[Seattle-editorial] Promoting Features, work flow

[BFGalbraith]

Hhhhhmmmmmmm... now that I've re-read this, I see that
I should have read your original e-mail more closely
Kellan, and I DO agree with Judy here.


--- typist at speakeasy.net wrote:
> Kellan, That is exactly right, exactly what is
> needed.  Thanks for the teach-in on Saturday.  I
> think if the process can be simplified to a point
> and click at the article with an ease for extracting
> the hook language we want, we'll see a lot more
> features in the center column because it won't be
> such an awkward process to post. Another thing that
> is needed is the ability to attach a photo and
> adjust its size easily.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Judy
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kellan at protest.net
> [mailto:kellan at protest.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 08:56 PM
> > To: seattle-editorial at indymedia.org
> > Subject: [Seattle-editorial] Promoting Features,
> work flow
> >
> > The training on Saturday was useful to me, I hope
> it was useful to
> > everyone else.  Among other things it brought home
> some of the
> > difficulties of using Mir (which doesn't have the
> world's friendliest user
> > expirence).  One immediate fix we made was to add
> the admin link to the
> > top right corner of the page making it easier for
> people to login.
> >
> > Something else I learned was a bit about how the
> editorial team would like
> > to operate.  I had a vision in my head of people
> choosing stories from the
> > newswire, fliping a switch, and having them show
> up in the center column.
> > What I found out is that what people *actually*
> want to do is:
> >   * find a strong story from the newswire
> >   * excerpt the first paragraph or so, perhaps
> with minor edits
> >   * link to the longer, original story for more
> info
> >
> > (this is of course in addition to original content
> which gets written for
> > center column)
> >
> > Would the editorial team describe this an accurate
> description of their
> > process?
> >
> > Because we could probably make changes to
> facilitate that process if it
> > was going to be how people worked, but I want to
> make sure I captured
> > correctly people's work flow.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Kellan
> >
> >
> > --
> > "the truth is always revolutionary" [antonio
> gramsci]
> >
> > kellan at protest.net
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