Website overhaul

Regular visitors to TNI's website will have noticed a big change in the website since they last visited. This has been the result of many months of hard work. The overall aim of the website  redesign is to bring the website up to date and to make it more effective in communicating the work of TNI's projects, its fellows and its larger network of allies.

The new website has been created using
Drupal, a popular open source Content Management System, that has been adapted for TNI by Koumbit, a collective in Montreal who are dedicated to transparent, participatory and solidarity-based work.

The launch in October marks the first phase of TNI's website redevelopment. The transfer and restructuring of more than 24,000 articles tied to six projects, a diverse range of issues, and about 60 authors is a complicated project. It will take a little while to tidy up formatting on many pages and make everything work smoothly.

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Nick Buxton, TNI's online communications officer said: “We have tried in the redesign of the website to make it easier for readers to find informed analysis on critical issues, and then to easily identify the people, projects and networks with which to take action.  We hope that regular readers of www.tni.org will find the improvements equip them better for their own struggles for economic, environmental and social justice.”

Omar Bickell from Koumbit said:

"A lot of TNI's content was essentially lost in the old site. With this new Drupal-based site, TNI will be able to create, find and display content easily and will thus have a lot more flexibility and autonomy for adjustments to the site over the years to come."
 
“Koumbit's goal is to empower organisations and individuals with access to, and control over, what we see as 'the means of production' in the  information age. We believe this project is proof of that."
 

SOME NEW FEATURES ON THE WEBSITE:

Linkable authors, categories and projects       
Each article is automatically linked to the bio of its author, articles on the same issue or country/region, and related TNI projects working on that issue

Advanced search engine               
The website uses an advanced search engine, Solr Search that enables readers to filter content via issue, date, region, author.

Dynamic home and sub-home pages        
Redesigned home page enables TNI to showcase more of its articles, reports and multimedia footage. Each project also has its own home page for people who want to follow the work of a particular project.

Beginner's primers to key issues           
TNI has started a series of online primers
to key issues such as carbon trading, coca and public water services reform. The primers introduce important issues in a simple, accessible format.

Highlighted networks               
TNI has always worked collaboratively with organisations and networks around the world. In the new website, we introduce some of our partners and show the connections with our work.