[Open-access] Website up and running!

Wed Feb 22 23:09:47 UTC 2012

That requires more admin privileges than I have I'm afraid!
One for Laura! Could you also allow all the access blog authors to create
etherpads under http://open-access.okfnpad.org/?

Thanks very much!

Jenny

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:35 PM, Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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>>>> Reader in Molecular Informatics
>>>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>>>> University of Cambridge
>>>> CB2 1EW, UK
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