[Open-access] Website up and running!

[Tom Olijhoek]

Ay chance for a Skype conf to discuss progress, e.g. tomorrow or Friday ????

tom

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Jenny Molloy <jcmcoppice12 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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