Coliibri

Watch this short introductory video that shows you how Coliibri works. Get started right away searching and contributing.

Searching for Creative or Innovative Ideas

Using Keywords

1. Go to the Home page
2. In the "Browse Ideas..." text-input field, enter a word or phrase that best describes your area of interest. Examples: Oakland, Oakland Traffic
3. Click "Find" to start your search.

Refining Search Results

• Locate the Live Search bar at the top of the Search Results page (visible only if you enter keywords in the "Browse Ideas..." text-input field on the Home page).

    You have several options with which to narrow your search:

• You can type more specific keywords into the Live Search text-input field.
• You can narrow search results by filtering by Category. From the Category pull-down menu, select the Category you want to filter on, then click the "Search" button to the left.
• You can sort the results of a search using the "Sort by:" pull-down menu at the top of the Search Results list. Options include:
• Best match on tags
• Best match on full text search (default)
• Most page views
• Date published
• Author's name (Asc)
• Finally, you can search by tags. There are currently the following two options:
• From any search results page (including the Home page), simply click a tag within a project. A tag appears as a word or phrase encapsulated in a small rectangle with curved corners. There are four or more tags for a given project. Click on a tag to return all projects that contain the selected tag.
• You can alternatively type the tag into the Live Search text-input field. You must type it exactly as it appears in the system. Although the search is not case-sensitive, spelling and special characters must be an exact match. In this way, you can additionally filter the results by category (preferred).

Searching Urgent, Trending and New Projects

1. Along the top of any Coliibri page, you can click to view a list of Urgent, Trending, or New projects.

Browsing Categories

1. Locate the "Browse Categories" menu on the left side of any page (except the "My Coliibri" page)
2. Click a Category. Categories may contain sub-categories.
3. All contributions within that Category are shown in the list of results. By default, they are sorted by the most recently added on the top.

Opening a Project's Detail page

1. In any Search list, click on the blue "Project Details" button. The "Project Detail" page displays. Some of the elements of the project Detail window include:
• The title of the Project is displayed in a large italic font at the top of the Project Detail window.
• The author's user name. If you are logged in, you can click on the name to go to the author's user profile.
• The date and time that the Project was published. Because users cannot modify their published Projects on Coliibri, this is the one and only publish date.
• The project icon. The project icon is composed of the following elements:
• Number at the top-left. This number is a count of direct ancestors all the way back to the "root", or very first, version of the idea.
• Number at the bottom right. This number is a count of all descendants that are directly related to the contribution you are looking at.
• Small rectangle in the middle of the left hand side. The color of this rectangle denotes a classification of Urgent (red), Trending (blue), New (yellow), or dark gray-colored, which indicates that no classification applies. Changes
• A thumbnail of the primary image uploaded by the author for this project. If the author did not upload any image for the project, the default Coliibri "ii" thumbnail is displayed.
• The Category and (optionally) a sub-category. Categories allow the author to place their projects into a generic category that helps to define the nature of the project. For example, a project titled "Blues" placed under the Music category would communicate an entirely different nature than a project titled "Blues" placed under "Arts and Culture > Visual Arts".
• Tags. A tag is a free-form keyword descriptor of the project that is intended go beyond the categorical desriptor to clarify and give more relativity to the project from the perspective of search. For example, a Project about local government in Oakland, California might be catgorized under "Regional / Local" and have some of the following tags: "Oakland", "California", "Government", "Law", "Ordinance". So, by using a combination of category (and in some cases, sub-category) and descriptive keyword tags, the author clearly describes the nature their project to readers, and to Coliibri search as well meaningfully exposing the project to internet search engines.
• Media. One or more files may have been uploaded by the author. You can download any of the files in order examine them in detail, or to develop and upload your own collaboration.
• (optional) Changes to Original Project. This is text entered by the author describing a summary of changes that they made to the previous project. This is highly useful when hovering your mouse over project nodes in the Idea Navigator.
• (optional) Action Wish List. This is a communication from the author asking for contributions that address a specific problem. For example, "I need someone to add horns to this groove", or "Needs and architect to validate load-bearing capacity of wall design".
2. Click the blue "Collaborate" button on the top-right of the "Project Detail" window to collaborate with this idea.
3. Click the "Share" button to bookmark or share this page with others.
4. Click any one of the tags to explore other projects that share the same tag.
5. Click any of the displayed media to view them in greater detail or to download files to your local computer or device.
6. Click "Start a new Project" to begin an entirely new "root" project. Note that Coliibri will first help you try to find existing projects that are very similar to your idea. You can choose to add a contribution to one of the existing matched projects (assuming the system finds one), or opt to add a brand new idea or question to Coliibri.

Using the Idea Navigator

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Contributing to an Existing Project

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Starting a New, Unique Project

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FAQ

What is Collibri? What can I do with it?

A: Coliibri.com is a new platform for creation that allows you to:

• Offer a spark of an innovative idea or artistic creation or
• Ask for a creative solution / invention / creation from others and
• Watch as other expand on your contribution in numerous, sometimes unpredictable ways.
• See your contribution become part of a larger creation.
• Engage by participating in real-world, cutting-edge projects.
• Contribute an idea that does not expire. So, what may seem like a silly idea today, may spark an amazing idea two years in the future.

You may take any part of a creation and freely re-use it and benefit from it. All user contributions are licensed as Creative Commons Share-Alike (CC BY-SA 3.0). This licensing model allows you to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to adapt the work; and to make commercial use of the work. For details about this license, see: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

With Coliibri.com, you play a game that eliminates many of the traditional rules behind new creation and invention. You play on a leveled field with talents from all over the world.

What does the "Urgent" classification mean?

A: A project is classified as Urgent if it receives more than one page view within the last hour (now minus 60 minutes), and has at least one child contribution. This rule is only applied to projects that have contributions.

What does the "Trending" classification mean?

A: The Trending classification applies to a project that has received more page views and more contributions within the last 24 hours than the previous 24 hour period. For example, if a project gets 1000 pages views and 10 contributed projects on day one, then on day two, the project must get at least 1001 pages views and a minimum of 11 contributions to be classified as Trending.

What does the "New" classification mean?

A: A New project is one that was created within the last 24 hours. This means that if a node is created at 3:00PM, it will loose its “New” classification the following day at 3:00PM.

How often are Urgent, Trending, and New classifications updated?

A: The New classification is calculated in real time, whereas Urgent and Trending are set to update at regular intervals. These three classifications are used for the menu and for the “live idea” in the header. Classifications on the project pages are all updated in real time. (This is the orange, yellow, or blue indication on the project thumbnail. If no classification applies, the color is gray.)

Note: Last updated 12/30/2011. This tutorial/FAQ page is a work in progress.