[Open-access] Website up and running!

Wed Feb 22 17:02:23 UTC 2012

I'm free most of the time

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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