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    Revision History

    Name Date Reason For Changes Version

    Kaushik

    Shankar

    4/4/2013 0.9

    Shankar Krish 4/10/2013 Minor tweaks based on comments from

    Ritika

    0.91

    Kaushik

    Shankar

    4/18/2013 Added details for membership, bids and

    profile stats

    1.0

    Shankar Krish 4/21/2013 Added a section for validation. Some

    textual information needs to be added to

    this section

    1.01

    Shankar Krish 4/29/2013 TBD replaced with actual text 1.02

    Kaushik

    Shankar

    6/2/2013 Updated the changed

    sections/screenshots based on revised

    mockups

    1.03

    Shankar Krish 7/15/2013 Updated section 1.2 Included additional

    info for the edit, clone, publish/unpublish

    and Delete operations

    1.04

    Shankar Krish 7/23/2013 An addition on closest city in section 2.1;

    update is highlighted with yellow

    background.

    1.05

    Shankar Krish 7/31/2013 Some minor updates (highlighted) 1.06

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    Shankar Krish 8/8/13 Resolved the consistency problem in the

    size of the service name and descriptions

    between sections (changes are

    highlighted in the validations table)

    1.07

    Shankar Krish 8/22/2013 Included descriptions for conversions at

    the profile, service and portfolio levels.

    1.08

    Shankar Krish 9/10/2013 Added info on allowed file

    extensions/types

    1.09

    Contents

    INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................3

    PROFILE VIEW....................................................................................................3

    INTRODUCTION................................................................................................12

    PROFILE VIEW..................................................................................................12

    INTRODUCTION................................................................................................21

    PROFILE VIEW..................................................................................................21

    INTRODUCTION................................................................................................31

    PROFILE VIEW..................................................................................................31

    MOCKUPS:

    View https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-

    Ritika/Overview.html

    FL View https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/pro-

    Overview.html

    FL Buildhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-

    Ritika/profile-build.html

    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/pro-Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/pro-Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/profile-build.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/profile-build.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/pro-Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/pro-Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/profile-build.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/profile-build.html
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    Introduction

    The current model for freelancers setting up their profile and the functionality used

    by employers to view the profile information of freelancers will be replaced based

    on the details in this document. As a part of this revamp, some other changes will

    be introduced:

    The concept of multiple profiles per freelancer account will be replaced with a

    the account having a single profile

    New membership plans at the account level (replaces the current model)

    Introduction of user defined services that are defined as a part of their

    profile; this change has an impact on the Search functionality which will beaddressed independently.

    Profile View

    This section describes the Profile view of the freelancer. The Profile View will be

    divided into sections from the top to the bottom of the page. With a few exceptions,

    the Profile View for the Employer and Freelancer is similar in terms of functionality.

    Differences will be covered below. Find below a screenshot of the top band of the

    Freelancer view of the Overview page.

    This is the cover photo/background band. On the left is a picture and screen name

    of the freelancer. Whenever the user clicks into this page, only the bottom portion

    of the cover photo will be shown (the entire cover photo will not be displayed).

    The location (city) of the freelancer is located below the freelancersscreen name.

    Selecting Website, a link, will direct the freelancer to their personal

    webpage, in a new tab.

    On the top right is an icon that indicates the membership type of the

    freelancer (each membership type will be associated with an icon TBD); in the screenshot provided, the type is Large Vendor. (thisfeature is not there anymore? Greg didnt mention)

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    On the right are the earnings and feedback ratings for the past year.

    Clicking either of these will open a drop down menu with moreinformation, shown below.

    This displays all time earnings, jobs awarded, and number of quotes inthe last month on the left. On the right, it breaks down the feedback by

    percentage for the past year. Clicking the drop down will close themenu.

    The navigation bar below the picture on the left enables the freelancer to view the

    different sections of the profile. Selects of the tabs will direct the user to that

    particular section of the profile view.

    Overview (section 2.1). This is the default selection of this page.

