John Simkin Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 We are currently redesigning the Spartacus website. We are trying to make it easier for students to use. I would be interested in your comments on the existing plans and any ideas you have on how it could be improved. You can see and example of this with the entry for Ted Shackley. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKshackley.htm We have made several changes. To help visitors reach the information they are looking for by including a menu at the top of the page. Do you think that works effectively? Another innovation is the use of Twitter to post photographs that links with information that takes people to different parts of the website. We have also introduced a carousal box in the side-bar where we can show a series of photographs and cartoons that will take people to other parts of the website. This is to emphasis the scale of the content that we have to offer. I have tried to select images that will attract attention. The danger is that these images will upset some people. For example, is it acceptable to show a man being lynched or a monk setting fire to himself in protest of the Vietnam War? I would be interested in your views on this matter. We have also redesigned the home page. I like it because I have been involved in its development. However, that probably makes me blind to its faults. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ I am especially interested in any views that would make the website more useable by students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Brancato Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 John - it looks great. I hope you don't mind my asking a question about Shackley, since you used his entry as an example. Daniel Sheehan claims that Shackley worked directly for Reinhardt Gehlen in Berlin for a decade, and was his translator when Gehlen was recruited by the OSS. I don't see this mentioned in your entry. Have you heard this before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Jeffries Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Looks great, John. I hope this means the forum will be here for a while.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Simkin Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 John - it looks great. I hope you don't mind my asking a question about Shackley, since you used his entry as an example. Daniel Sheehan claims that Shackley worked directly for Reinhardt Gehlen in Berlin for a decade, and was his translator when Gehlen was recruited by the OSS. I don't see this mentioned in your entry. Have you heard this before? Paul, no I didn't. I will check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Speer Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 At a relatively quick glance, I noticed that your section on Donald Freed's book discusses Townley without telling the reader who Townley is, or what he did. I'll finish looking through it later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Meredith Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Glad to see this site is still here. I joined in 04 and 10 years is a long time for a forum. Hope it hangs in there longer. Dawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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