[Imc-web] featured announcements

[Brian Dolinar]

Where is the button for "Update Options" or "Manage Content"?
Otherwise I can to to US IMC and hide our features.

BD

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Brian and Carly,
> This is one of the Update Options available for articles in Manage Content.
> This pulls an item from the Newswires and pulls it to the center of the
> page. Instead of making it a Feature, it puts it at the top of the Features
> column. I don't believe that they syndicate in that position; at least they
> didn't in the past. This would solve the problem of making local events more
> visible, without syndicating them to US IMC, for instance.
> Mike
>
> Brian Dolinar wrote:
>
>> Can somebody tell me what a sticky is?
>>
>> BD
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net<mailto:
>> rebelmike at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>>
>>    I share your concern about things syndicating to US IMC. It
>>    doesn't look good over there.
>>
>>    Another option is to use the sticky. I'm not sure what this does
>>    to syndication, but give it a try and see how it acts.
>>
>>    Yes, it's been some time since anyone has used proper procedure in
>>    making a Feature. There's no need for pre-approval, unless it's
>>    something you feel uncertain about. You should send a note after
>>    having done so to this list, with a link to the specific story you
>>    made a feature, just to document things. That's all there is to it.
>>
>>    I've just been sitting back and letting you kids go at it, but
>>    maybe I should complain? 8-)
>>    Mike Lehman
>>
>>    Brian Dolinar wrote:
>>
>>        I featured Katy's Duke of Uke announcement because she asked
>>        nicely.
>>        And Carly just featured her own announcement about workshops.
>>        Can we revisit our policy on featuring announcements?
>>        We don't typically do this unless it's a big ucimc event.
>>        My main concern is that our features get syndicated at
>>        http://indymedia.us
>>
>>        What do folks think?
>>        We've also been featuring things without any editorial decisions.
>>        Don't know who is staying up on web pg editing these days.
>>
>>        BD
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