NotesOnWebSiteUpdate

Several people, especially Jim M, have asked about a redesign of the [|main C3H web site]. We have offers of hosting our web site, of a complete rework of the web site, to move the web site, and others. More help than we can coordinate, since the actual posting of content has been limited to a very few people who have continued to work this over the years.

There are literally thousands of references and presentations available on the Internet today covering web site creation, content management, and maintenance. One thing that struck me (MS) is perhaps the experiences other UUA webmasters/webmavens have and what they have done with their web sites would be useful to review with our C3H ITS group and our webmaven, Tom J.

So, what follows is a table of links to various sites with comments. I welcome comments and updates from any of our C3H ITS team and staff before we expand the review team and actually put together a transition plan for enhancing the web presence of our congregation online.
 * __UUA Congregation Web Site or Reference__ || __Contact__ || __Comments__ || __Level of effort to bring features to C3H web site__ ||
 * [|Emerson UU Web site redesign] ||  || * Simple, clean look for web site
 * Requires users to have Javascript enabled on browser || TBD, this web site template does not work with Kompozer freeware, which is an easy way to manage simple web sites. Requires Aptana IDE to be compatible with all the original design elements. Aptana is based on Eclipse and has a very long learning curve if you have never used an Eclipse based tool. ||
 * [|UU Church of Asheville (NC)] ||  || * Uses the ACS Church Management System which C3H is reviewing
 * Requires license (circa $3500) and yearly maintenance (circa $1800) || Very nicely linked in web services with Church Managment System (ChMS). ||