[IMC-US-tech] Acorn Media: redesign?

[max]

we at the michiganIMC have been working on a significant redesign for 
our website.
you can view the latest templates at

http://michiganimc.org/~max/version6.html
and
http://www.mediamouse.org/michimc/

someone else is also working on another template that will supposedly 
be pretty different in design, but the basic layout goals are the same.
we're trying to make the IMC website experience more colorful and 
dynamic, so we have more pictures and room for stories of different 
'priorities' (main headline, less important features, commentary, etc.) 
as well as areas for regional coverage.  it's high time that the IMC 
design has a major overhaul, so we looked at a lot of corporate news 
sites which do a much better job of presenting information, for our 
design inspiration.

would you all be interested in implementing a design like this for the 
IMC-US?
we are definitely planning on making this or something like it our 
website design; if we wanted to do this for the US site, then it would 
be (I think) better for the US site and, if Acorn was on board to help 
with implementation and syndication, it would make it easier for us as 
well.

It would slow down our timeline a bit (we'll to tweak dada thumbnail 
creation among other things), but probably not that much as we need to 
figure out many things anyways. I think if we're going to do IMC-US, it 
should be done right, and the redesign is a vast improvement over the 
default "stacking" article design.

feedback please,

max

On Dec 31, 2003, at 8:36 PM, Sascha Meinrath wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, max wrote:
>
>> this sounds perfect. but it's probably something that should be
>> approved of by the larger group (as far as a permanent link to Acorn
>> and a story).  maybe we can consent on this list and then offer it as 
>> a
>> bona-fide tech proposal instead of just an idea.
>
> i like this idea -- ensure there's consensus on the tech side of 
> things,
> and then go to the IMC-US group in case there are are any major 
> concerns.
> i think that with the tech team overseeing stuff and Acorn putting some
> time and energy behind things that we could be up and running within a
> month or two.
>
> so next steps would be -- 1. get a consensus that this is a good idea 
> on
> this group (anyone object?); 2. create a canonical list of what needs 
> to
> happen to become fully operational; 3. get started on implementing what
> needs to happen.
>
> if folks can put together a list (numero 2 above) then we can allocate
> tasks and get started immediately -- anyone want to reiterate all the
> different tasks we need to accomplish before going live?
>
> --sascha
>
>> On Dec 31, 2003, at 6:51 PM, Sascha Meinrath wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> We really need to get things moving on the IMC-US website.  I have an
>>> idea/offer that may help us get things moving forward.
>>>
>>> If IMC-US tech folks are willing to take the lead on things by laying
>>> out
>>> what needs to get done & etc., the Acorn Active Media Worker 
>>> Collective
>>> (which I'm a part of) is willing to help with programming and
>>> implementation.  In return, the only thing Acorn wants is recognition
>>> for
>>> helping launch the site (basically a feature story when the site
>>> launches
>>> and some sort of link/acknowledgement on the main site).  
>>> Personally, I
>>> think it's a good way to get the site launched.  I am biased (having
>>> founded the worker collective and being interested in getting the 
>>> site
>>> up
>>> and running) and supportive of the collaboration, but what do others
>>> think?
>>>
>>> --Sascha
>>>
>>>
>>>
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