Board Report:
Summary text for meeting:
- Website Calendar updates now easier, faster.
- Edited version of Loose Threads on website. See LooseThreads tab.
- Posted conference documentation on site, and traffic for two days was heavy. Site was popular.
Next lower level of details:
- Website maintenance is being taken into the Cloud, which makes if far easier and faster to change the Calendar and Events Pages
- Website maintenance Area page options expanded. Still working on Area URL Post option
Finer details for a maintenance webspinner
- Move Area page hyperlinks/info from DreamWeaver maintained page to individual subdomains, which can be FTP accessible with subdomain account/password.
- Stored Conference Files on separate subdomain for future reference
- Created Member site with password access that shows the new elected member positions that need to be changed May 31.
- Created this webdevelopment site for logging info.
WebSpinners: Please share the publishable information for site maintainence and development here for other NwRSA developers. Please do not list ftp site location or passwords.
Terminology:
WebHost Provider is http://www.ixwebhosting.com
Our Domain: http://www.nwregionalspinners.org
SubDomain: is the name that appears in front of nwregionalspinners.org. This maintenance site is a sub domain, since it is access via http://www.webdevelopment.nwregionalspinners.org
FTP: file transfer protocol to move local files to the website. Note, there may be an internal tool WebHost Provider tool for this.
What is happening
The main website is undergoing changes to make life easier for the webspinner. The first step is changes to area.html. Information is being moved off of that site and into subdomains. Exactly how the subdomains will be managed is to be determined.
