[Open-access] Website up and running!

Wed Feb 22 22:32:53 UTC 2012

I propose to have  a Skype conf at 11.00 am GMT on Friday. Would you Peter
be able to make the call like you did the other times? Could we have an
Etherpad?

TOM

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Jenny Molloy <jcmcoppice12 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm not free at all tomorrow but maybe Friday mid-morning to mid-afternoon
> dependent on experiment timings. If you pick a time I'll do my best to make
> it!
>
> Jenny
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:46 PM, cn at cameronneylon.net <
> cn at cameronneylon.net> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> --
>>>>>>> >> Laura Newman
>>>>>>> >> Community Coordinator
>>>>>>> >> Open Knowledge Foundation
>>>>>>> >> http://okfn.org/
>>>>>>> >> Skype: lauranewmanonskype
>>>>>>> >> Twitter: @Newmanlk
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
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