14 February 2011
Wayne McClelland
Website
Redesign of Flyingdocs.org
- Committee sanctioned at 26-Sept 2009 LMV Corporate Meeting
- Prepared Strategies for New LMV Website
- Objectives
- minimum maintenance
- authoring by non-techies
- low-to-no cost
- Strategies
- build new site on robust Content Management System
- use popular, available plug-in tools (Google Calendar, Facebook Page, Zoho Database)
- Results
- new site opened 28-Oct-2009
- annual cost = $0
Functionality of New LMV Website
- Testimonials
- Auto-translation to Spanish (approximate)
- Trip Video Summaries
- News, Photo Albums and Trip Narratives (via Facebook)
- Upcoming Trips & LMV Calendar (via embedded Google Calendar)
- Contact Us (chapters, etc) without revealing private emails
- Education Section (medical and dental videos)
- Pay/Renew Dues online (High Sierra, Reno; via PayPal)
- Pay Trip Expenses online (High Sierra, Reno; via PayPal)
- Member-only Functions (requires username/password)
- Update your Roster info (High Sierra, Gold Country, South Bay, Reno)
- Rosters & Email Lists (requires extra username/password)
- Plus Online Functions for:
- Trip Registration
- Pay Trip Expenses (via PayPal)
- Airfield Reference Database
- Trip Report & Reimbursement (pilot, trip coordinator)
- Trip Report Database
Facebook Page Status
- 91 fans as of 26-Sept-2009 --> 146 fans as of 7-Jan-2010
- target of 300 fans is very realistic... tell your friends, and their friends!
Future Efforts
- Consider Implementing PayPal at Gold Country, South Bay, and Latin America
- Thoroughly test Roster functionality
- Chapters might consider:
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