[Open-access] Website up and running!

Jenny Molloy jcmcoppice12 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 21 19:37:15 UTC 2012


Looks great Tom!
I've added some OKFN Open Content buttons to the license box and made the
101 reasons into a numbered list so we can keep track :)
Will try and do more later in the week.

Jenny


On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have done a major update on the @ccess site for more content and a
> better look, and also put in the CC-BY licence. I will try to improve on it
> in the next few days.
> Have a look and change / edit when and wherever you feel the need......
>
> TOM
>
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 5:46 PM, Mike Taylor <mike at indexdata.com> wrote:
>
>> On 20 February 2012 16:37, Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Laura,(and others editing the @ccess site)
>> >
>> > I am looking at the @ccess site just now, and I think it is too basic. I
>> > don't want to rush things but since the site is up and running I think
>> we
>> > should style it as soon as possible. I don't like the idea of it
>> staying too
>> > long as a basic version, because it is how the world sees us. And the
>> first
>> > impression should be good.
>>
>> Agreed.
>>
>> > I already proposed that we could use the same theme for this site as
>> the one
>> > that Mike used for whoneedsaccess.
>>
>> Not agreed, here, though.  I think it's better that the sites be
>> immediately visually distinguishable, since they are aimed at very
>> different constituencies.
>>
>> That said, we could give some *some* shared elements.  Am I right in
>> thinking that @ccess is hosted on OKFN's own WordPress installation?
>> If so, does that mean we can customise stylehseets?  If that's so, we
>> could start with the theme that Who Needs Access? uses
>> ("Retro-fitted") and change the colour scheme.
>>
>> > Points to address quickly:
>> > The landing page now is the about page, We should have it as the
>> homepage I
>> > think , and make a About page stating our purposes and history and
>> > definition of Open Access ------> @ccess, don't you think? I have made a
>> > Definition page private published that we might use.
>>
>> Sounds reasonable.
>>
>> > Possibly we could also install a number of widgets like a twitter
>> widget on
>> > the site.e.g. Twitter Tracker, that one should then be updated to
>> version
>> > 2,2
>>
>> Tracking what Twitter account?  I never heard back from whoever has
>> @ccess.
>>
>> -- Mike.
>>
>>
>>
>> > RSS could also be useful and than some.
>> > Could we dedicate another sprint to polish the site?
>> >
>> > TOM
>> >
>> > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> A basic website is now up and running at http://access.okfn.org/.
>> >>
>> >> It seemed simplest to create the site on the OKFN blogfarm in the first
>> >> instance. I'm not an expert with domain names and re-directs, but I'm
>> happy
>> >> for that url to be changed/linked elsewhere as  appropriate.
>> >>
>> >> To edit, you first need to request privileges from me. (Jenny, Peter
>> and
>> >> Tom O. already have them). Drop me an email with your username on the
>> okfn
>> >> site (register at okfn.org/register if you don't already have one)
>> and I
>> >> will give you admin privileges. To add/edit content, you then simply
>> log-in
>> >> at access.okfn.org/wp-admin.
>> >>
>> >> The site is functional, but it would be great to make it sharper,
>> clearer
>> >> and more comprehensive over the next couple of weeks. Thanks to
>> everyone who
>> >> joined the sprint today, we made a great start!
>> >>
>> >> Kind regards,
>> >> Laura
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Laura Newman
>> >> Community Coordinator
>> >> Open Knowledge Foundation
>> >> http://okfn.org/
>> >> Skype: lauranewmanonskype
>> >> Twitter: @Newmanlk
>> >>
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