Lynne Featherstone

Well here we are - on my new website!

As you can see - I am in trial mode - and would welcome all comments.

As I said in my farewell to my old site last blog post - hopefully what you'll notice is that the site brings together my blog and website content into one place, whilst you can also now easily find information related to the particular areas within the constituency.

For the more techie amongst my readers - it's a one WordPress site, which brings many benefits in itself, but also has some bells and whistles - such as the Creative Commons license for the content - that I hope makes the site fit how the online world increasingly expects sites to behave.

And the "big idea" of the site is the lifestream. Lifestreaming - i.e. pulling all sorts of content from different online places together in one flow of information - is the current buzzy idea. So - as I've got lots of online content in different places - I thought I'd give it a go!

I want to give huge credit to the team that put this together:

• Simon Dickson, Puffbox (concept and development)
• Jonathan Harris, Harrisment (design)
• Mark Pack

Please tell us what you like and don't like about the new site, preferably by leaving a comment below. And if you're a Facebook user, do try signing into the site using your Facebook ID, to connect your comments back to your Facebook account.

Comments

1. Helen Duffett says:

   18 September 2009 at 6:59 pm

   Love your new site, Lynne! Packed with information and so easy to navigate.
2. dreamingspire says:

   20 September 2009 at 11:25 am

   Looks very good.

   Got any photos with a happier face? Life isn't all that grim (I hope).
3. dreamingspire says:

   21 September 2009 at 8:46 am

   Lovely now!
   And trying to post that I got the response "Your comment was a bit too short. Please go back and try again." So I'm padding it out...
4. Clive says:

   21 September 2009 at 6:59 pm

   Looks good.

   Especially pleased to see an image of AP used as a footer for each page: entirely appropriate as this is far the most important building in the parliamentary constituency and in the London Borough of Haringey (there was once a time when even the local council recognized its historical importance!)

   Hopefully the future of our Charitable Trust will move up the agenda for all politicians.

   http://carteruncut.blogspot.com/
5. Sunny H says:

   22 September 2009 at 6:06 am

   Love it!

   And the 'lifestream' idea is very good too. Though slightly cluttered possibly...
6. Deepak says:

   24 September 2009 at 8:48 pm

   It is sweet & charming like yourself
7. Amjad says:

   29 September 2009 at 12:39 am

   Hi,

   Good site, like the layout. My one addition would be a "where to get me" section: i.e. Here are my surgery locations and times. Now I am in parliament, etc. (assuming I am not going to have to subscribe to twitter to find this info??)
8. lynne featherstone says:

   29 September 2009 at 9:08 am

   Thanks Amjad - good point. Will probably add it to 'contact' page. Will be rounding up all the good advice people have given me and their suggestions in a few weeks time - and making all the adjustments then. Thanks again.
9. Rob Worth says:

   29 September 2009 at 10:23 am

   Nice site. I would advise a more smiley photo. You look a bit too annoyed.

   Rob
10. Jon says:

    3 October 2009 at 10:57 am

    Hi Lynne,

    I really like the new site. Some lifestreams online look really out of place, but yours works very well - I especially like being able to filter your Parliamentary activities from various social networks.
11. lynne featherstone says:

    3 October 2009 at 1:00 pm

    Thanks for that Jon - I was worried that the life stream might look or feel hostile to local people who are used to a different format - but so far so good. As tp Rob on the photos - yes well am still trying to find ones that will fit the elongated width - and when I find better photos will change the ones that peope don't like.

    Thanks for all the comments everyone!
12. Chris says:

    6 October 2009 at 1:27 pm

    Why isnt the main Lib Dem website as easy to deal with as this?
13. AM says:

    18 October 2009 at 6:18 pm

    It looks professional without being complex. Not always eay to manage in these things. Seems to avoid clutter which is like a 'no entry' sign on many sites.
14. Nikki Leonard says:

    2 November 2009 at 6:31 pm

    Brilliant website. One thing that would make a big difference is to see the date an article was added on the same line or just below the title. Your News, Blog and search result pages give the date published at the bottom of each article. But when you are skating around, and especially when drilling down through links etc, you need to see the chronological sequence of items without having to scroll down the page to see the date. Ideally, every hyperlink should have a date, so you can pick out the most recent articles relevant to your interest.

    The links on the Issues page should also show a published date. And the items themselves, when selected, should repeat the date next to or just below the title. These items don't give the reader any idea of when they first appeared (except what can be inferred from context.)
15. Martin Palmer says:

    20 January 2010 at 10:46 am

    Re the recent snowfalls. I was caught up in the incident which happened one evening. The main thoroughfare through the centre of the borough (high road, wood green) was a joke. As I emerged from the underground there was a bus sitting at a strange angle outside the cinema. About half an hour later a gritter did come along this stretch and go round the block where the buses turn round.
    Locally to me in Tottenham yes the major routes were clear though this might just be the volume of traffic. However in my road ( Trulock Road ) we have the secondary part of the Vale Special School and because it is not on a major road gritters do not come near it. Each weekday a motley collection of mini-coaches, minibuses etc drop of children who are severely handicapped. Each vehicle which uses this piece of road runs the risk of skidding on the ice. You mention grit bins. Haringey apparently has around 100 of them. I suspect what you found in your part of borough is mirrored all over ( empty bins ). They need to be kept full and a telephone number printed on them to enable residents etc to get them filled up.
16. Merlin Jones says:

    26 January 2010 at 10:23 am

    The connect with Facebook pop up box gives the following line:
    "By using LynneFeatherstone.org, you agree to the LynneFeatherstone.org Terms of Service."
    The link to the terms of service returns you to the home page. I could find no trace of the terms of service anywhere on your website.
    Other than that little detail, the website is excellent, clear and concise - exactly what all LibDem websites should be aiming for.
17. Mark Pack says:

    27 January 2010 at 10:42 pm

    Thanks for mentioning that Merlin; we'll get it fixed.
18. Lynne Featherstone says:

    31 January 2010 at 1:02 pm

    Hi Merlin - thanks for drawing my attention to the missing Terms of Service - they should now be accessible. Best, Lynne
19. Johann Taljaard says:

    23 February 2010 at 10:51 am

    Hi Lynne

    Love it, much better and you're up the right track with the stream stuff except it is progressive download.

    Let's catch up sometime soon as I have a proposition which I'm building for Muswell Hill and surrounds. Would be interesting leading into the election.

    Email me!

    J