IWPR home page

The IWPR works on free media projects in conflict zones, as a way of promoting peace and democracy. Staff are spread out in offices in ten countries, from where they support local journalism initiatives in getting news out. The website fits into the picture as part of IWPR’s role as an “electronic samizdat,” supporting local reporters under siege and utilising new technologies to disseminate their reporting in country, regionally and internationally.
The site was initially built in 2004 using ActionApps. The nature of the site’s readers and writers required us to develop a system that could support content in any number of languages and scripts. The subsequent system development work led to the creation of the now widely used ActionApps Multi-lingual Extensions (MLX) for publishing content in different language versions. To date the site is publishing articles in 17 languages including Russian, Persian, Arabic, Pashto, Shqip, Kurdish, Bulgarian, Turkmen, Uzbek, Azeri, Armenian, Georgian, French, Tajik , Kyrgyz and Dari.
Other features include audio and video streamed content, and an elaborate subscription facility enabling users to select which news streams they want to receive.
The graphic design for web pages was provided by the IWPR in-house designer Srdan Pajic.

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Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Web projects

GreenNet web projects are all about planning, designing, building and hosting websites that work for you and the issues you’re working on.

The GreenNet web team have spent the last ten years building dozens of websites for NGOs, campaigns, social enterprises, development projects, ethically-minded freelancers, community groups and many others besides. And we just get better and better at doing it which means a) all the work that is done in the name of one web project gets shared for the benefit of all subsequent projects and b) we're now the best we ever have been so there's never been a better time to ask us to build a site for you!

GreenNet web project basics

Every project is different but there are some pretty consistent threads running through all the sites we build:

  • Transparent navigation
  • Accessible content for both people and search engine robots
  • Simple data structures for organisations to update
  • Effective tools for collaboration between workers
  • Engaging spaces for supporters to interact with your work

 

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