Partner customization: constrain species in search engine results

[sidkoul]

For example, Montshire has the following maples on their property:

• Acer ginnala, Amur maple
• Acer negundo, ash-leaved maple
• Acer rubrum, red maple
• Acer saccharum, sugar maple
• Acer spicatum, mountain maple

This can be verified by inspecting the thumbnails in the pile: http://montshire.newenglandwild.org/woody-plants/woody-angiosperms/

However, searching for acer, yields species not in the Monstshire partner_site http://montshire.newenglandwild.org/search/?q=acer

e.g.

[jnga]

As discussed in today's standup meeting, will defer this until it is certain that the search engine is needed in the partner offerings.

[sidkoul]

Elizabeth will ask Montshire how valuable search is to them. Their response will determine what should be implemented and the timeline.

I should note: this also will impact the homepage (e.g. should it only contain a big button labeled "ID plant") and the primary navigation (e.g. remove most entires, or point entries to the main gobotany site and not the customized subset).

[jnga]

From discussions so far, it sounded like the primary interest was a Simple Key for their subset of New England plants. Maybe offering just the Simple Key at first would be a good start. The URL http://montshire.newenglandwild.org/simple/ could be offered, with a page titled "Simple ID Key to plants at Montshire," removing most of the Go Botany navigation and features. Here is a screenshot of what this could look like:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B85KlBcweUnPWHFEYTNBUWhBVjg/edit