[NCUC-DISCUSS] New website launched in Durban

[Milton L Mueller]

Thanks for taking the initiative and getting something accomplished. On the whole the site looks good. 

A few random comments:

It's a bit weird that one sees the Twitter feed only if one goes to the "Contact Us" page. Any reason for that combination? Why not put Tweets on a more prominent page? 

One of the good things about the prior Ning site was that anyone could contribute content - if they were a member they had a login and could upload photos, post messages, etc. In the new site, I see no mention of where or how to login. I see "recent posts" by members (e.g., McTim) but have no idea how they got there or how someone else might do so without permission. Can you clarify this?

The top header graphic has "Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC)" over a line that says "the home of civil society organizations and individuals within ICANN's GNSO" Those two lines are too close together. They crowd each other graphically - it doesn't look good. You need to move the second line down a few points.

Really like the inclusion of policy documents. Keep that current! 

Indeed, the challenge will be to keep content current, who is responsible for it? E.g., now that the Durban meeting is over what will be next big graphic to take the place of the Durban meeting venue? Although it is vibrant and nice to have the front page display timely things like that, as a design choice it commits you to constant updating and if that lags, it will start to look bad (e.g., someone who encounters a web site which prominently features a graphic of a meeting that took place 6 months ago will convey an impression of neglect).   

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From: ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org [mailto:ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org] On Behalf Of Tapani Tarvainen
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 5:15 AM
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Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] New website launched in Durban

Dear all,

NCUC's new website was officially launched on Constituency Day, July 16, 2013 during ICANN's 47th meeting in Durban, South Africa.

It is a complete redesign, residing on NCUC's own virtual private server running Ubuntu Linux (appropriate for South African launch), Wordpress and other free / open source software.
It is based on original design by Sarah Clayton, technical implementation mainly by Wilson Abigaba, Brenden Kuerbis and yours truly.

It is still work in progress, new features are being worked on and no doubt some bugs remain – but, like cities, living websites are never finished but keep growing and changing. But we feel it is already good enough to be useful.

So, point your browser to http://www.ncuc.org and take a look.

Any feedback is welcome.

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Tapani Tarvainen
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