Introduction

Different Entities

We use 'entities' as an umbrella term for all the different structure categorizations for Crew-List. There are three different entities which are:

• Content: types of content you can create on Crew-List.

  • Topics: an umbrella term for all the content types that users can create. All types have the same basic structure but with different labels. This way users are able to structure content as they create it and easily find relevant information with the search function. We have defined the following content types:

    • Blogs
    • News
    • Discussions
    • Film / Television Reviews
    • Product Reviews

  • Events: these can be created by all registered users. The start date is mandatory, all other fields are optional.

• Comments

  • Posts: can be created by all users within or outside a group. The visibility is either community-wide, public, or only for group members.

  • Comments: all users can comment on all content types and posts. The visibility is linked to the visibility of the parent item. NB: Comments are never visible to non-logged in users.

  • Private Message: all users can send private message to each other and to a group of users.

• Groups (public, open and closed); representing the various Departments comprising the working foundation of the motion picture & television industry.

  • Content, events, and comments can be created within groups as well.

Content Streams

There are three possibilities for content streams in Crew-List:

• The Community
• The Groups

• The Users

This structure allows us to organize content in a meaningful way and only reach the users that are interested in specific types of content.

The Community has two streams: 

• Homepage stream: shows the latest activities in the community that are relevant to the user. For example, activities from the groups that the user is part of. On the sidebar, users can see upcoming events, topics that have been created, and new users.
• Explore stream: to be able to explore what is happening in the total community.

Groups and Users form micro-cosmos within the community. They have both a dedicated stream that shows what is happening within groups and/ or the activities of a specific user. In addition, both have an about-page that provides an overview of the information and pages of a users' events and topics.