• Website Status Report

    OTW Staff - Wtorek, 7 października, 2008
    Tagi: Announcement

    We are working to address a problem some users have experienced with getting 404 errors to pages which clearly exist (like blog links from the RSS feed, or menu items.) The temporary solution is to choose a language from the language switcher (even if it's English) and reload the page.

    We are testing a solution now, but please, feel free to report any errors you experience. It is particularly helpful if you let us know

  • A first look at the Archive Of Our Own!

    .naominovik - Piątek, 3 października, 2008
    Tagi: Archive of Our Own, Announcement

    Want a first look at the Archive Of Our Own? Come browse!

    While we're still very much a work in progress, with many of our most exciting features still in development, you can now go to http://archiveofourown.org and browse for stories!!

    (Please note that this early version of the archive only works/looks right with the Firefox browser.)

    (Read on for many more exciting details!)

    Yay! How do I get an account?

  • Welcome to the new OTW website!

    OTW Staff - Środa, 1 października, 2008
    Tagi: Announcement, Web Strategy, Design & Development Committee

    The Webmasters are pleased to announce the launch of the new website and blog.

    http://transformativeworks.org

    In addition to a facelift, the website now has several spiffy new features that increase the ease-of-use of the site. The most important of these is the blog, which will be taking over from otw_news as our primary information service. It will also allow all comments to be centralized in one (non-LiveJournal) location hosted by OTW itself.

    Features

    We’ve been working hard to introduce a number of new features for site visitors, including multilingual options (take a look at the language switcher on the left), a new site-based OTW news blog (you’re reading it), and the ability to comment on this blog, with or without creating a site account (or you can use an OpenID).

  • Welcome to Fanlore!

    Please leave a name - Poniedziałek, 29 września, 2008
    Tagi: Announcement, Fanlore, Wiki Committee

    The Wiki team is pleased to announce the launch of the beta version of Fanlore!

    Fanlore - [http://fanlore.org]

    Fanlore is a wiki in which fans can share knowledge and interpretations of fan communities and their histories.

    All fans are welcome to add both facts and experiences of fandom to the wiki. Together we hope to build a valuable resource that will serve many different purposes within fandom over the coming years.

    To register as a contributor, visit the account creation page.

  • Welcome!

    .zvi - Środa, 24 września, 2008
    Tagi: Announcement

    You have probably already noticed the new look of the website—we’ve moved from handwritten HTML to Drupal, an open-source content management system. We know everything may not be perfect yet—so take a look around and tell us what you think! We’d really love to know if you have ideas for improvements or can point out things that work differently than you expected. A complete introduction to the new site is coming soon!

  • Volunteer Search: Systems Committee Member

    .KA Bessa - Wtorek, 23 września, 2008
    Tagi: Volunteering

    Job: Systems Committee Member

    Description: Systems is looking for a few additional committee members to help with backend support, keeping the operating system and the application software up and running.

    We are currently using Debian, but if you are otherwise competent with Unix, knowing Debian specifically isn't a requirement. The software packages we administer are: Mailman, Apache2, Mongrel, Rails, Drupal, Mediawiki, Postfix, mySQL, Awstats, Nagios, Request Tracker, rsnapshot, S3Sync and Logwatch. Experience installing, configuring and troubleshooting any of these would be good—you need not know them all. Apache would be a huge bonus.

    We are also looking for a systems architect. If you have experience in this area, please contact us!

  • September 2008 Newsletter, vol. 17

    .Femme - Czwartek, 4 września, 2008
    Tagi: Newsletter

    Welcome to the first September issue of the OTW Newsletter! We're constantly on the lookout for ways to keep fandom up-to-date and informed about what's going on behind the scenes here at OTW, so twice a month, Community Relations compiles updates about what the various committees are working on and we share them here.

    All issues of the newsletter will be tagged accordingly, so you can follow our progress chronologically.

    Academic Journal Update from mafaldastasi

    The Academic Journal is getting ready for its first issue, September 2008!

    Accessibility, Design, and Technology Update from black_samvra

  • August 2008 Newsletter, vol. 16

    .bethbethbeth - Czwartek, 21 sierpnia, 2008
    Tagi: Newsletter

    Welcome to the August issue of the OTW Newsletter! We're constantly on the lookout for ways to keep fandom up-to-date and informed about what's going on behind the scenes here at OTW, so twice a month, Community Relations compiles updates about what the various committees are working on and we share them here.

    All issues of the newsletter will be tagged accordingly, so you can follow our progress chronologically.

    Academic Journal Update from Mafalda Stasi

    The Academic Journal has been preparing documentation for copyedit and layout. The copyediting team members have received editing assignments. The journal is on track for its first issue in September 2008.

    The editorial teams are thinking about content for No. 2, which will come out in March 2009.

    Accessibility, Design, and Technology Update from Black Samvara

  • Convention-friendly OTW Flyers Now Available!

    Please leave a name - Środa, 6 sierpnia, 2008
    Tagi: Event, Resources for Fans

    Just a quick note to anybody who's going to be attending Comic Con (July 24 -27) or any other upcoming fandom conventions and gatherings:

    If any of you want to print and distribute materials about the OTW, .pdf files of full-sheet and half-sheet flyers can be found here.

  • July 2008 Newsletter, vol. 15

    Please leave a name - Czwartek, 31 lipca, 2008
    Tagi: Newsletter

    Welcome to the third July issue of the OTW Newsletter! We're constantly on the lookout for ways to keep fandom up-to-date and informed about what's going on behind the scenes here at OTW, so twice a month (three times this month), Community Relations compiles updates about what the various committees are working on and we share them here.

    All issues of the newsletter will be tagged accordingly, so you can follow our progress chronologically.

    Committee Updates!

    Academic Journal Update from Mafalda Stasi

    The academic journal is preparing to copyedit and lay out the first issue. In addition, paperwork has been initiated for a Digital Object Identifier (DOI, http://www.doi.org/), which will help the journal's article links to persist.

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