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Community micosites offer

The Community Microsites are very simple websites for official TT initiatives who don't or can't have their own website but want to stay in touch with their members. They consist of editable pages (like the current wiki but better, a news blog, events diary, community newsletter, and simple membership management.

All members of the microsite are able to add their own news items and community events. Only community microsite administrators can add or edit the pages and send newsletter announcements to all the members.

Here is a diagram outlining the Community Micro-site offer:

community microsites diagram
Community Micro-site Information Architecture

Here is a screengrab of a community microsite in action: 

community microsite screengrab

What will happen when?

We will be rolling these out from September 2010, with some 'early adopters' to settle them in. Then we will open them up to people who want them.

We will be archiving the old wiki pages from December 2010 - from then on, no-one will be able to edit the wiki pages.

If you are interested in using a Community Microsite, send Ed an email and he'll add you to the list.

About the author
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Ed is the 'Web: projects and strategy' person for Transition Network. This means that he works on strategic and special projects work for Transition Network about linking up all the Transition Initiative websites without them having to come to the main site all the time for updates and news. He lives in Bristol, likes digging and climbing, growing vegetables and reading, bicycles and books, swimming, camping and generally being outdoors.

Published on February 15, 2010, by Ed Mitchell
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Charley Quinton's picture

Subnational and ecoregional groups.

20 June 2010 - 5:36pm — Charley Quinton

Though transition initiatives usually focus on narrowly focused geographic areas (towns, cities, villages, etc.) it seems reasonable to to have regional groups to link-up subnational entities (states, provinces, etc.) from the geo-political context or geo-physical contexts such as ecoregions and watersheds. How does one join (or form) an initiative for something like Mississippi River Watershed or Transition Kentucky here on TrasitionNetwork.org?

Ed Mitchell's picture

regional issues

21 June 2010 - 10:05am — Ed Mitchell

Hi Charley,

the two elements that the site supports for initiatives specifically are the initiative profiles and the community microsites (projects are for another conversation). You are able to set up an initiative profile for an initiative of any shape or size. We have some options for regional hub, temporary co-ordinating initiative etc. on the initiative profile form. If you have done that, you will be able to use a community microsite just as you would for any regional initiative.

Whatever form of regionalism you go for, the site is currently set to a zip code/post code way of understanding where you are, so it will ask you for a location. This is for the mapping. Some people in regional groups feel it's a bit limiting but that is our offer right now.

hope that answers you question,

Ed

Anonymous's picture

Example Sites

15 July 2010 - 10:55am — Anonymous

Hi Ed,

Could you link to some examples, i.e. initiatives using the microsites feature? Would be great to get an idea on how they look and feel like.

Thanks,  Joschka

 

Ed Mitchell's picture

examples

16 July 2010 - 8:02am — Ed Mitchell

Hi Joschka,

we've been doing some private testing of the microsites with a couple of groups and unearthed a few issues here and there which we're tidying up over July - the plan is to start using the microsites with a few 'early adopters' in August - then we'll have some examples...