[Open-access] Website up and running!

Thu Feb 23 10:31:52 UTC 2012

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have made Jenny, Peter M-R, Tom O and Mike T all admins on the etherpad.
> You should have received an email with a confirmation link - once you've
> activated that, you will have administrative access to create etherpads and
> add other users as necessary.
>
> I might be able to drop by at 11am tomorrow

Do you mean physically in Cambridge? Very happy to see you - we can share
the call

> to give you all a hand. I'm not sure how to add a new plug-in either, but
> I'll ask around today and do my best.
>
> Speak soon!
> Laura
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:09 PM, Jenny Molloy <jcmcoppice12 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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>>>>>> --
>>>>>> 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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> Laura Newman
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> 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
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