    Portfolio will take the user to portfolio collections (refer to the BRS forportfolio)

    Feedback (section 2.2)

    Skills (section 2.3)

    Selecting the Update Profile box will direct the freelancer to the

    Profile Settings page, covered in section 3.

    The profile view of the Employer is shown below.

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    The functionality of this is similar to the freelancer view, with exceptions detailed

    below:

    The cover/background band: the employer has an option of selecting a heart in

    order to favorite the freelancer.

    Selecting the white colored heart symbol will shade it red. Hovering

    over the heart will show a notification that says Add to Favorites, asdisplayed below. Selecting will change the heart to red indicating thatit is a favorite. Selecting a red heart will remove it from the favoritesand change the color back to white.

    The navigation bar below has the same options as the freelancer, with one

    difference. Instead of Update Profile, the employer has the option to select

    Contact Me.

    Selecting Contact Me will open the contact page for the employer to

    send a message to the freelancer. Find below a screenshot of the

    contact page.

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    1) The radio button options allow the user to select between Invite toQuote or Send Message. Invite to Quote is the default view whenContact Me is selected.

    2) Selecting the dropdown Select a Project allows the employer toselect between projects to add to the message/quote. If the userhas selected the Send Message radio button at the top, thisoption will not be available.

    3) The text box will allow the employer to type a message to thefreelancer; the limit on number of characters is 5000 characters.

    3

    2

    1

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    Selecting Invite to Quote or Send Message will send themessage/quote.

    4) The social networks that the freelancer has been indicated topresent on will be displayed. Selection will result in the user beingtaken to the appropriate page for interaction (dependent on the

    social network). For the phone icon: on mobile phones, selectingthis will initiate a call with the freelancer; on non-mobile devices thehover text will display the phone number provided by thefreelancer.

    1.1 Overview

    This section describes the Overview tab of the Profile View. Find below a screenshot

    of the Overview page for the freelancer. The header lists the top nine skills of the

    user. The remaining portion of the Overview page is described in four sections.

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    1

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    1.1.1 Services

    This section describes the Services portion of the Overview page. It contains

    information about the services offered by the freelancer and where the freelancer

    can manage the service offerings. Find below a screenshot of the Services portion.

    1) The + box on the top right allows the freelancer to add a new service.Selecting this will direct them to the Edit Profile page, covered in section 3.This option does not appear for the employer view.

    2) Each service box displays the following:

    Left: Cover image.

    The first portfolios cover page will be the cover page of the service.

    If there is no cover image, the box will be grey with Add a coverimage as a clickable link. Selecting this will open the service in edit

    mode for the user.At the bottom right of the picture is a magnifying glass icon, which willappear in bold when one hovers over it. Selecting the icon will displaythe portfolio associated with the service & cover image on a popup(the user will be able to navigate thru the portfolios for the service asexplained in the portfolio BRS).

    Middle: Title of service with a description below. This directs the user

    to the page of that Service, covered in section 2.2.

    List of skills associated with the service limited to one line. Selectingany of the skills will take the user to skills page for the selected skilldisplaying the services and portfolio associated with the skill (section1.4)

    Right: The information displayed, from top to bottom, is the hourly

    rate, minimum rate, star rating, and number of reviews.

    3) The edit drop down menu on the top right will be displayed when the cursorhovers over a service. The edit feature will not appear for the employerview. The drop down menu has four options:

    The functionality of the four options:

    Selecting Edit Service will allow the freelancer to edit the service

    (see section 3.2.1).

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    Selecting Copy to Drafts will copy the service to the drafts section. The

    toast message has been copied to drafts will bedisplayed on completion of the copy operation.

    Selecting Unpublish will unpublish the service moving the service to

    the drafts group (on completion the selected service will no longer be

    displayed on this page). A notification that says hasbeen unpublished. will be displayed.

    Selecting Delete will delete the service. A notification will pop up to

    confirm the deletion; upon confirming, a notification will say title ofservice has been deleted.

