[Seattle-editorial] Re: feature format tweaks

[nathaniel t]

[from nathaniel to stefani]
>For a while with the new format I didn't notice that feature headlines are 
>clickable links.  I didn't see how to get more info on the current stories.
>
>Maybe the headlines should be underlined?  Maybe an explicit "full story" 
>link after the summary should be standard?

[then from stefani 2004-03-12]
>some web browsers automatically underline links.  others do not.
>
>some people like that; others don't :-( i personally prefer a link below 
>the  blurb, not having the headlines be the links.  the editorial group 
>does that stuff.  i don't know enough yet about mir to make the changes 
>which might automatically do that.  (some other stuff has really used up my 
>time this week, and i'll have to take down the servers for some maintenance 
>this weekend.)
>
>i prolly oughta look into this  tho.

The browser I'm using right this minute (Mozilla Firebird) underlines links 
unless pages or stylesheets tell it not to (I just tested it).  The 
seattle.indymedia site must be explicitly asking browsers -not- to underline 
the headlines.  And I think the editorial people have recently discovered 
there's just a box they can check to move stories from the newswire to the 
center column, which is why recent features are showing up in the center 
column without any rewriting, or any "read more" links.  So I imagine (who 
knows?) they might like a "read more" or "full story" link to show up 
automatically ...

I guess I should talk to Jesse down here about how he makes changes like 
this so I could offer some actual help rather than just "helpful 
suggestions."

By the way, the whole left column just says "[an error occurred while 
processing this directive]" since yesterday, but everybody probably knew 
that already.

I'm trying to balance my inclination to be helpful toward an obviously 
struggling enterprise with my other inclination not to stick my nose too 
much into stuff which may no longer be any of my business :-)

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