[Imc-uk-features] Re: [Imc-uk-process] [PROPOSAL] Re: Promoted articles wire

[ekes]

Hi,

Just want to support the timetable, and for now the implementation, of 
this one. We've had a couple of e-mails that suggest there might not be 
consensus, but I actually think peeps generally agree....

The timetable... The original suggestion to start this particular 
implementation was at the start of September on the features list. This 
was followed through with discussions. Then an implementation proposal 
was made a month ago. With the implementation now working, it doesn't 
seem odd to do try it in a weeks time.

The implementation... now we have had a couple of new thoughts about how 
to do it. I really feel it is an implementation of the idea we can work 
with. In the near future as we continue to innovate we may change it - 
with the knowledge of how it effects things. This implementation works - 
lets use it. I've said it before but I'd like to do even more with the 
front page....

ekes

FWIW I'm my brain has a future front page with:-

o open postings in some topics
o the promoted newswire articles
o our mid-column uk features
o the all topics/all regions features
o a feed from the syndicated global site

mainly just titles/pics and links, not l.o.n.g text.

The reasoning is to hightlight local and global 'we are actually 
involved' reporting and comment. Design wise to make this clear I'd also 
like to keep a bit more of the earthy grassroots feel of the 
layout/design - and I mean more than the ny.imc or sf.imc that I did 
like. I've started to wonder about the overly slick looking designs. 
When my local newspaper can make a mock 'your news' site - there is 
something great about the way we look and do things ;-)