[Seattle-editorial] Re: [Seattletech] possible site design

[BFGalbraith]

I also like San Francisco's web site.  However, notice
that inspite of all their fancy catogorizations,

THE OPEN NEWS WIRE IS DIVIED INTO 2 SIMPLE SECTIONS:
"LOCAL NEWS" AND "GLOBABL NEWS"!

I really think that ANY catogorizations aside, this
one basic, fundamental change to our web site needs to
take place as soon as possible.  (Please note that if
we allow the authors to catagorize what kind of news
their story is [global or local,] then we do NOT have
to do it ourselves!)

What's keeping us from haveing Local seperated from
Global on the newswire now?  I am very seriously
looking at doing some outreach inside this month. 
What would that outreach entail?  Teaching other
organizations how to post their news on our site.

But what would be the point of that if the newswire
spam is just going to wash their news away before WE
even see it?  GOOD QUESTION!!!

Again, what do we have AGAINST having a "local" and
"global" _section_ to our newswire?



---  anarch3m <anarch3m at lycos.com> wrote:
> We're long away from doing that many
> classifications.  long way mediamaker wise.  
> 
> That said, in support of needing less, I'd like to
> ask the question of verticality.  I have really
> liked some sites that are more newspaper like, in
> that they have several news stories across, rather
> than down.  the webs have 'Classified', not just one
> after another.  So we could have enviro left,
> politico right and event center
> 
> All three just below banner and the links (oh- this
> is an old old thread- i will drop  "links" for the
> moment)
> 
> I'll put in another pitch for a front page devoid of
> the open wire.  a front page all of for and by the
> local working media makers to put content to.
> 
> And, Personally, i'm liking the unboundaried open
> spaces.  I'd like to get banner et al to go with it,
> not revert back to that oppressive heavy all filled
> in busywork!  My semiotic sensibilities get
> cog-dissed seeing that here.  But i also do like the
> clear highlighting a bunch.
> 
> walt
> 
> 
> --
> 
> --------- Original Message ---------
> 
> DATE: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 23:30:36 
> From: kellan at protest.net
> To: seattletech at indymedia.org
> Cc: 
> 
> >I think there are a lot of nice design elements in
> the SF Bay IMC's >website, that would be relatively
> easy to integrate with the basic SeaIMC >layout.
> >
> >http://indybay.org/
> >
> >We really should have a banner to help people
> orient.
> >
> >And I like the clear hilighting of topics on the
> left hand side. (the
> >newswire design feels a little clunky)
> >
> >kellan
> >
> 
> 
>
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