Be prepared for donations

Salvation Army easy-to-find donation button. 11 November 2010

When disaster strikes people often want to make donations. If you’re a community organisation, you’ll probably have other things on your mind during a disaster than messing with your website. Be prepared to accept donations anytime.

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Acknowledgements

15 September 2010

Where this information came from.

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Where your friends are

15 September 2010

Location is all the rage these days. There’s GPS for photos and for tweets, but there’s also building up community around where you are. Foursquare is a game that hooks in to this.

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Low cost online, off-site backups

9 September 2010

Online backups are a good way to protect your valuable information.

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Planning checklist

9 September 2010

Being well organised saves a lot of time, money and irritation. Check you have these things organised before you talk to the web team: purpose of the website a defined target audience good quality electronic copies of graphics you want to include (eg logo) copyright permissions and photo releases good quality electronic copies of texts [...]

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Types of website

9 September 2010

A brochure website is simple, quick and cheap. It presents a few pages of basic information. A Content Management System is sophisticated and powerful, but lets you update the website relatively easily. Beware systems that don’t follow good practices though.

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Is a website right for us?

9 September 2010

Practical steps and guidelines to decide whether to go ahead with creating a website.

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How to establish a project brief

9 September 2010

Items you should include in your brief when contracting to have your website built.

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How to create a website

9 September 2010

Creating a website can be a tangled process. During development there will be many reviews and a lot of training. The only really clearcut sequence is: prepare, launch and review.

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The best site for the least money

9 September 2010

Sites should be accessible, usable, and readable, use valid code, and be sustainable.

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