[Imc-africa] some potential tech advice for imc-kenya from sf-active techies

[Jay]

>From: ryan <ryan at linefeed.org>
>
> > I am forwarding this email sent to the imc-africa list by John Bwakali,
> > one of the organisers of the indymedia coverage during the WSF last year
> > in Nairobi, Kenya. You have all heard about the tragedies that are
>
>Hello,
>
>It was just called to my attention the call for help from IMC-Kenya. I
>went and I looked and I noticed that they are using the CSS file
>design I had made years ago for IMC-South Africa's sf-active
>installation ;)
>
>IMC-Kenya should be immediately plugged into the support system that
>is available for sf-active websites within the Indymedia network. For
>going on 8 years, the sf-active support team has been online in irc,
>providing hosting and tech support for sf-active websites.
>
>Since IMC-Kenya is already running sf-active, the quickest way for
>them to start having all the tech support they need is to make them
>aware of the sf-active support system.
>
>This includes:
>
>1) SF-ACTIVE TECH SUPPORT: Any questions about their software should
>be sent to imc-sf-active at lists.indymedia.org ... this is the official
>support list for sf-active websites. This is also the place to find a
>volunteer who can help them clean up their website, etc.
>
>2) SF-ACTIVE HOSTING: There is an international group of volunteers
>who provide hosting for sf-active websites and we organize ourselves
>at imc-sfa-servers at lists.indymedia.org ... the main group on that list
>provides hosting for sf-active websites on Linefeed servers which are
>located at San Francisco Community Colo (so, a 'protected network'
>from a legal point of view). I see that imc-kenya is hosted on popelin
>and they should be able to email imc-sfa-servers at lists.indymedia.org
>and get server support, or they can opt to move their site to the
>sf-active installation farm we have at Linefeed.
>
>3) LIVE TECH SUPPORT: As mentioned, the sf-active support groups are
>around all the time on IRC. Someone from imc-kenya can use
>http://chat.indymedia.org/ to come on IRC and talk to us live, almost
>all day, every day in the #sfkids or #sf-active channel. If they just
>say they are from imc-kenya and need help, it's likely that someone
>will be there fore them.
>
>All of this is there for local IMC's to get the help they need in
>setting up and maintaining an indymedia site.
>
>It looks like the first step would be for imc-kenya to make contact
>with the imc-sf-active at lists.indymedia.org group and make a request
>for a volunteer to help them finish setting up their website. And,
>then we could go from there.
>
>Also, someone from imc-kenya should drop by on IRC and get introduced
>to the sf-active support people ... again, #sfkids and/or #sf-active
>are the channels to find us.
>
>- ryan - san francisco, california, usa
>
>
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