WebManagers' Listserv Discussions
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Here's a list of questions that were discussed on the Webmanagers' list in 2007-2008. An archive of the list (for messages since Nov. 2010) is available at mail-archive.com.
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- Webinar: RSS
- What does RSS (really simple syndication, rich site summary) mean for AAUW web managers. How can different sites share content? How can RSS help you as an individual navigate the overwhelming flow of information.
- Presentations at 2008 state conventions
- AAUW TN, Harolyn Ropp, Scavenger Hunt (see also AAUW MA version below)
- AAUW OR, Marilyn Mullanix, Tech Tools and Tips
- Using Facebook for AAUW
- A group of members on Facebook has produced two documents.
- New logos are available
- Using blogger/blogspot to build a branch web site
- Notes from the 2/13/2008 webinar giving a tour of the Kingston AAUW branch web site.
- Info on AAUW in Facebook
- Some members are experimenting with Facebook, partly as an alternative to mailing lists like this.
- Linking vs Reposting Information
- Advantages of briefly summarizing resources, then linking to them, rather than reposting copy
- Reposting the AAUW Mission Video
- An excellent video on AAUW is available at www.aauw.org and at youtube.com. Learn how to repost it on your website.
- Training members on the new web site
- Thanks to Hollie from AAUW MA for sharing her notes and a "scavenger hunt"
- Info on republishing AAUW news on your site
- When the new www.aauw.org launched on Sept. 17, it included an RSS feed for AAUW news
- League Easy Web
- Is it a model for us? AAUW Easy Web ideas
- Using Joomla! to build a branch web site
- This is just a stub. If you've got the skills to flesh it out, please feel free.
- 2-Tier Software has helped some states/branches jump into Joomla!, so before taking the plunge (the pool looks inviting, but the water's cold!), check on the webmanagers list for someone who feels that it's been successful. 2-Tier isn't accepting new clients at this point.
- Using WordPress to build a branch web site
- Just a stub at this point.
- Web site key information document
- Your web manager should provide a document that answers these questions.
- Broken Links
- August, 2007 - Recommendations of software for finding and repairing broken links.
- Experiences managing a branch blog
- See also discussion of Blog vs. website
- Keeping up with e-mail
- At least one person has dropped off the webmanagers list because of the intermittent high volume of the list. Here's a strategy that may make such lists more manageable.
- Website Password Protection
- Summer, 2007 - Ways to protect access and information on a website.
- Group e-mail advice
- Summer, 2007 - How/where to set up e-mail groups and how to set up policies
- Blind/protected e-mail addresses
- Summer, 2007 - How to set up e-mail forwarding so officer addresses aren't advertised to the world.
- How to get listed on AAUW's list of branch web sites
- Recommendations on website hosting
- And a related post on What features are key in choosing website hosting?
- Sub-Domains
- Techniques for recruiting/training a replacement
- The Sub-Domains thread has a component where encouraging branches to use subdomains of the state site may be a way to identify/recruit/mentor replacement web managers. But this seems like an important enough question to warrant its own thread.
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