[IMC-US] banner and Indy.us working with local IMCs

[Aaron Couch]

in response to the question about the banner and the width change:

i prefer the fixed width. my vision of the US site is a site that functions 
as a portal to US based indymedia stories. the audience for the site 
includes those involved with indymedia, activists, as well as the general 
public. i think this is best served by graphically rich, polished looking 
site that is engaging for someone who is not familiar with indymedia. in 
that vein i think we should stay away from the full screen blog style 
format. i would like to further suggest that the site be less text-heavy. 

i think the present banners are pretty sharp. i'd like the rest of the site 
to to look as polished. if others agree with that i would be interested in 
putting work into it. forming a web working group responsible for the 
graphical upkeep (as opposed to the editorial) or engaging more designers 
would be a means toward that end. 

again, i think this is a really exciting project which i appreciate being 
able to share my opinions on.

best,

-Aaron




On 4/23/05, bradley at riseup.net <bradley at riseup.net> wrote:
> 
> hey everyone,
> 
> John, thanks for working on this.
> 
> --
> 
> I was talking to a friend at TUSC last week and he said that
> Indymedia.us was confusing to him, and asked why there was so much
> coverage of Santa Cruz. I replied that Indymedia.us is confusing to "us"
> too (-;
> 
> We are still trying to figure out the best ways for Indymedia.us to work
> with Indymedia.org <http://Indymedia.org> as well as local US-based IMCs. 
> I really like that
> all links from Indymedia.us went to Santa Cruz IMC last week during
> TUSC, cuz i agree that all comments should be on the local IMC, when
> possible. However, it would be great to have a "permalink" version of
> features on Indymedia.us. Can something be setup similar to way
> Portland has a "permalink" for all features, but not a not a place to
> comment, just a link to read more.
> 
> oh... for example, see here (-:
> http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/04/316089.shtml
> 
> I also replied to my friend that yes, it has something to do with me
> being involved in the indymedia.us working group, but also that santa
> cruz imc has had good coverage of the recent actions at UCSC which are
> inspiring to people far away. I also said that people in New York see
> features from Santa Cruz IMC and then promote them on Indymedia.us, and
> he got a big smile from that.
> 
> -----
> 
> Ok, back to the banners.
> 
> I really like the banners we currently have!! thanks again, ana!
> 
> I too would like to see more than humans in the banners.
> 
> How about a feature article on Indymedia.us that explains where the site
> has come since November 2, 2004, a link to the Indymedia.us feature on
> Indyconference in Austin, a call out for graphic designers to create
> some banners (maybe CSS too???), and a really big call out to help
> Indymedia.us by helping your local IMC (-;
> 
> Anyone else like the idea of an 'Indymedia.us Check-In, Call Out, Feature' 
> ?
> 
> sincerely,
> Bradley
> 
> --
> 
> from sc-imc's newswire today, "Administrators used the Tent U. actions
> as an example to the growing radical movement at UCSC's campus: from
> kicking recruiters out, to shutting down the campus for a day, April has
> been an amazing month.
> 
> Keep in mind that terrible police brutality has been happening in many
> communities for a long-long time and has never gotten the type of
> coverage that the Tent U. actions received."
> 
> http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/17507/index.php
> 
> * * * * *
> 
> john duda wrote:
> 
> >so i mocked up the site with a stretching banner:
> >
> >http://indymedia.us/en/index_test.shtml
> >
> >i don't think it looks all that good...(well it looks good on my
> >smallish screens, but kind of silly on a huge powerbook)
> >
> >so maybe i'll give up for now....i can go ahead and fix the accent on
> >the n in espanol, but we will get fuzziness on the images since we
> >have to decompress and then recompress the jpgs. or we could try to
> >get insanely tricky and float the accent over the n as a separate
> >image, but i'm not sure that my css kungfu is up to that.
> >
> >john
> >
> >
> >On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 09:05:41AM -0400, ana wrote:
> >
> >
> >>hey all
> >>
> >>i wish i knew how to help with this but i am uncreative when it comes
> >>to working with a one-layer jpg image off the website.
> >>
> >>as you may remember, i lost all the original files a while back.... im
> >>really sorry about this! ;-(
> >>
> >>my two cents on the width issue, i think just centering the website on
> >>the browser window would go a hell of a long way. i really dont like
> >>the mostly black banner that results when you stretch the banner.
> >>
> >>peace
> >>ana
> >>
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