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New color scheme

Elizabeth — Sat, 05 May 2007 06:10:26 -0700

So now, with the exception of the bright tabs for navigation at the top, we've got a dark read, dark blue, and purple color scheme. How does that suit everybody? I'm still not 100% settled. I'd love to have somebody just hand me a palette of, say, 4 colors that would go well together and would be sufficiently dark/bright :)

Anyway, reactions?

Link colors.

Chris — Thu, 03 May 2007 22:42:09 -0700

Looks good so far, but I really don't like the brown/orange color of the links. Is there something else, either darker or brighter that we could use?

TOS/FAQ

Elizabeth — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:40:21 -0700

I think a TOS for a site like this ought to encourage people to argue and disagree but make it clear that there will be certain rules of decorum. For example, no personal insults or name-calling. (Back in the BBS/listserv days we used to call that "flaming" -- I don't know if that's still what it's called.)

Also, there needs to be a no-child-porn, no illegal content kind of statement and a no harassment and no spamming rule.

I'd like to make it clear that while sexuality intersects with all kinds of other things, the main focus of the site is sex and sexuality, so content that really strays far from that theme might be moved/deleted/what-have-you.

How should we encourage people to get involved as members and moderators?

And as for a FAQ, we'll definitely need some info about using different parts of the site, and about how drupal works. The most helpful thing here would be if we each kept track of whatever problems we've run into. (And if we've solved them, then the solutions as well!)

FAQ

Chris — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:35:32 -0700

I think that one thing we need to start working on is a FAQ to answer questions that users will inevitably have, like the "I'd like to link to my blog" question. We should also start working on some kind of Terms of Service/Mission Statement that will state what's allowed for people to be able to keep using this place.

Levels of access for users

Elizabeth — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:54:19 -0700

The settings right now allow registered users to have blogs. As you've
seen with your own entry, blogs here are not quite like blogs on, say,
Wordpress in terms of customizability and aesthetics. And I'd like them
to be at least related to issues of sexuality, so they're not
completely open in that sense (in that they should fit with the site).
We can set up as many levels of access as we want. For example, we
could create tiers of members if we wanted, where people have to
participate at a certain level before being given blogs. What might
that level be? How would they "prove themselves"? Would it be by
posting in forums a certain number of times? By being members a certain
length of time? It's something to think about. Chris, can you see the
"manage users" menu? If so you can see what kinds of access people have
depending on their roles. Let me know what you think.

Levels of access for users

Elizabeth — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:52:35 -0700

For that matter, what level of access do you get when you register?
Does anyone who wants to register get a full blog, or are certain
levels of access invite-only? I'd kind of like the basic level of
access be one that lets you comment, and maybe participate in a
forum/bulletin board (if such a thing is included), but have the blog
entries restricted to people who have proven themselves. (actually originally posted to google doc by Chris Hall)

Distinguishing kinds of content

Elizabeth — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:41:52 -0700

Given that Drupal seems, on the front page, not to
distinguish clearly the different kinds of content (e.g., book review,
blog post, forum topic, etc.), it *all* sort of looks like blog posts.
How does that seem to folks? (EAW)

Kinds of content we can provide regularly...

Elizabeth — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:40:25 -0700

That's a great question. I can provide, regularly, the kind of content
I provide on my blog. In addition, we can either syndicate from other
blogs, or we can contribute posts from other blogs on a post-by-post
basis like Vivian does (http://viviane212.blogspot.com) I love your
news roundups, Chris, and so if those could become a regular feature
that would be great. Things like book reviews and movie reviews or
reviews of organizations or blogs might also be cool as regular or
semi-regular features. I'd *love* to have a sex advice column. A
commenter on my blog intends to start a sex-advice-blog with some
friends over the summer, with a clever title: Sex Calumny. Perhaps we
could syndicate that.