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    Revision History

    Name Date Reason For Changes Version

    Kaushik

    Shankar

    4/4/2013 0.9

    Shankar Krish 4/10/2013 Minor tweaks based on comments from

    Ritika

    0.91

    Kaushik

    Shankar

    4/18/2013 Added details for membership, bids and

    profile stats

    1.0

    Shankar Krish 4/21/2013 Added a section for validation. Some

    textual information needs to be added to

    this section

    1.01

    Shankar Krish 4/29/2013 TBD replaced with actual text 1.02

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    Kaushik

    Shankar

    6/2/2013 Updated the changed

    sections/screenshots based on revised

    mockups

    1.03

    Shankar Krish 7/15/2013 Updated section 1.2 Included additional

    info for the edit, clone, publish/unpublish

    and Delete operations

    1.04

    Shankar Krish 7/23/2013 An addition on closest city in section 2.1;

    update is highlighted with yellow

    background.

    1.05

    Shankar Krish 7/31/2013 Some minor updates (highlighted) 1.06

    Shankar Krish 8/8/13 Resolved the consistency problem in the

    size of the service name and descriptions

    between sections (changes are

    highlighted in the validations table)

    1.07

    Shankar Krish 8/22/2013 Included descriptions for conversions atthe profile, service and portfolio levels.

    1.08

    Shankar Krish 9/10/2013 Added info on allowed file

    extensions/types

    1.09

    Contents

    INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................3

    PROFILE VIEW....................................................................................................3

    INTRODUCTION................................................................................................12

    PROFILE VIEW..................................................................................................12

    INTRODUCTION................................................................................................21

    PROFILE VIEW..................................................................................................21

    INTRODUCTION................................................................................................31

    PROFILE VIEW..................................................................................................31

    MOCKUPS:

    View https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/Overview.html

    FL View https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/pro-

    Overview.html

    FL Buildhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-

    Ritika/profile-build.html

    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/pro-Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/pro-Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/profile-build.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/profile-build.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/pro-Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/pro-Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/profile-build.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/profile-build.html
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    Introduction

    The current model for freelancers setting up their profile and the functionality used

    by employers to view the profile information of freelancers will be replaced based

    on the details in this document. As a part of this revamp, some other changes will

    be introduced:

    The concept of multiple profiles per freelancer account will be replaced with a

    the account having a single profile

    New membership plans at the account level (replaces the current model)

    Introduction of user defined services that are defined as a part of their

    profile; this change has an impact on the Search functionality which will beaddressed independently.

    Profile View

    This section describes the Profile view of the freelancer. The Profile View will be

    divided into sections from the top to the bottom of the page. With a few exceptions,

    the Profile View for the Employer and Freelancer is similar in terms of functionality.

    Differences will be covered below. Find below a screenshot of the top band of the

    Freelancer view of the Overview page.

    This is the cover photo/background band. On the left is a picture and screen name

    of the freelancer. Whenever the user clicks into this page, only the bottom portion

    of the cover photo will be shown (the entire cover photo will not be displayed).

    The location (city) of the freelancer is located below the freelancersscreen name.

    Selecting Website, a link, will direct the freelancer to their personal

    webpage, in a new tab.

    On the top right is an icon that indicates the membership type of the

    freelancer (each membership type will be associated with an icon TBD); in the screenshot provided, the type is Large Vendor. (thisfeature is not there anymore? Greg didnt mention)

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    On the right are the earnings and feedback ratings for the past year.

    Clicking either of these will open a drop down menu with moreinformation, shown below.

    This displays all time earnings, jobs awarded, and number of quotes inthe last month on the left. On the right, it breaks down the feedback by

    percentage for the past year. Clicking the drop down will close themenu.

    The navigation bar below the picture on the left enables the freelancer to view the

    different sections of the profile. Selects of the tabs will direct the user to that

    particular section of the profile view.

