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Post by evanne on Nov 11, 2011 2:32:05 GMT -5
NOTE: EDIT by Mireille 11/15/2011 - Please ask your support questions and make requests to the web group in this thread.
* moved website questions thread into this thread. Can we use this image for the banner? i.imgur.com/1phpM.jpgI like it better because it emphasizes the participants in teh GA over the leader. Also, could we set up a people's mic section on the site? Tripp has articles he'd like to post. So far I am collecting them in my email. I have some things I could share, mostly graphs or images... (edit by mandy: changed img to link so it doesn't distort the forum frames, click to view image in a new window)
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Post by gm0ney on Nov 11, 2011 12:08:52 GMT -5
I like it, but I would make a horizontal cut of it and put a blueish tint/filter on it. What does everybody think of that?
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Post by gm0ney on Nov 11, 2011 12:10:46 GMT -5
Another question:
Is it possible with wordpress to use <iframe>? If so, you could but the forum inside a page so that it is all in one.
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Post by Mireille on Nov 11, 2011 16:34:29 GMT -5
Banner: James and I had sort of discussed it via e-mail. He sent me both that one and the same one with writing, which I added to the About page. He said you thought you looked authoritative, my answer was this:
I actually tried that pic, I just think that one with her is more visually appealing, shows there is someone facilitating but doesn’t show the face, the colors and dimension contrasts work well. Plus that dude in the other pic looks like he’s confused, then HE looks like the authority figure. I thought the fact that the other pic doesn’t show her face drove home the point of “leaderless” better… Can you tell I over think these things?
The banner has to fit the dimensions, i.e. you have to crop the pic at the right points to show enough, not sure the writing will all fit without cutting off heads. See if you can make it work.
If you ask for a vote, my vote is keep her pic, no writing. Looks cleaner. Of course, my original idea was to rotate that pic anyway, but didn’t think so soon. It would be nice if there was some kind of flash thing rotating the images, kinda like Occupy Orlando. ;D
Although James had agreed with some of my points, I don't know if he ever intended to experiment with it when he had time. It kinda got dropped for now.
I can try working more with the banner you suggest to see how it looks, but I would like to know what others think. Also, I would like to add that I am not sure a blueish tint/filter would look right with the current colors of the site. But I'd have to see.
People's Mic - Can you tell me what the articles entail? Are they how-to-articles, opinion pieces, educational? Trying to see how and where to best add them to the site - stand alone articles with an index? Maybe have a blog section just for these so others can comment - i.e. "People's Mic Blog"?
Embedding Forum - I had searched to see if there was a way to do this within wordpress with a widget, but not that thoroughly. You can code html within a page but iframe didn't even occur to me. I am used to these widget's doing everything for you, and I thought the support section would have stated something so simple as iframe. I will try that and see what happens!
UPDATE 11/11/11 6:15 PM: Just found out that Iframe code is not allowed in the Wordpress free site for security reasons. I tried it anyway and it just strips the code and adds the link. Sorry.
Not sure when I can get to all this, but I will update this thread as I work on these.
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Post by Mireille on Nov 11, 2011 21:19:53 GMT -5
UPDATE 11/11/11 9:15 PM
BANNER: Good news - playing around, I found out you can add multiple banners to be shown randomly on each page. I took some of the group pictures from the FB page, including the one above and the original, and made 12 banners to be rotated randomly. I think this will work out nicely! If anyone has additional banners they want to rotate in there, let me know.
EMBEDDING FORUM: As I had mentioned above, Wordpress doesn't allow certain codes, including iframe, due to security reasons. However, while researching I found out you can add a flash service called Tagul that embeds a word cloud widget, which in turn when you click on it, it slurps in the forum. The results are not ideal - you have to click on it to see the forum, and the parameters of the wordpress page means you have to scroll around in there. So, not a solution, but a neat trick and makes the page more interesting. The forum word cloud is cool!
Waiting on answers about the articles from Evanne to proceed on the last request...
UPDATE 11/11/11 10:35 PM
PEOPLE'S MIC: I added a menu item called People's Mic (or would you prefer "Soapbox"?). In reality it is a category that filters posts marked as "People's Mic" to this other page. The posts still appear on the front page, but will be below all posts marked as "uncategorized". The People's Mic page will just bunch them together in one spot for easy access. Let me know if this will work for what you had in mind. Please forward the content so we can see how this would work in practice.
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Post by gm0ney on Nov 11, 2011 22:37:33 GMT -5
I like what's there, but not my expression. I love Jade's beard though, LOL.
If you can tell me the words to use and the dimensions it can get more of the photo in.
