[Open-access] Website up and running!

Thu Feb 23 10:49:11 UTC 2012

Oh no, sorry - I'm in Brighton for the next few days. But I can probably be
there online :)

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

>
>
> 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
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>> 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
Community Coordinator
Open Knowledge Foundation
http://okfn.org/
Skype: lauranewmanonskype
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