[Open-access] Website up and running!

Wed Feb 22 17:29:46 UTC 2012

Peter, and others

I would like to have a Skype meeting sometime this week

TOM

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> 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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