MrZach
02-08-2008, 02:05 AM
KnowBeforeYouVote.com (http://www.KnowBeforeYouVote.com/)
Someone has offered to redesign the site to make it look more professional. However, I want to do more than just give it a face lift. I want to make it more "useful" and give it more credibility. This is NOT a propaganda piece for me. This is about revealing factual information and educating the public. Here is a checklist of things I want to accomplish in this update:
:D Create individual candidate pages with summaries of each SOURCE and VIDEO link (quotes) so when you click on a position, it takes you to that page and allows you to read the summary of the source before going directly to the source. This will also allow me to add many more sources per YES/NO answer.
:o Rephrase some of the issues so they are more informative and look less biased as well as have a more mass audience appeal.
:( Add summary information links to each issue so that readers can become quickly educated on some of the myths and realities on the issue - like I did with the "Bring Troops Home From Iraq in < 1 Year" issue. Right now, it isn't very inviting to read. I would like to do this in a way that presents BOTH SIDES of the argument, a "Why YES?" and a "Why NO?" column with credible sources and allows readers to decide where they stand. Also, I want to add a list of names of other individuals (with sources) to each YES/NO column to show where the so-called "experts" stand on the issue.
;) Add more categories, particularly one on the CFR and a some brief education on it showing how it links the Bush-Clinton-Bush foreign policy together and that another CFR President wouldn't change our foreign policy at all.
:rolleyes: Add more categories that aren't straight YES/NO answers but can lend brief summaries on some of the issues and where the candidates stand. Fore example, the Economy/Stimulus plan isn't very helpful in its current state - it needs to briefly summarize their positions and then link to the official page.
:p Make a sign-up form to join a mailing list!!! This way I can inform people of updates and news that will help them promote the site!!
:confused: Create a blog to track updates?
:mad: "Hire" a permanent volunteer staff to help me create graphics and ads to promote the website. I am an ideas man. I need to start delegating jobs. Right now, I need a designer/programmers, a couple of people in charge of just constantly promoting and plugging the site, someone to design ads, and a team of dedicated source researchers to keep searching the internet for the best links. I will retain approval authority over content and thereby sole responsibility, however there is so much work that needs to be done and can be done I am never going to get anything done if I try to do it all anymore.
PLEASE discuss, offer your recommendations, and most of all - give me source documentation links (this is the most time consuming task) that I can add to the sight. If you are ready to step up and volunteer to join my team, let me know and we'll talk about how you can help this information get into the hands of every voter in America.
Someone has offered to redesign the site to make it look more professional. However, I want to do more than just give it a face lift. I want to make it more "useful" and give it more credibility. This is NOT a propaganda piece for me. This is about revealing factual information and educating the public. Here is a checklist of things I want to accomplish in this update:
:D Create individual candidate pages with summaries of each SOURCE and VIDEO link (quotes) so when you click on a position, it takes you to that page and allows you to read the summary of the source before going directly to the source. This will also allow me to add many more sources per YES/NO answer.
:o Rephrase some of the issues so they are more informative and look less biased as well as have a more mass audience appeal.
:( Add summary information links to each issue so that readers can become quickly educated on some of the myths and realities on the issue - like I did with the "Bring Troops Home From Iraq in < 1 Year" issue. Right now, it isn't very inviting to read. I would like to do this in a way that presents BOTH SIDES of the argument, a "Why YES?" and a "Why NO?" column with credible sources and allows readers to decide where they stand. Also, I want to add a list of names of other individuals (with sources) to each YES/NO column to show where the so-called "experts" stand on the issue.
;) Add more categories, particularly one on the CFR and a some brief education on it showing how it links the Bush-Clinton-Bush foreign policy together and that another CFR President wouldn't change our foreign policy at all.
:rolleyes: Add more categories that aren't straight YES/NO answers but can lend brief summaries on some of the issues and where the candidates stand. Fore example, the Economy/Stimulus plan isn't very helpful in its current state - it needs to briefly summarize their positions and then link to the official page.
:p Make a sign-up form to join a mailing list!!! This way I can inform people of updates and news that will help them promote the site!!
:confused: Create a blog to track updates?
:mad: "Hire" a permanent volunteer staff to help me create graphics and ads to promote the website. I am an ideas man. I need to start delegating jobs. Right now, I need a designer/programmers, a couple of people in charge of just constantly promoting and plugging the site, someone to design ads, and a team of dedicated source researchers to keep searching the internet for the best links. I will retain approval authority over content and thereby sole responsibility, however there is so much work that needs to be done and can be done I am never going to get anything done if I try to do it all anymore.
PLEASE discuss, offer your recommendations, and most of all - give me source documentation links (this is the most time consuming task) that I can add to the sight. If you are ready to step up and volunteer to join my team, let me know and we'll talk about how you can help this information get into the hands of every voter in America.