[ComCom] Re: [Tech] Interesting site redesign idea

[Colby Peterson]

I think a Green blog should be independent of the party. In the sense  
that it is Green-leaning but officially non-partisan, like  
Bluemassgroup (BMG). I have been thinking of starting one up (its so  
easy these days), but I think it should have multiple editors (once  
again a la BMG).

- Colby

On Nov 28, 2006, at 1:04 PM, Eli Beckerman wrote:

> Interestingly, this site uses a new idea called FairSource code
> (basically outsourcing
> with the fair trade model in mind). Their site was implemented by
> ifPeople(www.ifpeople.net).
>
> I think a blog makes sense in addition to a new website. There are
> lots of green blogs
> out there (http://www.greencommons.org/greenbloggers/). And we would
> be well-served by putting out an alternative to bluemassgroup.com with
> a Green-Rainbow editorial perspective. We could consider a feature
> that would let users rate postings and so important posts could
> trickle up to a more prominent position, as well as editors having
> that power.
>
> I agree it makes sense to consider first what we want the website to
> do. And I hope
> that ComCom can help in that regard.
>
> On 11/28/06, Jamie O'Keefe <jokeefe at jamesokeefe.org> wrote:
>> I was looking at sites that use plone, but don't look like they are
>> using plone out of the box and I happened upon the Business Alliance
>> for Local Living Economies (http://livingeconomies.org/).
>>
>> One thing I really liked about it was that two of the top of the  
>> three
>> columns had a Featured ... section.  In this case they were Featured
>> Network and Featured Entrepreneur.  The third column started with a
>> two paragraph summary of what the organization is, how many people  
>> are
>> associated with it and where they want to go.
>>
>> We might consider a similar layout with:
>>
>> o  left column having the summary followed by other stuff
>> o  middle column having a featured local chapter or activist
>> o  right column having our latest news/notice items
>>
>> just a thought.
>>
>> Jamie
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