[Cc-webedit] Front page

[bye neil]

Hi Jon
            Penny approved the front page I put up at the gathering. If she is not happy about the prominence of the coal caravan then a larger link and a direct link from the image should suffice.  She should have contacted website at .... if she wanted changes. The G20 being promoted to the front page was a one off. We have never done that before and in my opinion it was a bad idea. In the past we have always considered that a measure of consistency should exist on the front page.
             I am sorry I missed your posting on cc-webedit. I did check it yesterday and found no post since mine on April 8th. I assumed no-one was using it any more. The only address that gets checked regularly is website at ...
            I did contact you but felt I had to revert in the meantime as I said.  Having considered  what you have said I see no reason to change again.

Neil
            


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> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:49:38 +0100
> Subject: Re: Front page
> From: j at jonathanleighton.com
> To: neil_bye at hotmail.com; cc-webedit at lists.aktivix.org
>
> Hi Neil,
>
> I've CC'd the webedit mailing list because I don't think this should
> be a private discussion.
>
> I got a call from Penny who is the media contact for the coal caravan.
> She was very frustrated that despite the coal caravan now being a
> working group of the climate camp, it was not receiving the prominence
> on the website that something like the G20 received. She felt that
> this did not reflect the mood of the Brighton gathering, and that
> people there wanted to support the coal caravan. Which includes
> promoting it on our website, especially as it is something which is
> happening *now*. (When the G20 was happening, that was what was
> promoted on the front page.)
>
> Penny sent out press releases last night, which will be being read
> this morning, so she wanted the issue to be resolved last night so
> that people & press who visit the website will be able to see
> information about the coal caravan. With the previous version of the
> front page there is only a tiny link saying "Coal Caravan Progress"
> (and a massive image linking to the coal newspaper which seems quite
> incongruous on the front page).
>
> I did my best with the limited time available, and made a judgement
> that it was reasonable to promote the coal caravan prominently on the
> front page while it is happening, as this is what we have done for
> other climate camp projects in the past. I accepted that I may have
> missed the mark in this judgement and so sent the message that I did
> to the cc-webedit list, so people could make their remarks if
> necessary. In contrast, I rarely see other people reporting changes to
> the cc-webedit list for discussion.
>
> I am very unhappy with the fact that you have simply reverted my
> changes, without any prior attempt to contact me. I think you should
> have tried to make contact, and failing that you should have tried to
> balance the changes I made with your own vision of the front page,
> instead of simply over-ruling me and reverting my changes.
>
> I am going to inform Penny about what has happened, as she will no
> doubt be very frustrated when she looks at the page again and sees it
> identical to how it was yesterday. I'm not available for the next
> hour, but please consider my comments and if you (or anyone else)
> would like to chat on the phone I'm on 0792 9898 121.
>
> Cheers,
> Jon
>
> 2009/4/27 bye neil :
>> Hi Jon
>> Who did you confer with regarding the changing of the front page.
>> It is appalling, all the links have gone. It is overkill on the caravan. It
>> does not look like a climate camp front page and to pick nits you used a
>> cropped coal banner. Please reply promptly. In the mean time I am reverting
>> it.
>>
>> Neil
>>
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