[NCUC-DISCUSS] New website launched in Durban

[DeeDee Halleck]

good comments,Milton!


On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

> 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).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
> 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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