[Open-access] Website up and running!

Wed Feb 22 17:46:18 UTC 2012

I'm pretty tied up so don't organize around me. Will try to make it if I can

Cheers

Cameron

On 22 Feb 2012, at 17:29, Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >> Community Coordinator
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