[CRNMC] URGENT! We have to decide on the website by Friday!

[Michael St. John]

OK. I looked again at both.  The crnofmc website gets my vote.  It's attractive, indeed, quite lovely.  I like the embedded videos, the photos, and the contacts page.  I can't evaluate the dial-up issue, but in my opinion the two-website idea is not optimal.  The website will be our on-line face to the world.  It's important that it be engaging, up-to-date, and filled with information in a convenient format.  Again, thanks to both webmasters.  MStJ. 

 
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On Thursday, May 22, 2014 2:28 PM, Caitlin Alexander <caitlin29 at gmail.com> wrote:
 




I noticed that as far as speed goes, and the concern for dail-up users, that www.crnmc.org takes longer to load certain pages even on my fast service - how much slower will it be for dial-up people? - is it really that dail-up friendly?  Just noticing. 

-Caitlin




On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Tim Rice <tim at multitalents.net> wrote:

On Thu, 22 May 2014, Caitlin Alexander wrote:
>
>| Hello All,
>|
>| My understanding is that:
>| *www.crnmc.org <http://www.crnmc.org>*
>|      Does not have videos
>
>Not quite acurate. If you click on the link next to "community rights
>and fracking" on the home page of www.crnmc.org it will open a new window
>and play the very same video as the first one on the Videos tab of
>the www.crnofmc.org site.  Either site can have videos. Whether they
>play within the same page (embedded) or open another window on the youtube
>site is a simple design choice.
>
>[more below]
>
>
>| On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:06 PM, <bodhirobin at pacific.net> wrote:
>|
>| > Saturday we had no website; Monday we had 2 websites.
>| >
>| > Please look over both websites and vote on them.
>| > http://www.crnofmc.org/     will cost us $50/year
>| > http://www.crnmc.org/        free
>| >
>| > Please consider these 4 factors:
>
>Alas it is hardly ever quite as simple as that.
>
>| > 1) Complete content
>
>Content is always a work in progress. Neither are complete.
>
>| > 2) Ease of use
>
>And ease of maintenance. And that's usually more about having someone
>willing (and having the time) to do the maintenance.
>
>
>| > 3) Ease of access for those with dial-up
>| > 4) How attractive.
>
>3 and 4 are often mutually exclusive.
>
>Another factor may be, what additional features/functions do we want
>the web site to have. Can both platforms (Weebly? and Joomla) provide
>what we want? Can they both easily support multiple people adding content?
>
>Then the question no one has asked so far.
>Is it necessary that there only be one site?
>They could easily both have links to each other.
>
>If it has to be one, which ever one is fine by me.
>
>
>| > We work on a consensus model.  We need to know ASAP. Shannon is holding up
>| > the presses until we decide as a group so she can have the correct website
>| > on the literature.
>| > VOTE NOW!
>| >
>| > http://www.crnofmc.org/     and pay $50/year       ______
>| > or
>| > http://www.crnmc.org/       ______
>
>
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>tim at multitalents.net
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