I've gone ahead and bunged the new design onto the front page - and am currently feeling rather clever, because I've also split up the various sections, using templates, and now each has its own 'edit' button - which should make it easier to update, rather than having to go all squinty eyed looking at all the complicated layout code....
Re : Angela's points below - they're self evidently strong - I very much see the current layout as a framework which I hope it might be a bit easier for more members to get involved in maintaining / updating etc. - if you're so inclined - dive in :-) For example, I'd picture updating the 'featured content' bit weekly / monthly (or even daily) - there's a metric ton of awesome australia related content on commons, wikisource, and of course wikipedia - if you're so inclined, just grab something from somewhere, and update that area - if we have too many cooks, we can figure out some sort of system anon..... In making these updates, a few things emerge to my mind as becoming a bit more diserable / pressing; - I would like to highlight the possibility of an organisation joining WMAU - for whatever reason it seems to me that we're talking to quite a few organisations who would be interested in supporting the Chapter in this way. There's no tension in my mind between between this process and encouraging individual membership also. - Our Donate channels are a bit limited - we need an acceptable online donation scheme asap. - It might be wise to have some sort of policy on cleanup of older items - many of the pages easily navigated to are mothballed to various degrees. that's it for now :-) cheers, Peter PM. On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 2:31 AM, Angela <bees...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 1:06 PM, private musings <thepmacco...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > G'day all, > > > > I've just been browsing a bit around our website ( > > http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wikimedia_Australia ) - and wondered if > perhaps > > we might be able to generally aim a little higher / improve it a bit. > > > http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/14/non-profit-website-design-examples-and-best-practices/ > has some advice that might be useful. In summary: > > Make your site donor-friendly > Make your site media-friendly > Make your site volunteer-friendly > Make sure your organization’s purpose is immediately apparent > Make sure your content takes center stage > Make sure your website is consistent with your other promotional materials > Know your site’s purpose up front > Include a news section or blog > > They also list 20 examples of sites that do it well. > > Angela > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >
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