    Overview (section 2.1). This is the default selection of this page.

    Portfolio will take the user to portfolio collections (refer to the BRS forportfolio)

    Feedback (section 2.2)

    Skills (section 2.3)

    Selecting the Update Profile box will direct the freelancer to the

    Profile Settings page, covered in section 3.

    The profile view of the Employer is shown below.

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    The functionality of this is similar to the freelancer view, with exceptions detailed

    below:

    The cover/background band: the employer has an option of selecting a heart in

    order to favorite the freelancer.

    Selecting the white colored heart symbol will shade it red. Hovering

    over the heart will show a notification that says Add to Favorites, asdisplayed below. Selecting will change the heart to red indicating thatit is a favorite. Selecting a red heart will remove it from the favoritesand change the color back to white.

    The navigation bar below has the same options as the freelancer, with one

    difference. Instead of Update Profile, the employer has the option to select

    Contact Me.

    Selecting Contact Me will open the contact page for the employer to

    send a message to the freelancer. Find below a screenshot of the

    contact page.

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    5) The radio button options allow the user to select between Invite toQuote or Send Message. Invite to Quote is the default view whenContact Me is selected.

    6) Selecting the dropdown Select a Project allows the employer toselect between projects to add to the message/quote. If the userhas selected the Send Message radio button at the top, thisoption will not be available.

    7) The text box will allow the employer to type a message to thefreelancer; the limit on number of characters is 5000 characters.

    3

    2

    1

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    Selecting Invite to Quote or Send Message will send themessage/quote.

    8) The social networks that the freelancer has been indicated topresent on will be displayed. Selection will result in the user beingtaken to the appropriate page for interaction (dependent on the

    social network). For the phone icon: on mobile phones, selectingthis will initiate a call with the freelancer; on non-mobile devices thehover text will display the phone number provided by thefreelancer.

    1.2 Overview

    This section describes the Overview tab of the Profile View. Find below a screenshot

    of the Overview page for the freelancer. The header lists the top nine skills of the

    user. The remaining portion of the Overview page is described in four sections.

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    2

    1

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    1.2.1 Services

    This section describes the Services portion of the Overview page. It contains

    information about the services offered by the freelancer and where the freelancer

    can manage the service offerings. Find below a screenshot of the Services portion.

    4) The + box on the top right allows the freelancer to add a new service.Selecting this will direct them to the Edit Profile page, covered in section 3.This option does not appear for the employer view.

    5) Each service box displays the following:

    Left: Cover image.

    The first portfolios cover page will be the cover page of the service.

    If there is no cover image, the box will be grey with Add a coverimage as a clickable link. Selecting this will open the service in edit

    mode for the user.At the bottom right of the picture is a magnifying glass icon, which willappear in bold when one hovers over it. Selecting the icon will displaythe portfolio associated with the service & cover image on a popup(the user will be able to navigate thru the portfolios for the service asexplained in the portfolio BRS).

    Middle: Title of service with a description below. This directs the user

    to the page of that Service, covered in section 2.2.

    List of skills associated with the service limited to one line. Selectingany of the skills will take the user to skills page for the selected skilldisplaying the services and portfolio associated with the skill (section1.4)

    Right: The information displayed, from top to bottom, is the hourly

    rate, minimum rate, star rating, and number of reviews.

    6) The edit drop down menu on the top right will be displayed when the cursorhovers over a service. The edit feature will not appear for the employerview. The drop down menu has four options:

    The functionality of the four options:

    Selecting Edit Service will allow the freelancer to edit the service

    (see section 3.2.1).

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    Selecting Copy to Drafts will copy the service to the drafts section. The

    toast message has been copied to drafts will bedisplayed on completion of the copy operation.

    Selecting Unpublish will unpublish the service moving the service to

    the drafts group (on completion the selected service will no longer be

    displayed on this page). A notification that says hasbeen unpublished. will be displayed.

