystem Page Design and Development | 240 |
| Partners, Branding & Press Page Development | 150 |
| Career Page Design and Development | 60 |
| Documentation of website | 70 |
| Regular weekly updates, Testing, and Refinement | 70 |
| Total Hours | 2150 |
Date: 08/01/2024
$ATOM price: $9.3
Total Amount Requested: 2150 hr x $75/hr = $161,250
Total Amount Requested in $ATOM: 161250/9.3= 17,338 $ATOM
Justification for the Amount:
The total amount requested 17,338 $ATOM is justified by the comprehensive scope of work, including the research, design & development of key pages as outlined above. The rate of $75 per hour aligns with industry standards for high-tech web development and design services.
Timeline:
Milestone 1: Month 1
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Overall Website Blueprint and Planning (Week 1-2): Define the architectural framework, outlining key components and navigation flow. Analyze required functionalities and define core features for integration.
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Homepage Design and Development (Week 3-4): Craft an intuitive, home-interface aligned with Cosmos’ branding. Ensure seamless user experience across all devices with a responsive layout.
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Blog Page Design and Development (Week 4): Design and develop a blog page aligned with Cosmos’ branding. Utilize markdown for efficient content creation and management, accessible even by non-technical individuals.
Milestone 2: Month 2
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‘Developer Page’ Design and Development (Week 1-2): Craft an intuitive developer-page interface, aligning with Cosmos’ branding. Ensure a seamless user experience on all devices through a responsive layout.
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Grant Hub Design and Development (Week 3-4): Design and develop a grant hub page aligned with Cosmos’ branding. Provide details and an overview of different grant programs under Cosmos.
Milestone 3: Month 3
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Community Hub Design and Development (Week 1-2): Design and develop a community hub page aligned with Cosmos’ branding. Develop it as a central hub with an overall explanation and details to get started and explore the Cosmos ecosystem.
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Work-Group Hub Design and Development (Week 3-4): Design and develop a Work-Group (WG) hub page, aligning with Cosmos’ branding. Create a dedicated space for different workgroups or groups of members engaged in core contributions.
Milestone 4: Month 4
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Proposal Hub Design and Development (Week 1-2): Design and develop a proposal hub page aligned with Cosmos’ branding. Include general details about proposals for the foundation and other DAO initiatives.
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Network Activity Design and Development (Week 3-4): Design and develop a network activity page aligned with Cosmos’ branding. Source data from mintscan, Coingecko & other reliable sources.
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Career Page Design and Development (Week 4): Design and develop a career page aligned with Cosmos’ branding. Incorporate information about job opportunities, company culture, and application processes.
Milestone 5: Month 5
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Ecosystem Page Design and Development (Week 1-2): Design and develop an ecosystem page aligned with Cosmos’ branding. Highlight success stories and case studies related to different projects in the Cosmos ecosystem.
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Partners, Branding & Press Page Design and Development (Week 3-4): Design and develop a Partners, Branding & Press page aligned with Cosmos’ branding. Implement a layout to showcase partners and their relevant information.
Governance votes
The following items summarize the voting options and what it means for this proposal:
YES -
NO -
NO WITH VETO - A ‘NoWithVeto’ vote indicates a proposal either (1) is deemed to be spam, i.e., irrelevant to Cosmos Hub, (2) disproportionately infringes on minority interests, or (3) violates or encourages violation of the rules of engagement as currently set out by Cosmos Hub governance. If the number of ‘NoWithVeto’ votes is greater than a third of total votes, the proposal is rejected and the deposits are burned.
ABSTAIN - You wish to contribute to quorum but you formally decline to vote either for or against the proposal.
Thank you
