[Open-access] Website up and running!

Wed Feb 22 17:33:04 UTC 2012

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com>wrote:

> Peter, and others
>
> I would like to have a Skype meeting sometime this week
>
>
Yes - I am free almost all of the time

P.

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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>> --
>> Peter Murray-Rust
>> Reader in Molecular Informatics
>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>> University of Cambridge
>> CB2 1EW, UK
>> +44-1223-763069
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Peter Murray-Rust
Reader in Molecular Informatics
Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
CB2 1EW, UK
+44-1223-763069
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