    Selecting Delete will delete the service. A notification will pop up to

    confirm the deletion; upon confirming, a notification will say title ofservice has been deleted.

    Testing

    Testing

    Testing

    Testing

    Testing

    Testing

    Testing

    Revision History

    Name Date Reason For Changes Version

    Kaushik

    Shankar

    4/4/2013 0.9

    Shankar Krish 4/10/2013 Minor tweaks based on comments from

    Ritika

    0.91

    Kaushik

    Shankar

    4/18/2013 Added details for membership, bids and

    profile stats

    1.0

    Shankar Krish 4/21/2013 Added a section for validation. Some

    textual information needs to be added to

    this section

    1.01

    Shankar Krish 4/29/2013 TBD replaced with actual text 1.02

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    Kaushik

    Shankar

    6/2/2013 Updated the changed

    sections/screenshots based on revised

    mockups

    1.03

    Shankar Krish 7/15/2013 Updated section 1.2 Included additional

    info for the edit, clone, publish/unpublish

    and Delete operations

    1.04

    Shankar Krish 7/23/2013 An addition on closest city in section 2.1;

    update is highlighted with yellow

    background.

    1.05

    Shankar Krish 7/31/2013 Some minor updates (highlighted) 1.06

    Shankar Krish 8/8/13 Resolved the consistency problem in the

    size of the service name and descriptions

    between sections (changes are

    highlighted in the validations table)

    1.07

    Shankar Krish 8/22/2013 Included descriptions for conversions atthe profile, service and portfolio levels.

    1.08

    Shankar Krish 9/10/2013 Added info on allowed file

    extensions/types

    1.09

    Contents

    INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................3

    PROFILE VIEW....................................................................................................3

    INTRODUCTION................................................................................................12

    PROFILE VIEW..................................................................................................12

    INTRODUCTION................................................................................................21

    PROFILE VIEW..................................................................................................21

    INTRODUCTION................................................................................................31

    PROFILE VIEW..................................................................................................31

    MOCKUPS:

    View https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/Overview.html

    FL View https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/pro-

    Overview.html

    FL Buildhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-

    Ritika/profile-build.html

    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/pro-Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/pro-Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/profile-build.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/profile-build.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/pro-Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/pro-Overview.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/profile-build.htmlhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26268356/guru2012/Profile-Ritika/profile-build.html
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    Introduction

    The current model for freelancers setting up their profile and the functionality used

    by employers to view the profile information of freelancers will be replaced based

    on the details in this document. As a part of this revamp, some other changes will

    be introduced:

    The concept of multiple profiles per freelancer account will be replaced with a

    the account having a single profile

    New membership plans at the account level (replaces the current model)

    Introduction of user defined services that are defined as a part of their

    profile; this change has an impact on the Search functionality which will beaddressed independently.

    Profile View

    This section describes the Profile view of the freelancer. The Profile View will be

    divided into sections from the top to the bottom of the page. With a few exceptions,

    the Profile View for the Employer and Freelancer is similar in terms of functionality.

    Differences will be covered below. Find below a screenshot of the top band of the

    Freelancer view of the Overview page.

    This is the cover photo/background band. On the left is a picture and screen name

    of the freelancer. Whenever the user clicks into this page, only the bottom portion

    of the cover photo will be shown (the entire cover photo will not be displayed).

    The location (city) of the freelancer is located below the freelancersscreen name.

    Selecting Website, a link, will direct the freelancer to their personal

    webpage, in a new tab.

    On the top right is an icon that indicates the membership type of the

    freelancer (each membership type will be associated with an icon TBD); in the screenshot provided, the type is Large Vendor. (thisfeature is not there anymore? Greg didnt mention)

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    On the right are the earnings and feedback ratings for the past year.

    Clicking either of these will open a drop down menu with moreinformation, shown below.

    This displays all time earnings, jobs awarded, and number of quotes inthe last month on the left. On the right, it breaks down the feedback by

    percentage for the past year. Clicking the drop down will close themenu.

