Hi Lori, it might be worth using a Content Management System (CMS) for your site so it's easy to update and for people to post articles/media/comments. from the layout / sections on your current site, I think a CMS would be the way to go.
I use one called drupal (http://www.drupal.org) which is great for community sites and it's free to use (as in cost). there's a sister project called CivicSpace also, which is based on drupal but some people find it easier to setup (~ more of an out-of-the-box solution). (http://civicspacelabs.org) there are many others available also. eg joomla (http://www.joomla.org/), plone (http://plone.org/). a CMS comparison site which may be handy for you if you want to see/compare the features is at CMS Matrix (http://www.cmsmatrix.org/). I guess you'd need to make a list of what features you want/need first/as u go. and think about things such as where you want the media contributions hosted - on your site or remotely & link them in / bandwidth / traffic considerations. some community sites use wordpress / blogging systems also and these can also be effective. the freevlog.org site has details & tutorials on how to setup a videoblog site so that may be useful for you too. if you just want to link to youtube/blip.tv videos then you could just add the code directly to your site, though it's not really interactive so probably not what you're after. (& I notice you already have this in the howto video sections) cheers Kath > > I write to find how Green TV could make a great interactive site and > > the reason is not my existing Green TV web site or content. Since > > going live on the internet less than 1-year ago, I have had people > > from all over the globe asking how they could contribute their green > > photos and/or videos (ranging from amateurs to architects, local > > politicians to government leaders, educators to media) > > > -- http://www.aliak.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
