[webarch-websites] information architecture

[Nick Hardiman]

How about this?

One site, one brand. 

Restructure  
https://www.webarch.net/

Abandon
https://ecohost.coop/ 
https://sysadmin.coop/
https://ecodissident.net/ 



On 18 Nov 2014, at 11:13, Mark Nielsen <m at m9n.uk> wrote:

> If there's a lot of duplication of content, I think I'd recommend putting most effort into a central hub site (webarch.net?) and having the other services/brands being pretty much one-page wonders - possible all following a "house style" in terms of layout, branding and "atmosphere". That way you'd have your cake and eat it - appealing to different target markets, and letting each market know their service is run by a solid, ethical core co-op with broad interests and experiences.
> 
> I don't know if that conflicts with your ideas?  I do think that running multiple brands can be a massive drain, so trying to simplify them as much as possible would probably be a good principle to try to follow...
> 
> 
> 
> On 18 November 2014 11:04, Chris Croome <chris at webarchitects.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Mon 17-Nov-2014 at 12:45:52PM +0000, Nick Hardiman wrote:
> >
> > How does this sound to you?
> >
> > https://ecohost.coop/
> > single page site offering various types of hosting.
> >
> > requires page migration. Move pages from
> > * http://www.webarch.co.uk/hosting
> > * http://www.ecodissident.net/virtual-servers
> > * http://www.ecodissident.net/hosting
> > to
> > * ecohost.coop/hosting-plans
> 
> It sounds good, but I'm not sure where other pages from the existing
> site, under hosting, https://www.webarch.net/hosting would live,
> specifically:
> 
> - https://webarch.net/domain-names
> - https://webarch.net/email
> - https://webarch.net/certs
> - https://webarch.net/backups
> - https://webarch.net/colocation
> 
> There are also the docs, we also need to add lots more documentation here:
> 
> - https://webarch.net/docs/
> 
> I almost wonder if we should duplicate all the information from the
> single pages sites:
> 
> - https://ecohost.coop/
> - https://sysadmin.coop/ (BTW we haven't registered this yet)
> - https://ecodissident.net/
> 
> On the https://webarch.net/ site?
> 
> I know duplication is bad but if we don't then we will have to keep
> directing people off the webarch.net site to the other sites and this
> might be more confusing?
> 
> > https://ecodissident.net/
> > single page site for...what?
> 
> Shared hosting and virtual servers in Iceland and some text about the
> IMMI, https://immi.is/ and renewable electricity? I suggest we also drop
> all the special offer donations apart from the IMMI one:
> 
> - http://ecodis.net/offer
> 
> All the best
> 
> Chris
> 
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