This is a fork of the Shareabouts project, which is a tool for collecting public input on planning and design issues. This fork is intended to be used by the Participatory Budgeting process in Somerville, MA.
Customizations:
- Mailchimp integration
- Set the
MAILCHIMP_API_KEYandMAILCHIMP_LIST_IDenvironment variables to enable Mailchimp integration. - The Mailchimp integration is implemented through a checkbox on the place form. If the checkbox is checked, upon successful submission the user's email address will be added to the Mailchimp list.
- Set the
Exporting ideas:
cd scripts
USERNAME=... PASSWORD='...' python exportideas.py > exports/ideas-$(date -Idate).csv
Shareabouts is an online mapping tool to gather crowdsourced public input in a social and engaging process. Using Shareabouts, people can drop a pin on a map to provide ideas, suggestions, and comments for planning and design issues. And as a mobile-friendly application, Shareabouts makes it easy to add input on the go.
It's helpful, but not required, to know about the architecture of Shareabouts before starting.
The easiest way to set up Shareabouts is to use the Heroku Button.
This will deploy a fully-functional Shareabouts map and datastore to your account on Heroku (an easy-to-manage hosting service). Hosting this way will cost $50-100 monthly. Here's the process.
Alternatively, you may want to use a different hosting service and set up the components of Shareabouts manually.
All of our documentation is is our doc directory. Use it to learn more about:
- the architecture
- local setup
- testing the source
- interface configuration
- custom themes
- deploying with the Heroku button and in other ways
- upgrading from an older version
- getting your data once you have a map running
If you encounter a bug, create an issue on this GitHub repo.
In the spirit of free software, everyone is encouraged to help improve this project.
Here are some ways you can contribute:
- by joining our developers discussion list: http://groups.google.com/group/shareabouts-dev
- by taking a look at our pipeline in the public tracker: https://www.pivotaltracker.com/projects/398973
- by using alpha, beta, and prerelease versions
- by reporting bugs
- by suggesting new features
- by writing or editing documentation
- by writing specifications
- by writing code (no patch is too small: fix typos, add comments, clean up inconsistent whitespace)
- by refactoring code
- by resolving issues
- by reviewing patches
Shareabouts is a project of OpenPlans.