[IMC-US] banners, and width, and some visioning questions

[Ana]

Hey all,

sorry i havent been very involved lately. i just had to catch up on some
other things for a while, such as personal sanity etc.

i too would like us to have a vision discussion about the site. i think we
did a great job and it is serving a very valuable service, even now when
there isnt a major event to push. i, for one, didnt see the site as a tool
for major events alone, but something that will draw more traffic to local
imc stories and ignored stories in general on an every day basis. and it is
doing just that. i, for one, go to many more local imc sites now through
this portal than i used to.

but there are still things to work out. we were in the midst of a debate
recently about what stories we can and cannot link to, and until that is
resolved im not really sure how i can participate outside of occasionally
promoting an article. i would like us to occasionally produce features with
multiple links to various imc's and non-imc's alike, features that capture a
wide breadth of articles beyond a local feature. as i argued at the AMC,
stories that cross states and issues in a way that connects the dots.

as for site width issues, i could work on banners again when my computer
comes back from the shop, but when my last computer was stolen, i lost the
background orignal file, so im not sure how much i can expand the banner
without losing resolution.

also, i know there are folks who have argued that we should keep the site
this width becuase it is friendlier to folks with small screens. they dont
have to scroll across to read the site. one solution was to just center the
site so that there is a white border on both sides, not just the right side.
would that improve it for you enough, bht?

i think it would be great if we could have an irc meeting soon. i will be at
a family reunion from wedensday to wednesday but could do it before that or
in 2005. thoughts?

peace
ana
nycimc




Quoting bht <bht at indymedia.org>:

> hi.  i wonder how much work it would be to expland the banners so the
> site
> can go back to full size.  i thinkt hat it looks really silly as it is
> right now.  i know it looked silly before too, so why not fix it?
>
> does anyone have interest in working on the site in this capacity?  or in
> the capacity of editorial/administrative work?
>
> perhaps we should do a bit of online visioning...maybe the folks that are
> interested in working ont his site could send a bit of a personal vision
> for what this site will serve and how it could be used best?  i think it
> could be helpful.
>
> personally, i had gotten involved at the allied media conference because
> i
> didnt like the way it was being discussed, and it seemed that the folks
> that were wroking on it, in all factions, then were a bit unresponsive to
> folks they hadnt met.
>
> now, we have a very slick looking site, and lots of good content.  i know
> there are a few tech things still being worked out.  like getting
> syndication back up to its original capacity and such.  i also know that
> the layout of this site is something that the global site would like to
> mirror at some point in the future.
>
> it seemed to me that there was not a long term vision for this site.
> people wanted it to highlight national issues like elections, the dnc and
> the rnc and things like that.  now, the next thing that i can see being
> majorly covered on this site is the inauguration...then what?
>
> I would like to see this site highlight really good local independant
> media, that is coverage of local events.  It can serve as an example to
> folks other places, they can see how things happened in x city and
> perhaps
> do the same thing in their city.  I think the global feature of victoria
> secret actions helped a bit to spur more actions.
>
> I dont know where I stand with this site long term.  I dont personally
> have the time to be completely involved right now.  I can offer
> suggestions and help anyone that needs help using mir.
>
> I am just throwing all of this out, becuase it seems there is very little
> activity.  bradley has been doing alot of admin work, along with betsy
> and
> tribal.  a few folks have been proposing features to be promoted.  john
> has been working hard on the tech side of things.  i have offered to help
> with mir questions and have been doing that.  and randomly, every now and
> again, someone will come in and promote a feature from their local imc
> :-)
>
> does anyone else see something awry?  or feel that a bit more
> participation should be in order, and that folks should at least say in
> what capacity they want to be involved with this site?  i am especially
> eager to hear from the folks that I met at the allied media conference
> who
> had seemed to be very excited about this.
>
> thanks for reading through this long diatribe!
> bht
> portland
>
>
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