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Post by Mireille on Nov 11, 2011 22:49:42 GMT -5
I like what's there, but not my expression. I love Jade's beard though, LOL. If you can tell me the words to use and the dimensions it can get more of the photo in. The dimensions of the banners are 940x200 pixels. I think words will make it look too cluttered. You can submit additional banners if you like, but as I mentioned above, I am rotating 12 banners randomly there now, so your pic shouldn't come up that often, lol. |
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Post by gm0ney on Nov 11, 2011 22:50:16 GMT -5
Well, will this do? I'm not satified with the color treatment and I left some more area to crop possibly. I could just do black and white I've got to get to bed. Give me some suggestions on fixing it. Thanks Attachments:
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Post by Mireille on Nov 11, 2011 23:00:50 GMT -5
Will check tomorrow. Going to bed too. Thanks. ;D
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Post by evanne on Nov 12, 2011 10:16:45 GMT -5
I think the multiple banners are awesome! And the forum integration is badass! Props to you, Mireille!
I do like calling it the People's Mic, but if your instincts say otherwise, just take that as my opinion. If we let people know that they can submit self-written pieces, I think we have some who would love to take that on. We could also put good quotes from the discussion section of the forum, maybe? I have seen some pretty well-written things over there.
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Post by Solus Hospes on Nov 12, 2011 11:47:25 GMT -5
Looks great, thanks for all the hard work and continued collaboration.  |
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Post by Mireille on Nov 12, 2011 15:53:34 GMT -5
I do like calling it the People's Mic, but if your instincts say otherwise, just take that as my opinion. If we let people know that they can submit self-written pieces, I think we have some who would love to take that on. We could also put good quotes from the discussion section of the forum, maybe? I have seen some pretty well-written things over there. I decided to call it "People's Blog" because I wasn't sure if everyone would get what "People's Mic" was (although I liked tha myself). I've already looked around the forum and asked a few to let me use their posts, but I will add a submission thread in the web work group sub-board for people who want to submit articles, musings, etc. for inclusion in this page. Oh, also added an EVENTS page with a google calendar, which works pretty much like the FORUM page. Thanks all! |
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Post by rwparkinson on Nov 14, 2011 12:06:25 GMT -5
I like the idea of having a calendar of events to which we can direct people. I am still getting calls as a consequence of the first (and only) press release; everyone is asking - what is OMF doing, what can I do, and where do I go for this type of info? Obviously, they don't need to be calling me!
I'm hoping we can confirm one or more sites and associated web addressed which we can pass along in the future during tonight's GA. Thanks.
(edit: moved from media sign-up/check-in to here by mandy as this would be the appropriate thread for this question and answer.)
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Post by evanne on Nov 14, 2011 13:45:09 GMT -5
Directing them to the website is always a good option. I'm excited to hear that people have been calling. Maybe we should start a thread over in Media WG to see if anyone there has the time to field PR calls?
(moved from media sign-up/check-in to here by mandy as this would be the appropriate thread for this question and answer.)
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Post by Solus Hospes on Nov 14, 2011 13:52:26 GMT -5
I move the above two posts here because there was already discussion on bringing a calendar to the website so that can be worked on through this thread of web suggestions? Also, I agree with asking for PR person in the media team.
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Post by rwparkinson on Nov 14, 2011 16:29:08 GMT -5
If a new PR is circulated (and I'm hoping one will go out after tonight's meeting), I don't mind being listed as the POC. However, I want to have a list of working group facilitators to whom I can re-direct anyone who calls me seeking additional information, say on direct action.
So, we'll have to be sure that information is available in advance of it being issued. That said, I don't have their telephone numbers or emails addresses; so we'll need to think all of this through a bit more than we/I have to date. I saw a list of WG facilitators being developed, but I'm not sure where it is at the moment; I'll look around now.
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Post by Mireille on Nov 14, 2011 16:52:36 GMT -5
REPOSTING FROM "Voices" THREADThe google calendar page "cannot be displayed" when clicking on the cloud, and why do people have to login to google, i.e. set up an account, to view the events? Oh and why not have a "contact us" button so people dont have to navigate to try to find the right page to post questions. Not sure what these questions are doing here, but I didn't see them re-posted in the web working group board, so I am answering here. You should not have to sign in to google to see the calendar. I was not aware of that being an issue. I will have to see if there is a setting that needs to be modified. So far, all the settings are public, but I will have to look into it further. Secondly, there is no contact because there isn't anyone designated as the main contact for the entire occupy group. I am certainly not going to be that person. I have been indicating contact information in the working group page and so far the only group that has contact information is the web group - it has an email address, which I am the contact for. Other working group facilitators have been designated this week and official contact information has not been provided yet. E-mail addresses need to be created and facilitators assigned. In the meantime, I've been adding a link to the appropriate board in the forum. I can create these email addresses, but I need to get confirmation from the faciliators which is their best forwarding address, as this is how it is normally set it up in gmail. rwparkinson - if you want to be POC, please send me your best contact information. I will work this week on getting all official contact information for facilitators that have been confirmed and putting them on the website.
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