CardanoPress: Governance Plugin

[GENERAL] Summarize your solution to the problem.

We can take out the technical aspects of creating a portal where users can discuss and vote on various proposals created by a community and vote on them directly on-chain. We have a BETA version ready

[GENERAL] Summarize your relevant experience.

The team working on CardanoPress have been developing WordPress solutions for 15 years. Using WordPress & corresponding technologies, we've delivered API solutions for clients worldwide.

Recently, we've delivered WordPress/Cardano solutions for projects building on Cardano.

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

We have a working BETA version working where users can submit and discuss proposals and then view and vote on progressed proposals all on-chain.

This is an example website with an online forum and proposal voting are setup for users to view, discuss and vote on based on various configurations.

An example we have created is the ADAWaifus Governance website

https://peterb125.sg-host.com/

Users right now can install the plugin and configure it for their projects.

We want to now develop this further, and spend time on the user interfaces and the user experience of the plugin to make the plugin easier to use for participants in a DAO and easier for projects to implement.

[IMPACT] Please describe how your proposed solution will address the Challenge that you have submitted it in.

Having this plugin will make creating a Governance portal quick and easy. Being able to implement and get started within minutes removes all barriers to entry.

[IMPACT] What are the main risks that could prevent you from delivering the project successfully and please explain how you will mitigate each risk?

Our plugin relies on the Blockfrost API. The platform can stop us and other projects from using it within our plugin. To mitigate this, we'll connect with the team to see what issues may arise from our plugin using the Blockfrost API.

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed plan, including timeline and key milestones for delivering your proposal.

Phase 1 - Gathering Feedback & User Testing

Phase 2 - Creating Use Cases and Testing Scenarios

Phase 3 - Develop Against Use Cases and Scenarios

Develop against the required use cases

Phase 4 - Test Against and Gather Feedback

Test and gather feedback on use cases

Phase 5 - Submit the final stable version 1.0.0 of the plugin

Deliver final stable version

Phase 6 - Complete getting started documentation

Doc for projects to start using and implementing

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown.

The team's hourly rate is $150 an hour.

User testing: 8 hours $1200

Development: 8 hours $1200

UI/UX design: 16 hours $2400

Administration: 8 hours $1200

Documentation: 40 hours $6000

Total budget breakdown: $12000

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide details of the people who will work on the project.

Peter Bui - Project owner and creator

Gene Torcende - WordPress & API Developer

Martina Kocian - UI/UX Designer

Karlo Ilanos - WordPress Developer & Frontend Developer

We have worked as a core team at PB Web Development for over 6 years.

[FEASIBILITY] If you are funded, will you return to Catalyst in a later round for further funding? Please explain why / why not.

If we are funded, we will return for additional funding in the future.

As of now, the project isn't fully monetised, and we have no way of sustaining the development of the core product.

As Cardano evolves and more projects and ideas come to market, we will need to continuously develop and grow core CardanoPress to cater to market needs.

We will come back with new proposals as market conditions warrant.

[FEASIBILITY] Are you or any member of your team working on any other proposals in this Fund9?

[FEASIBILITY] Are you or your team working on any other proposals from previous Funds?

[AUDITABILITY] Please describe what you will measure to track your project's progress, and how will you measure these?

We will measure the number of users and projects that take up the plugin to use in their own projects.

We will be able to measure and track how many users engage with us during development and then take our work and successfully develop their own.

[AUDITABILITY] What does success for this project look like?

Seeing projects install and implement the plugin as their voting platform of choice is what we see as being a success.

[AUDITABILITY] Please provide information on whether this proposal is a continuation of a previously funded project in Catalyst or an entirely new one.

This is an entirely new project and proposal not relating to any in a previous Fund.