    The navigation bar below the picture on the left enables the freelancer to view the

    different sections of the profile. Selects of the tabs will direct the user to that

    particular section of the profile view.

    Overview (section 2.1). This is the default selection of this page.

    Portfolio will take the user to portfolio collections (refer to the BRS forportfolio)

    Feedback (section 2.2)

    Skills (section 2.3)

    Selecting the Update Profile box will direct the freelancer to the

    Profile Settings page, covered in section 3.

    The profile view of the Employer is shown below.

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    The functionality of this is similar to the freelancer view, with exceptions detailed

    below:

    The cover/background band: the employer has an option of selecting a heart in

    order to favorite the freelancer.

    Selecting the white colored heart symbol will shade it red. Hovering

    over the heart will show a notification that says Add to Favorites, asdisplayed below. Selecting will change the heart to red indicating thatit is a favorite. Selecting a red heart will remove it from the favoritesand change the color back to white.

    The navigation bar below has the same options as the freelancer, with one

    difference. Instead of Update Profile, the employer has the option to select

    Contact Me.

    Selecting Contact Me will open the contact page for the employer to

    send a message to the freelancer. Find below a screenshot of the

    contact page.

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    9) The radio button options allow the user to select between Invite toQuote or Send Message. Invite to Quote is the default view whenContact Me is selected.

    10) Selecting the dropdown Select a Project allows the employerto select between projects to add to the message/quote. If the userhas selected the Send Message radio button at the top, thisoption will not be available.

    11) The text box will allow the employer to type a message to thefreelancer; the limit on number of characters is 5000 characters.

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    Selecting Invite to Quote or Send Message will send themessage/quote.

    12) The social networks that the freelancer has been indicated topresent on will be displayed. Selection will result in the user beingtaken to the appropriate page for interaction (dependent on the

    social network). For the phone icon: on mobile phones, selectingthis will initiate a call with the freelancer; on non-mobile devices thehover text will display the phone number provided by thefreelancer.

    1.3 Overview

    This section describes the Overview tab of the Profile View. Find below a screenshot

    of the Overview page for the freelancer. The header lists the top nine skills of the

    user. The remaining portion of the Overview page is described in four sections.

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    1.3.1 Services

    This section describes the Services portion of the Overview page. It contains

    information about the services offered by the freelancer and where the freelancer

    can manage the service offerings. Find below a screenshot of the Services portion.

    7) The + box on the top right allows the freelancer to add a new service.Selecting this will direct them to the Edit Profile page, covered in section 3.This option does not appear for the employer view.

    8) Each service box displays the following:

    Left: Cover image.

    The first portfolios cover page will be the cover page of the service.

    If there is no cover image, the box will be grey with Add a coverimage as a clickable link. Selecting this will open the service in edit

    mode for the user.At the bottom right of the picture is a magnifying glass icon, which willappear in bold when one hovers over it. Selecting the icon will displaythe portfolio associated with the service & cover image on a popup(the user will be able to navigate thru the portfolios for the service asexplained in the portfolio BRS).

    Middle: Title of service with a description below. This directs the user

    to the page of that Service, covered in section 2.2.

    List of skills associated with the service limited to one line. Selectingany of the skills will take the user to skills page for the selected skilldisplaying the services and portfolio associated with the skill (section1.4)

    Right: The information displayed, from top to bottom, is the hourly

    rate, minimum rate, star rating, and number of reviews.

    9) The edit drop down menu on the top right will be displayed when the cursorhovers over a service. The edit feature will not appear for the employerview. The drop down menu has four options:

    The functionality of the four options:

    Selecting Edit Service will allow the freelancer to edit the service

    (see section 3.2.1).

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    Selecting Copy to Drafts will copy the service to the drafts section. The

    toast message has been copied to drafts will bedisplayed on completion of the copy operation.

    Selecting Unpublish will unpublish the service moving the service to

    the drafts group (on completion the selected service will no longer be

    displayed on this page). A notification that says hasbeen unpublished. will be displayed.

