Meg, Ethan and Zoe checked in with Lara over the phone to discuss what has been done on the website and what still needs to be done.
Lara -
-Website same as about 2004
-Have been wanting to refresh for a while
-Couple years back Erin Wilson brought in a team of three tech people who started working on putting together a site on Wordpress b/c it is a more accessible format
-Team also put notes together around website pages, menu titles, concept of site wanted as a group
-Niko started setting stuff up
-Need to start uploading content so that it's easier for Niko to start setting up pages. For example, on front page we could have a thumbnail of each of the posters so that you can click and look at each poster, but we need to get thumbnails together on our end for Niko to be able to put things in place
Ethan -
So is there a plan for the website that just needs to be implemented?
Lara -
-Not all of content it done
-Some design things aren't totally satisfying, like the structure of the menus, the functions for things like galleries
-Because the internet is always changing - like the way sites need to be viewed on mobile devices - new people getting involved means that people bring different expertise, and if new people have new ideas we should stay open to whatever makes sense
Meg -
Is the webstore also built in Wordpress?
Lara -
-Yes, Matt and Tyler uploaded all of the products onto the webstore - every patch has a post, image and price - within the Wordpress
-There are some functionality problems
Meg -
Meg has a webstore on her site so she would be happy to look at that
Lara -
-To finish the story of the site - Niko did a lot of setup with new site, but he started to get really busy, so Lara contacted a couple of people in Toronto, Brian has been slowly chipping away at things - only has half a day/week to put into the project
-We want the site to be as nice/nicer than what we have now, with some key things better, and to be able to interact with the site better
-Tricky because we are in a rush to get it up asap, but we want to put a lot of work into, maybe there are different levels of improvements that we can tackle
Meg -
Would love to start by viewing the wordpress site
To share each of our web experience:
Meg - has worked on some websites on the design end, and has experience with Wordpress
Ethan - has no code experience, some experience with creating architecture for website, determining what a website needs and then filling with content, hoping to get login info for current website so we can update
Zoe - some experience designing websites and a bit of code experience
Lara -
-Old website is still hosted on David's server, David is an ex-Bee
-Website login info is:
seahawks.dreamhost.com
login: beehivecollective
password: 101courtstreet
Note - need to login through ftp, not just by punching seahawks.dreamhost.com into nav bar
Ethan -
Other piece of puzzle is that Dillon who is doing our Kickstarter video has offered to make us a really nice looking website for the launch of the Kickstarter video in two - four weeks
Lara -
We could probably pull the website together by then
Meg -
We aren't trying to have the full website done by two-four weeks, just to have a splash page that is linked to the Kickstarter
Lara-
-Thinks we also need a big push for the website, not trying to push it off on people who have other big projects
-The other person who has been really involved is Molly
-I think it would be good if we could come up with a list of immediate things that need to be done
Meg -
-I think immediate things might help us see the overarching plan
-Needs to see website in real time
-Would love to start pushing on larger website
Lara -
-I think the webstore having been down for a few weeks is a huge thing, if anyone has any insight as to what's wrong w/that now that you have the login that would be great
Meg -
Also need the Paypal info to set up new buttons
Lara -
-Matt would have info for PayPal
-Erin has chimed in, explained that the way she had set up the original webstore was using Paypal buttons
-Another person who might come into the loop is Brandon - he's helpful for web stuff but hasn't been available, he was the one who we sent front-page website updates to, he maybe taught Agent to do that
Ethan -
Would like to learn how to do that, may know how to do it once logins
Lara -
-If there is something else you need to login to to change front page, Brandon would be the one to ask
-We also need to form a real problem-solving chart to determine who you ask when something goes wrong, part of the problem has been that we're in transition between who those people have been and who they are going to be
Ethan -
Who do we check in w/ about content in terms of writing if we wanted to start writing content for splash page of Kickstarter site
Lara -
-If possible, with big front page posts, just send around to a Hive Bees-like list a few days before the post goes up
-As far as content for the larger website different pieces have been delegated to different people. For example, content concerning the Grange has gone to people in Machias
-As far as larger messages most people want to know and help but hard to get people to have time
-Would be helpful if we (in Machias) wrote a first draft that got a few edits
-Molly and Lara have been the people who had time and have been working on bigger picture messaging stuff
Meg -
So far two tasks are: webstore, front page update
Lara -
-I should make you logins for the Wordpress site so you can look at it and we can check in and plan around that
-Can send list of pages so you can see
-Can send list of out-standing things that I have - changes/functions wanted for site
Ethan -
Sounds like plenty, we'll look at all that and then coordinate another time to check in, maybe in a week or so
Lara -
-Evenings would be good for check-in
-Would like to check back about these immediate things in a day or two
-Can maybe check in by email?
-Can talk again next Monday? Or maybe Sunday evenings? Tuesdays and Thursdays will be working until 8
-Can always call/text if need things - will not always check email
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