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Developing a Club Website

Here is the information that was handed out during the leadership convention developing a club website session: Using Weebly to Develop a Club Website

Could your club benefit from having a website but you don't know how to go about developing one? Keep your Pathfinders, parents and church informed about what is happening in your club.

Here are several free hosting sites that don't require web building software:
You won't need to purchase software to be able to develop a professional up-to-date site.
www.weebly.com - a free website editor and hosting site that doesn't require software and doesn't put advertisements on it.
www.yola.com - free, no banner or pop-up ads.
​Easy-to-use tools let you build Google Sites - http://sites.google.com

Why have a website? What to include?

  • Internet Presence
  • Outreach Tool
  • Contact Information
  • Calendar
  • General Announcement Information
  • Photo Album

Where can I find hosting sites?

  • GoDaddy.com
  • LunarPages.com
  • Dot5Hosting
  • SimpleUpdates.com
  • Search on 'Web Hosts'

Developing & Maintaining the Site

  • Decide what to include
  • Make it easy to navigate
  • Keep current/up-to-date
  • Check links
  • Delete out-of-date information

  • Uniform information
  • Honor information
  • Classwork information
  • Camping information
  • Newsletter
  • Staff Helps
  • Training and Education

Web Design Software

  • Weebly
  • Wix
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Search on 'web software'

Using the Internet

  • Goggle - Search engine
  • Yahoo - search engine
  • Double check your sources before including information.
  • Just because it's on the internet doesn't mean you can believe everything

Random Information

  • If you have staff who doesn't have MS Office software tell them about www.drive.google.com
    It is a free productivity suite
  • Use free software to store your photos on that way you won't use so much space on your site.
    Such as: Picasa Web Albums
    http://photobucket.com/
    http://www.flickr.com/
    Do a search on "Free Photo Sharing"
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