    Selecting Delete will delete the service. A notification will pop up to

    confirm the deletion; upon confirming, a notification will say title ofservice has been deleted.

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    Revision History

    Name Date Reason For Changes Version

    KaushikShankar

    4/4/2013 0.9

    Shankar Krish 4/10/2013 Minor tweaks based on comments from

    Ritika

    0.91

    Kaushik

    Shankar

    4/18/2013 Added details for membership, bids and

    profile stats

    1.0

    Shankar Krish 4/21/2013 Added a section for validation. Some 1.01

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    textual information needs to be added to

    this section

    Shankar Krish 4/29/2013 TBD replaced with actual text 1.02

    Kaushik

    Shankar

    6/2/2013 Updated the changed

    sections/screenshots based on revised

    mockups

    1.03

    Shankar Krish 7/15/2013 Updated section 1.2 Included additional

    info for the edit, clone, publish/unpublish

    and Delete operations

    1.04

    Shankar Krish 7/23/2013 An addition on closest city in section 2.1;

    update is highlighted with yellow

    background.

    1.05

    Shankar Krish 7/31/2013 Some minor updates (highlighted) 1.06

    Shankar Krish 8/8/13 Resolved the consistency problem in the

    size of the service name and descriptionsbetween sections (changes are

    highlighted in the validations table)

    1.07

    Shankar Krish 8/22/2013 Included descriptions for conversions at

    the profile, service and portfolio levels.

    1.08

    Shankar Krish 9/10/2013 Added info on allowed file

    extensions/types

    1.09

    Contents

    INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................3

    PROFILE VIEW....................................................................................................3

    INTRODUCTION................................................................................................12

    PROFILE VIEW..................................................................................................12

    INTRODUCTION................................................................................................21

    PROFILE VIEW..................................................................................................21

    INTRODUCTION................................................................................................31

    PROFILE VIEW..................................................................................................31

    MOCKUPS:

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    Ritika/Overview.html

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    Introduction

    The current model for freelancers setting up their profile and the functionality used

    by employers to view the profile information of freelancers will be replaced based

    on the details in this document. As a part of this revamp, some other changes will

    be introduced:

    The concept of multiple profiles per freelancer account will be replaced with a

    the account having a single profile

    New membership plans at the account level (replaces the current model)

    Introduction of user defined services that are defined as a part of their

    profile; this change has an impact on the Search functionality which will beaddressed independently.

    Profile View

    This section describes the Profile view of the freelancer. The Profile View will be

    divided into sections from the top to the bottom of the page. With a few exceptions,

    the Profile View for the Employer and Freelancer is similar in terms of functionality.

    Differences will be covered below. Find below a screenshot of the top band of the

    Freelancer view of the Overview page.

    This is the cover photo/background band. On the left is a picture and screen name

    of the freelancer. Whenever the user clicks into this page, only the bottom portion

    of the cover photo will be shown (the entire cover photo will not be displayed).

    The location (city) of the freelancer is located below the freelancersscreen name.

    Selecting Website, a link, will direct the freelancer to their personal

    webpage, in a new tab.

    On the top right is an icon that indicates the membership type of the

    freelancer (each membership type will be associated with an icon TBD); in the screenshot provided, the type is Large Vendor. (thisfeature is not there anymore? Greg didnt mention)

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    On the right are the earnings and feedback ratings for the past year.

    Clicking either of these will open a drop down menu with moreinformation, shown below.

    This displays all time earnings, jobs awarded, and number of quotes inthe last month on the left. On the right, it breaks down the feedback by

    percentage for the past year. Clicking the drop down will close themenu.

    The navigation bar below the picture on the left enables the freelancer to view the

    different sections of the profile. Selects of the tabs will direct the user to that

    particular section of the profile view.

    Overview (section 2.1). This is the default selection of this page.

