Add button block to homepage RHS: Send us your news stories

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January:

Create button for TN homepage and /news and /blogs to encourage people to send in stories.

1. create button like the existing ones - e.g:

​https://www.transitionnetwork.org/admin/build/block/configure/block/89?destination=newhome

2. add suitably pithy text

3. if in doubt about style, read Ben's style cheatsheet on google docs:

​https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z6JYGiy8EJ6pqjm_WyNUS26fQgIClmIFg0a-8y-Mots/edit#heading=h.siua52eim2e9

4. this will need to be an email forwarder to send to Rob instead of a http link as per the other buttons, so you'll need to set one up on United's dashboard using the main 'jmcgeechan' account

cc-ing benj as he can be around to help with postitioning/button make if an issue - but can't do email forwarder set up - and don't forget sam - if you're too busy you can always farm it out to ben (although this is probably a bit easy for ben, he'll know about how to get blocks in the right order)

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NB: there is already a 'suggested news item' link from the contact form on TN.org which goes to Rob and webproject...

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Sam to follow up as discussed on 26/03

[sam]

Hi Ed

Not sure about this one, seems like the homepage is pretty busy already.

In the interests of keeping it as minimal as possible I have done a simple 'suggest a news item' button.

​https://www.transitionnetwork.org/ (visible to admin only at the moment pending feedback)

At the moment it just links to the contact form. I could do a standalone webform for it if you prefer?

I'm not sure about the forwarding thing you were suggesting? Were you thinking a 'mailto:' link? I'd shy away from these for reasons of spam & usability.

Let me know what you think..

Thanks

Sam

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Thanks. nicely done/.

correct the homepage is very busy atm and i haven't had the time to go through it with rob. keep this as not published for now and let's revisit it if it comes up again.