[Open-access] Website up and running!

Wed Feb 22 22:35:47 UTC 2012

Jenny,
Could you or Laura upload a plugin to the OKFN plugin directory?  I need
the Q&A plugin
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/qa/

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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>>> University of Cambridge
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