<br>and to continue - a joomla based chapter web page - <a href="http://www.isocpr.org">www.isocpr.org</a> - which integrates membership and events handling.<br><br>-ed<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Klaus Birkenbihl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Klaus.Birkenbihl@isoc.de">Klaus.Birkenbihl@isoc.de</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">just to contribute to the list of WP based Chapter presences:<br>
<a href="http://www.isoc.de/" target="_blank">http://www.isoc.de/</a><br>
which integrates communication and membership management.<br>
<br>
Klaus<br>
<br>
Joly MacFie wrote on 2011-06-05 20:18:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> Hi Khaled<br>
><br>
> The Tunis site is very pleasing and elegant. Simplicity and spacing<br>
> ease comprehension greatly. As I said before I worry that ISOC will<br>
> soon change its look and hope that it maintains those qualities.<br>
><br>
> On the question of identity guidelines, this is a topic I have raised<br>
> with global on more than one occasion. And I'm always told that new<br>
> guidelines are on the way. Issues I have had with it are<br>
><br>
> 1) that the 'name of chapter in blue below' style isn't satisfactory<br>
> as when the logo is reduced it becomes unreadable.<br>
><br>
> 2) that the ' b/w chapter name to the side' style is too wide for many<br>
> practical uses.<br>
><br>
> 3) that a square style is needed for icons and also mediawiki.<br>
><br>
> 4) that there are inconsistencies in the color specs<br>
><br>
> (The latter is down to discrepancies between specs for printing on<br>
> various paper stocks and RGB hex for the web - these should be clarified)<br>
><br>
> Many chapters have taken matters into their own hands and made<br>
> adjustments to improve, Including ISOC Tunie. In fact it might be a<br>
> nice exercise to aggregate all the logos together on one page (with<br>
> links back to the respective sites) so we can see.<br>
><br>
> Another identity thing we should be aware of is that since a couple of<br>
> years back ISOC, while still OK, has been deprecated in favor of<br>
> "Internet Society" by Global. Good use in any text is to use<br>
> "Internet Society (ISOC)" in the first instance, and then ISOC thereafter.<br>
><br>
> That said, I believe variety is the spice of life and like seeing<br>
> individual approaches.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On the sharing of information the ISOC newsletter (itself WP-based),<br>
> and its corresponding RSS have made great strides to close this gap.<br>
> It's not the problem it was.<br>
><br>
><br>
> As you say - it's important ISOC Chapter sites as the public<br>
> representation of the society be exemplary. It's difficult sometimes<br>
> to do this and also be a live ongoing information resource - which,<br>
> unless constantly maintained, will become dated. At the same time one<br>
> wants to be directly engaged with the community and timely coverage of<br>
> issues will drive in traffic and interest. Here at ISOC-NY I've got<br>
> around this slightly by making the primary site more of a static<br>
> resource (needs a new design which is why I raise the topic) and<br>
> initiated a secondary site "the noticeboard" <a href="http://isoc-ny/p2" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny/p2</a> as a<br>
> more freewheeling blog style environment.<br>
><br>
> j<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Khaled KOUBAA <<a href="mailto:khaled.koubaa@gmail.com">khaled.koubaa@gmail.com</a><br>
</div></div><div class="im">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:khaled.koubaa@gmail.com">khaled.koubaa@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi all,<br>
> Thank you Joly for bringing this issue up. I want to share with<br>
> you the<br>
> old version of our Tunisian chapter <a href="http://www.isoc.org.tn" target="_blank">www.isoc.org.tn</a><br>
</div>> <<a href="http://www.isoc.org.tn" target="_blank">http://www.isoc.org.tn</a>> which is based on<br>
> Joomla<br>
> But our new website <a href="http://www.isoc.tn" target="_blank">www.isoc.tn</a> <<a href="http://www.isoc.tn" target="_blank">http://www.isoc.tn</a>> (<br>
<div class="im">> underconstruction ) will be be based on WP<br>
> The other important question that I would to recall after seeing your<br>
> websites is the ISOC Identity Guideline<br>
> <a href="http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/identity/" target="_blank">http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/identity/</a> which give some<br>
> indication on<br>
> brand identity of ISOC and its chapter.<br>
> My personal point of view is that : No ISOC Chapters nor ISOC itself<br>
> should be failing on matters like that ! Members and partners will<br>
> look<br>
> first to our websites, and they find them not using a unique identity,<br>
> not talking about the same issues and not using the BEST OF THE BEST<br>
> technology in the Internet world, I don't think that they will see<br>
> us as<br>
> serious organization.<br>
> Khaled<br>
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