[CIMC-work] Re: video page(s) on C-IMC website

[donald goldhamer]

Andrew,

>RE:VIDEO PAGE
>I'm still unsure as to how i can use my newly acquired Indymedia editorial 
>privileges to dynamically update the site until we get something better 
>organised. All i need is for someone to let me know how the system works and 
>where and how to upload to the space on the site where the page is kept. Its 
>just HTML right now so its no problem to chop and change it as we go. Can 
>someone who's a bit tekkie on the list give me the lowdown so I can at least 
>update what we have? My understanding so far has been that once the html is 
>uploaded I can't edit it which is probably wrong so once someone lets me know 
>where to look I can do it.

1. I'll create the video and photo home page locations on the C-IMC website
   in the next day or so.  You can have as many web-pages as you like,
   linked off of a video home page.

   I'm trying to free us from having the front-page "style" applied to
   these pages (and the radio page) so that we can make better use of the
   left and right columns/areas.  The radio page, for example, used to have
   a list of independent internet radio links instead of IMC sites, and I
   plan to restore that and to use the space taken up by the right column
   (the newswire) for better content.

2. The best way to become familiar with editing an article/page/... is to
   do it face-to-face with someone.  We could do that, or I can talk you
   through it the first time over the telephone.  You _can_ use and edit
   html if you're familiar with it.  My phone number is below.

>Also, if we want to we can take the site off thomas' uic page and sign up
>for a shared web page (less space to upload to, no video for eg.) for very
>little (around $5 per month) and use the www.indymedia.tv domain name,
>which is available to us, we can. This could be used until space is
>allocated on the INdymedia server. It could also remain the address for the
>show if we wanted and link to segments of the video on the indymedia site
>as we had discussed.  Whatever we decide this is an issue I'd like to
>propose we decide upon pretty soon so we can get moving on a groovy video
>web page. Where we keep the page is irrelevant as long as I and others can
>get to it and reedit it as we go along.

Uploading the video materials to the C-IMC website should be no problem
(iff you have broadband).  In fact, you should be able to do so now, even
before we have a video home page.  You may choose to use one of the video
pages to present a catalog or toc.

>I noticed moveon.org were sending out banners for people to put on their
>sites.  I'd like to put one on our page if there are no objections. There
>is bound to be other organisations that would like there cause to be
>highlighted in a banner on our page. 

That may be a subject for C-IMC policy discussion.

--Don

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