ACDA OF MINNESOTA, TOM HALE, WEB EDITOR STATE WEBSITE PRESENTATION, 2015 NATIONAL ACDA, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

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1 ACDA OF MINNESOTA, TOM HALE, WEB EDITOR STATE WEBSITE PRESENTATION, 2015 NATIONAL ACDA, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Slide 1 STATE WEBSITE PRESENTATION Tom Hale, Web Editor Award Winning Website: 2011 ACDA National Outstanding State Website Award 2013 ACDA National Outstanding State Hybrid Newsletter and Website Award

2 Slide 2 Homepage Quicklinks Drop down menu Rotator Calendar with hover links Feeds for new content Design by Dakota Street Design, LLC

3 Slide 3 ACDA-MN Commitment to Technology Purpose of ACDA-MN Website What is Drupal? Why Drupal? ACDA-MN Member Content Member Directory Pick-Six Score Reviews The Daily Beat Resources and Q & A Overview of presentation

4 Slide 4 Technology requires commitment for staff and funding Dynamic Web Content solutions for Member Accounts/Login Credentials Organizational Activities E-Commerce/Credit Card Processing/SSL Resources for Choral Directors Archives and Historical content Searchable Content Calendar Events/Concerts, Announcements, Audition Notices, Job Openings Security of Web Content and Software ACDA-MN Technology Solutions are part of the long-range plan for the organization Web Editor is a paid position (independent contractor with annual Letter of Agreement) Board and Members collaborate for new technology solutions and ideas

5 Slide 5 Communicate with members and public E-Commerce for sponsors and members Concert announcements, audition notices, job openings, etc. Online registrations Summer Dialogue (August) State Conference (November) Member Content Membership Directory Pick-Six reviews The Daily Beat Daily message with links to new content and announcements $90,000 in ecommerce in Google Analytics slide coming The Daily Beat sent to 1100 members

6 Slide 6 Drupal is Open Source web development software The software is free and available at: drupal.org Drupal is used by University of MN, The Economist, The White House, Examiner.com, The Weather Channel, more Drupal has a challenging learning curve but the online support community is very helpful Drupal is built with a codebase (PHP) and a database (MySQL). Working knowledge of PHP and SQL is helpful, but not required Use Drupal to build everything from personal blogs to enterprise applications. Thousands of add-on modules and designs let you build any site you can imagine. Distributions are a collection of pre-configured themes and modules for feature-rich web sites giving you a head start on building your site. Build your own online communities, media portal, online store, and more! From Wikipedia: Originally written by Dries Buytaert as a message board, Drupal became an open source project in The name Drupal represents an English rendering of the Dutch word "druppel", which means "drop" (as in "a water droplet"). The name came from the now-defunct Drop.org Web site, whose code slowly evolved into Drupal. Buytaert wanted to call the site "dorp" (Dutch for "village") for its community aspects, but mistyped it when checking the domain name and thought the error sounded better.

7 Slide 7 Drupal Core provides architecture for users with roles and permissions for different purposes (all customizable) Drupal.org provides 1000 s of Modules that can be added to the Core to meet our online needs Drupal is secure Drupal is open-source software that will be supported well into the future A Drupal website can be maintained and managed by more than one developer/user.

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9 Slide 9 All ACDA-MN members receive a login for the website (requires they have address) Members have access to Member Directory Pick-Six Score Reviews The Daily Beat (Web and Content) Board Meeting Minutes Online Orders Board Members have additional access to content restricted for their use only

10 Slide 10 Highlight sections of Member-Only content Left sidebar links Member Perks link Info about membership renewal and number

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13 Slide score reviews to search by title, arranger/composer, voicing, and R&S category

14 Slide 14 Reviews are easy to read and informative

15 Slide 15 The Daily Beat can be accessed via Member-Only content on the website (to search and read past issues). Great for archived web content. This is Jan 27 online Daily Beat.

16 Slide 16 This is Jan 27 inbox Daily Beat.

17 Slide 17 Working with the web content via WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)

18 Slide Google Analytics for ACDA-MN.org sessions page views users Higher use during online voting in March and State Conference registrations in October/November

19 Slide 19 This presentation available for download: Drupal User Guide: ACDA of Minnesota Websites (Drupal): Future sites: View and Download this presentation at Drupal User Guide Drupal is difficult to learn, but worth it because of its versitility ACDA-MN will have 6 unique websites for specific needs. Using subdomains.