Manohar and Manoj
On August 15th, the new Auroville website was launched. It
was the result of almost two and a half years of work. Manoj, who leads the
technical team, first became involved with the Auroville website in 1998.
Manohar, the content manager, joined the team at the end of 2004.
Why was there a need
for a new version?
Manohar: The new
version was needed so that people could find what they wanted more easily. On
the old website, there was such a wide spectrum of material that it was
difficult to navigate.
Manoj: This is
the fourth version. The third version was conceived in 1998-9 and at that time
the Internet was very different; the approach to design, the language and the
nature of the content was different. Our old website had become antique – for
the new internet generation it looked like an old government site. It was also
out of shape, like a big fat elephant.
However, it took us some time to get going on a new version
as we knew it would be a huge...
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