[Open-access] Website up and running!

Thu Feb 23 14:16:40 UTC 2012

Hi Laura,
the link in my mail points to the instructions for downloading Q2A. It has
to be done at OKFN because it has to be in the right directory on the
server.
We can talk about this tomorrow on the Skype call

TOM

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:40 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 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
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> Laura Newman
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> http://okfn.org/
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