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profpeter on "openDemocracy launches site re-design"

profpeter — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:49:04 +0000

I haven't as yet read the spec but would favour something along the lines of a jukebox panel ; i.e. that is a series of buttons which deal with a given "subject area" with perhaps the current top content floating through it ; so you could have one for security, democracy, country specific ; pressing a button would then take you another series of buttons particular content . If you wanted to be cleaver you could make some of the buttons "my buttons"; so when you log in or your ip address is detected they display your interests. On the front page above the buttons you could have the "headlines" scrolling through ...... Peter M

JFox on "openDemocracy launches site re-design"

JFox — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:24:49 +0000

The message was returned to me as undeliverable.

Jeremy

Tony Curzon Price on "openDemocracy launches site re-design"

Tony Curzon Price — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:04:25 +0000

email seems to be working for me - what happens when you click on the mailto link? - rebuild@opendemocracy.net

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tony

profpeter on "openDemocracy launches site re-design"

profpeter — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:50:12 +0000

I like the idea of a floating nav panel that moves as you scroll through any page.Your pages are long ...

On the home page it hard to get a feel for the scope and depth of what is on offer; how to achieve this is another question-will ponder!

The look should also reflect the strategy for the web site ; what is it trying to be or want to be--- a form of online newspaper ?

Peter M

JFox on "openDemocracy launches site re-design"

JFox — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:24:53 +0000

Your rebuild OD email address doesn't seem to work, so here is my two cents worth.

May I suggest you build in maximum accessibility for people with various kinds of visual and other disabilities? About 10 per cent of the population is dyslexic in varying degrees, and there are various other common disabilities that can render the negotiation of conventional websites taxing. Here are a couple of useful sources of information/advice:
AbilityNet and
DOIT

Jeremy

Jerjer on "Democracy support - where now? "

Jerjer — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:34:17 +0000

Kabylian people are asking the International Criminal Court (ICC) to judge the criminal despots of the Algerian totalitarian regime, Bouteflika and Zerhouni, for their crimes against humanity. Here is the list of their last 130 victims in Kabylia (Black Spring’s Martyrs): http://mak.makabylie.info/-Martyrs-du-Printemps-Noir-?lang=en