[imc-baghdad] Re: website

[Jacquie Soohen]

great summary.
On Monday, May 19, 2003, at 05:48 PM, Spike wrote:

>
> Summary - brief comments & ideas about the website.
>
> Update - we upgraded the server.  There's been busy periods, but 
> everything
> seems ok now.
>
> files from the newspaper available at http://www.almuajaha.com/issue1
>
> I moved all the articles from almuajaha into 'local relevance' on the
> newswire.  I posted some into here rather than to the features - not 
> sure
> why, just experimenting really.
>
> The site seems good - I quite like this dada system.  I made ramzi and 
> editor
> so hopefully they will be able to get more involved.
>
> Thoughts about customising the site: need to change the categories 
> probably,
> to better suit the newspaper.
>
> Any luck with reading the publisher files?  None here yet - I can't 
> locate a
> copy of the software.
>
> One idea I had was to change the posting form to hard code the 'local
> relevance' field so all newswire postings go to the 'other' newswire.  
> This
> would keep it open but tie it down a bit.
>
> Editors can still promote postings to the local section, or to the 
> frontpage
> [features section].
>
> Hmmm, there's some great pictures been posted.  Not sure about the 
> spanish
> cartoons though....
>
> Sam suggested we remove the indymedia logo - not quite sure about this 
> myself
> - i quite like it :o)
>
> I'm still trying to find local arabic speakers to help adminsiter the 
> site.
> There's a meeting / fundraiser tonight so that may help.  Anyone in UK 
> /
> anywhere with arabic skills and an internet get in touch!
>
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