Change is in the air

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Tal

Aside from updating the front page to reflect the Coronation of Cuan and Padraigin this past weekend, there are other changes in place as well.

After several requests I have moved the menu from the upper right side of the page to the left hand bar, above the calendar. Hopefully this will make it simpler for folks to find our navigation links.

In the process of making the menu fix, I believe that I have also addressed the bug that caused the page to display as wider than a single screen on some browsers. If you continue to have horizontal scroll bars or cannot see Their Majesties’ photo on your desktop or laptop browser, please let me know so that I can continue to work on the problem.

More change is coming. I expect to roll out a new look for the Kingdom website within the month of October, and updates to several of the applications are also in the works.

There’s always room for more folks to help out. If you’re reading this and interested, please contact me at webminister@atlantia.sca.org and I’ll be glad to find some task that fits your skills.

In service to the Kingdom of Atlantia,

Talorgen Hersir nepos Wrguist
Kingdom Web Minister

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Changes to the Atlantian pages

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Tal

First, welcome to my blog.  I want to ensure that I have an open line of communication with you, the readers for the main Atlantian web site, as we go through the changes which are planned for both the Office of the Kingdom Web Minister and the web site.  If you would like to leave commentary on any of the posts which are open, please register for an account.  All are welcome to join and after the initial comments are approved from any person (just another anti-spam mechanism) I hope not to have to moderate the commentary at all.

As many of you will have already noted, there have been some updates to the Atlantian web pages.  I have received a fair amount of feedback – some of it good, and some of it rather unhappy with the changes.  All of the feedback is quite welcome, and is taken into account as I try to determine what should be done to the site next.

I have more changes coming, and wish to announce that the next planned revision to the site is now live on http://next.atlantia.sca.org.  The major changes this time around are:

  • Added a Google Custom Search box to make it easier to find anything in the atlantia.sca.org space, including all of the Baronial sites
  • Rearranged the menu and moved it to the top right, along with the Google Custom Search box.

There are, of course, minor content updates as well.  I welcome any commentary either here, in person, or by email about the changes.  Like them or hate them, the information is useful.  If I do not hear of significant issues with the new layout that must be corrected, I will probably promote the content from next.atlantia.sca.org to the main site on Monday.

I would like to thank Lady Caiterina inghean ui Chonaill, who is responsible for Their Highnesses’ pages at http://atlantia.sca.org/trh.  With her permission, the look of that section has now been copied to Their Majesties’ pages as well.

Thanks for your time!

-Tal
Your Kingdom Web Minister

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State of the Office

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Tal

I accepted the position of Kingdom Web Minister about 6 weeks ago.  Here’s what’s going on at the moment:

  1. The office is still in the process of being reorganized.  I have posted openings for 4 deputy positions at the moment.  See the KWM deputies post on the main site for more information.
  2. We’re using TRAC to keep track of our open jobs and work progress.
  3. I’ve made a few changes to the Atlantian web pages.  More are coming, some of them very soon.
  4. I’ve started this blog to facilitate more open communications.
  5. We’re using the web projects mailing list to discuss the business of the office.  Sure, there’s not a lot of traffic there at the moment, but it has been useful several times thus far and I’m certain that it will become lively once again.
  6. I have begun gathering analytics on the site.  The open-source analytics software Piwik is now installed.  View information will be sent to the Web Projects list shortly after this post is complete.
  7. The July Acorn will contain a policy revocation.  Section 9.3.5 Duplication of Newsletter Content will be removed effective with the printing of the Acorn.  This will allow us to publish newsletter information before it has gone to print in the Acorn.  Events will be able to become live in the Kingdom calendar as soon as SPIKE has been approved by the group seneschal and the Kingdom calendar deputy.

There’s quite a bit more changes coming.  I’m excited about the possibilities, and want to make sure that Atlantia is represented and served by her online assets in the best way possible.

-Tal

Comments are open and welcome on this post.

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