[Seattle-editorial] FP: Get Ready. The Seattle IMC Website is going to be changing.

[Jeremy G Kahn]

Looks good to me. I think we need to tell people about this project; 
even without punchiness I approve.

--jeremy

Jason Reep wrote:

> Editing for punchiness and excitement is encouraged
>
>
> Proposal:
>
> Greenbar: New Code, New Features, New Look, New Media
> TITLE:  Seattle IMC website to undergo major upgrade
>
> Body:
> The code base that runs the Seattle IMC website is getting old.  It was
> written more than four years ago and has been modified and patched and
> hacked to within an inch of it's life.  It's come time to retire this
> venerable package and move on.  In the next few weeks a new, much more
> robust, secure, feature full and beautifully designed website will
> replace the current verion of our website.  It will include our entire
> archive of newswire posts and features dating back to November '99.
>
> The new code is known as MIR.  It's based on the Java programming 
> language.  Technical details and a list of features can be found <a 
> href = "http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Devel/MiR">here</a>.  Anyone 
> skilled and interested in becoming involved in helping support the 
> Seattle IMC with website development, maintainence, design or money 
> (new servers are being donated but some new components are necessary) 
> is encouraged to contact the <a href = 
> "mailto:seattle-editorial at indymedia.org">Seattle IMC editorial 
> collective</a>.
>
>
>
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