[Imc-uk-network] Feature proposal: New Nottingham Indymedia site launched

[behindthemask at riseup.net]

We got in touch with the network some weeks back to say that we had a date
to launch our new site (1st July). We're now almost there now so we'd like
to propose a feature to explain to users of the site what's going on, to
be published once the transfer is complete (probably some time tommorrow).

Cheers
btm
Nottingham Indymedia

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New Nottingham Indymedia site launched
Author: Notts IMC
Topic: Indymedia
Pic: See attached

<p>It is nearly 5 years since the launch of the original Notts Indymedia
website. There have been a lot of developments on the internet since then.
We want to stay at the forefront of future innovation, as Indymedia was
before the popularity of blogging and social networking. We want to make
sure you, the users, get the most out of the site.</p>

<p>As such, we have launched our new <a
href="http://nottingham.indymedia.org.uk">Nottingham Indymedia</a>
website. We think that it's easier to use and has better features than our
old site. The new site runs using the <a
href="http://projects.escapegoat.org/projects/show/hyperactive">Hyperactive</a>
content management system currently used by <a
href="http://london.indymedia.org.uk/">London</a>, <a
href="http://northern-indymedia.org/">Northern</a> and <a
href="http://indymedia.dk/">Denmark</a> IMCs. Many thanks are due to
Northern and London for giving us loads of help in getting up and
running.</p>

<p>The old site hasn't disappeared - it will stay archived <a
href="http://nottinghamshire.indymedia.org.uk/">here</a> - but you won't
be able to publish to it any more.</p>

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<h3>What's new?</h3>

<p>In many ways the new site works in the same way as the old site did.
There is still newswire on the right hand side (which now includes links
to other useful media sources) but events are listed in a separate wire on
the right of the page. You will now be able to publish events to this
calendar yourself without having to wait for a moderator to manually
transfer the info.</p>

<p>To publish your news just click the big button on the top right that
says 'Publish'. This will then give 5 different options depending on what
you want to publish. Click 'Article' for a news story, click 'Video' to
upload a video, click 'Event' to put your event in the diary, click
'Printed Media' to upload a zine or leaflet as a PDF or click 'Link' to
link to useful or interesting media from other sources. There is also a
'Tumblewire' for mobile phone publishing. Go to <a
href="http://mob.notts.indymedia.org.uk">http://mob.notts.indymedia.org.uk</a>
to publish from your phone.</p>

<p>Whilst, as ever, users can post anonymously, there is now the option to
create a user profile. If you post with a profile you will be able to go
back and edit your posts if you make a mistake, or change the details of
events, etc. Users can also create groups to collect group postings and
media on a particular page e.g. for Nottingham Animal Rights or Notts
Indymedia.</p>

<p>Site users will have a more direct link with moderation of the site
than before. If you see an article or a comment that is problematic you
can report it directly to the moderators by clicking 'Edit or administer
this' at the bottom of the article.</p>

<p>Rather than being sorted into static topics the new site is organised
by user generated tags for the location of the event (e.g. Radford or
Leicester) and topic (e.g. Animal-liberation or Anti-racism). The most
commonly used tags will appear in a cloud underneath the newswire. Click
the links to read more articles about a particular area or campaign.</p>

<p>Obviously we'd like to hear what you think about the change and to help
with any problems. Get posting your news and keep in touch with us:
notts[at]indymedia[dot]org.</p>