    Portfolio will take the user to portfolio collections (refer to the BRS forportfolio)

    Feedback (section 2.2)

    Skills (section 2.3)

    Selecting the Update Profile box will direct the freelancer to the

    Profile Settings page, covered in section 3.

    The profile view of the Employer is shown below.

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    The functionality of this is similar to the freelancer view, with exceptions detailed

    below:

    The cover/background band: the employer has an option of selecting a heart in

    order to favorite the freelancer.

    Selecting the white colored heart symbol will shade it red. Hovering

    over the heart will show a notification that says Add to Favorites, asdisplayed below. Selecting will change the heart to red indicating thatit is a favorite. Selecting a red heart will remove it from the favoritesand change the color back to white.

    The navigation bar below has the same options as the freelancer, with one

    difference. Instead of Update Profile, the employer has the option to select

    Contact Me.

    Selecting Contact Me will open the contact page for the employer to

    send a message to the freelancer. Find below a screenshot of the

    contact page.

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    13) The radio button options allow the user to select between Inviteto Quote or Send Message. Invite to Quote is the default viewwhen Contact Me is selected.

    14) Selecting the dropdown Select a Project allows the employerto select between projects to add to the message/quote. If the userhas selected the Send Message radio button at the top, thisoption will not be available.

    15) The text box will allow the employer to type a message to thefreelancer; the limit on number of characters is 5000 characters.

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    Selecting Invite to Quote or Send Message will send themessage/quote.

    16) The social networks that the freelancer has been indicated topresent on will be displayed. Selection will result in the user beingtaken to the appropriate page for interaction (dependent on the

    social network). For the phone icon: on mobile phones, selectingthis will initiate a call with the freelancer; on non-mobile devices thehover text will display the phone number provided by thefreelancer.

    1.4 Overview

    This section describes the Overview tab of the Profile View. Find below a screenshot

    of the Overview page for the freelancer. The header lists the top nine skills of the

    user. The remaining portion of the Overview page is described in four sections.

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    1.4.1 Services

    This section describes the Services portion of the Overview page. It contains

    information about the services offered by the freelancer and where the freelancer

    can manage the service offerings. Find below a screenshot of the Services portion.

    10) The + box on the top right allows the freelancer to add a newservice. Selecting this will direct them to the Edit Profile page, covered insection 3. This option does not appear for the employer view.

    11) Each service box displays the following:

    Left: Cover image.

    The first portfolios cover page will be the cover page of the service.

    If there is no cover image, the box will be grey with Add a coverimage as a clickable link. Selecting this will open the service in edit

    mode for the user.At the bottom right of the picture is a magnifying glass icon, which willappear in bold when one hovers over it. Selecting the icon will displaythe portfolio associated with the service & cover image on a popup(the user will be able to navigate thru the portfolios for the service asexplained in the portfolio BRS).

    Middle: Title of service with a description below. This directs the user

    to the page of that Service, covered in section 2.2.

    List of skills associated with the service limited to one line. Selectingany of the skills will take the user to skills page for the selected skilldisplaying the services and portfolio associated with the skill (section1.4)

    Right: The information displayed, from top to bottom, is the hourly

    rate, minimum rate, star rating, and number of reviews.

    12) The edit drop down menu on the top right will be displayed when thecursor hovers over a service. The edit feature will not appear for theemployer view. The drop down menu has four options:

    The functionality of the four options:

    Selecting Edit Service will allow the freelancer to edit the service

    (see section 3.2.1).

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    Selecting Copy to Drafts will copy the service to the drafts section. The

    toast message has been copied to drafts will bedisplayed on completion of the copy operation.

    Selecting Unpublish will unpublish the service moving the service to

    the drafts group (on completion the selected service will no longer be

    displayed on this page). A notification that says hasbeen unpublished. will be displayed.

    Selecting Delete will delete the service. A notification will pop up to

    confirm the deletion; upon confirming, a notification will say title ofservice has been deleted.