How You Are Changing Our Website
This page aims to give (as far as possible) a non-technical view of the development of our website based on your suggestions and feedback. Where appropriate, an item will have a link to the added or changed page, the aim being to encourage ongoing feedback.
The story starts in early 2021 with the development of a vision by the 2020-2021 District Trio of how to answer a long-running question:
“How do we create a site that is relevant to guests, new members and those who have been Toastmasters for a long time?”
- May 30 – first implementation of tooltips on homepage only
- May 25 – revised District Roll of Honour implemented – filling the remaining gaps is on-going
- May 20 – format revision to District document pages completed and installed
- May 19 – District quick link structure revised to minimise number of clicks needed
- May 12 – Recording of conference information completed
- April 30 – all work for conference completed
- March 27 – completed changes for the conference being online
- March 20 – Began work on the text version of the Roll of Honour
- Conference preparations and training
- January 28 – completed the District Officer section
- December 14 – with the exception of News (which needs an overhaul of all Posts), the rebuild of the Members section is complete
- December 6 – Complete build of tips, meetings and Pathways pages of Members section
- December 4 – Add image galley to conference venue page
- December 3 – Add accommodation details to the Taupō Conference pages
- December 2 – Add a Member Achievements Tracking workbook to the Pathways page of Club Officers
- December 1 – Link in the Training Register page, under Club Officer Resources page
- November 28 – change keyboard to allow adding of Te Reo Māori macrons to text entries
- November 27 – correction to allow users who are not logged in to edit registrations
- November 26 – minor changes to improve the conference pages on mobiles
- November 24 – Add a link to the Registrations page on the Conference menu and build out the Venue and Programme pages
- November 23 – Add a grid and form to record pojects done or tried by members at level 4 and 5 of Pathways
- November 21 – convert all the pages in the “Members” section to the Elementor Page Builder and added a brief description of what members can expect to see when each is complete
- November 20 – add guidance for Secretaries and Sgt At Arms, plus basic information in the Members section, following suggestions at COT Session 1. Also add a link to the Suggestions form to the default footer so it appears on every page
- November 19 – add log of changes and suggestion form to the “Help us Improve” section and rename the section
- November 16 – rename “Quick Links” to “Links for Members” on the heading
- November 15 – rename the “Education” Quick Link to “Pathways”, to help improve searching
- November 14 – build the conference website’s structure as requested by the conference committee
- November 10 – complete the Training Register page but leave unlinked until the first update is available
- November 9 – conference registration forms ready for acceptance testing and release
- October 15 – start development of conference landing page and registration form set
- October 1 – Begin to categorise all unlinked documents and images in the media library – coffee required
- Complete first build of “Not A Member Yet” and “Club Officer” sections, release for feedback
- Complete the sections of the “Quick links” menu
- Respond to Russian hacking threat and ransom demand
- Complete courses on website security and install guardian software
- Design and build the site header and footer using templates
- Design and build the base pages for each specific audience (“Members”, “Club Officers”, etc)
- Finish basic courses on the Elementor Page Builder software
- Switch theme of site to work better with the Page Builder
- Version updates on development and main sites
- Update development site to use header and footer templates
- Elementor software installed on main ad development site
- Site landing (home) page built to new design by Warp Speed Computers to give a basis for site renovation
- Home page and wireframe (site structure) designs agreed as working design of the revised site
- Home page redesign presented by District Director Sharon Kerr-Phillips
- Wireframe (site structure) design presented by District PRM Elizabeth Viljoen