[IMC-US] PROPOSED: Arafat on the verge of death

[john duda]

On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 03:18:49PM -0500, max wrote:
> yeah I agree with john: "a set of distinctions beyond
> > start special/breaking news/feature/local wire that tied into a less
> > traditional layout like what sf.indymedia.org is now using."
> 
> that would be key in terms of moving indymedia sites away from the blog design
> and towards a news design.  sf.indymedia.org looks really good right now. also
> check out http://michiganimc.org/~max/version6.html - this is what we were
> working on but never implemented. it'd probably be way easier to do in mir than
> dada.

i also had your design in mind, but couldn't find the url.  the trick
as i see it would be to come up with some easy ways of splitting up or
rearranging texts and abstracts.  if someone has some bad ass css
skills, we could do something like article titles+1 or 2 sentence
leads with a small picture, but then when you mouse over that, you get
a full summary which appears in a floating div in the same place.  it
would be futuristic and super cool if it worked right, but damn hard
to nail....


> 
> max
> 
> 
> Quoting john duda <john at manifestor.org>:
> 
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 12:02:24PM -0500, Ana Nogueira wrote:
> > > I agree. This is what I propose.
> > >
> > >
> > > longterm:
> > > This might be too radical an idea, but we find space on our page for
> > > "syndicated global features." a narrow column with *just* headlines from
> > the
> > > global feature page that link to the global site.
> > >  I think this would help us more clearly define both site's roles. Crazy?
> >
> > i think we need to seriously think about how to 1) increase the amount
> > of space on the page (a stretchable banner would help here) and 2) how
> > to display more info at the top of the page for longer periods of
> > time.  maybe if we could come up with a set of distinctions beyond
> > start special/breaking news/feature/local wire that tied into a less
> > traditional layout like what sf.indymedia.org is now using.  or something.
> >
> > john
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/5/04 3:26 AM, "bht" <bht at indymedia.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > i am also against having this a feature of us imc.  i think its place on
> > > > us imc would be in the syndicated feature wire should indybay feature it
> > > > on their local page.
> > > >
> > > > this is a global story.  it belongs on the global page, i almost think it
> > > > would be good to highlight somewhere on the site other indy sites like us
> > > > imc.  there is global, of course, and there is also oceania syndication
> > > > site.
> > > >
> > > > also, i am very concerned about the crossposting on indy sites, and i
> > > > especially worry about the relationship that us.indy will have with
> > > > indymedia.org
> > > >
> > > > i dont know how many of you are familiar with the global process and
> > such,
> > > > but global imc working group is a very small group of people that take
> > > > original submissions or compile features themselves and post them as
> > > > features.
> > > >
> > > > i think the actual number of people that actively participate in global
> > > > features right now is 4 or 6.  And quite a few of the people on this list
> > > > and actively doing work on this site are people that used to be involved
> > > > with global features.  So the energy and momentum is switching, as it
> > > > should.
> > > >
> > > > I kind of lost my track of thought, so I am going to stop rambling.  But,
> > > > I think my main point was that we should create a symbiotic relationship
> > > > with other indy sites, especially global.
> > > > bht
> > > >
> > > > ahhh! Chris Anderson
> > > >>> And we don't have to mention the US connection in
> > > >>> every story either.  If we did it would
> > > >>> sound like the RCP having to mention Bob Avakian in
> > > >>> every story, speech, etc.  The
> > > >>> cumulative coverage of the site will make the US
> > > >>> connection clear.
> > > >>
> > > >> I disagree with the above statement in general, but am
> > > >> not opposed to this feature specifically. That said, I
> > > >> dont see why we shouldn't mention the impact Arafat's
> > > >> death will have on the US.  There's a way to do it so
> > > >> we dont "sound like bob avakian."
> > > >>
> > > >> chris
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
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