Editing Sagamore online goals 2014

[[Sagamore Hills online]] presence is getting some much needed attention in 2014.  A core group of volunteers ([[David Klein]], [[Dave Barker]], [[John Lenz]], [[Nancy Shober]], [[Monica Ellingson]]) and anyone else too, are discussing in the {{discussion list|name=Sagamore online group|id=sagamore.online}} and making notes here (anyone can use the "edit" links).

[[#Done|See what's been done.]]

==Near term goals==

''[[#Near_term_goals_2|See what's been done]]''

It was dark when I woke. This is a ray of suinhsne.

==Next term goals==

''[[#Next_term_goals_2|See what's been done]]''

===New content===

Go, David!

All the reference material we wish was online.

Some bits:

* Treasures hiding in Constant Contact
* Things like old handbooks that might be hiding in the PTA Google Drive
* [[Sagamore reference]]
* [[Sagamore information inventory 2013]]
* [[Sagamore communication]]


==Long term goals==

''[[#Long_term_goals_2|See what's been done]]''

===Reengage social media===

Sagamore's [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sagamore-Hills-Elementary-School/147475945284146 Books of Faces] and [https://twitter.com/SagamorePTA Twitterings] and whatnot…

Monica Ellingson: major work needed here. Other schools push notifications and parent volunteer beat using existing social media channels. Push relevant content where people already are. Maybe less emphasis on web site (passive) and more on social presence (active) for parent engagement.

: 2014-05-09: ''[http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2014-May/000206.html Discussion started elsewhere]'', conclusions to be copied here

====Facebook====

'''See also: [[Sagamore Facebook]]'''

===District school site role===

Talk to [[Ms. Brown]] about how the [[Sagamore Hills district site]] should relate to ours.

Dave, 2015-02-17: Have talked to Ms. Brown and she doesn't see a problem with the district school site (I think it has usability issues that can be improved (navigation, proper use of news articles vs site pages)), she seems quite protective of it and not interested in outside help.  Considering talking to Principal Taylor about the weakness of the district Sagamore site and if we can gain access to improve.

===Workspaces===

Have ''workspaces'' on the site where project work process is shared with collaborators and the curious (future volunteers!)

===New Newsletter mechanics===

It might be best Newsletter (and other push channels) content is the produced on the website first and then automagically republished on other channels.

Dave, 2014-05-07: [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2013-September/000104.html I mentioned one possible method last September].

Dave, 2014-06-11: To a traditional Wildcat Update, adding a listing of recent selected website posts (like after the traditional "from the presidents" intro) is possible via [http://kb.mailchimp.com/article/how-can-i-add-any-blog-post-to-a-regular-campaign/ MailChimp tags]

Dave, 2014-08-18: Or maybe we just make a Google Group announcement list that folks subscribe to and have Wordpress email content there.  I need to look and see what plugins would do that…
* [https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscribe2/ Subscribe2]
* [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-email/ WP-EMail]
* [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-email-template/ WP Email Template]
* [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/ WP Mail SMTP]
* [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smtp/ WP SMTP]
* [https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/ Easy WP SMTP]

===Media management===

* Can we do better than mailto:sagamorephotos@gmail.com ?
** Dave, 2015-02-17: Created [[Sagamore Hills PTA Google account#photos.40sagamorehillspta.org|<code>photos@sagamorehillspta.org</code>]] and is still working on transitioning to it
* Should the PTA online storage play a part?
** Dave 2015-02-17: With [[Sagamore Hills PTA Google account#photos.40sagamorehillspta.org|<code>photos@sagamorehillspta.org</code>]] comes its own Google Drive space where all the photos that had been collected under [[Sagamore Hills PTA Google account#sagamorehillspta.40sagamorehillspta.org|<code>sagamorehillspta@sagamorehillspta.org</code>]] ownership have been transferred to, but still working on phasing out <code>sagamorephotos@gmail.com</code>
* How about sharing via social media (designating a unique Sagamore hashtag)?
* Regularly updated highlights on the website?

===Support parent-to-parent communication===

Like with [[Sagamore PTA discussion groups]]

Dave, 2015-02-17: A few have been created (see http://sagamorehillspta.org/groups ) and used to a limited degree (they haven't been publicized yet).  Don't count this as done until each grade and/or class has one?

==Done==

===Near term goals===

====Domain name====

'''Is <code>sagamorehillspta.org</code> the right domain?'''  See [[Sagamore online#Domain]] for what we're currently working with. '''No?  Which one then?'''

Dave, 2014-05-07: John's <code>sagamorehillselementary.com</code> might be good, if not a little long.  It could work like Jen pointed out http://fernbankelementary.com/ does.

Dave, 2015-02-17: Marking this as "done" since I haven't heard anyone that else is interested in changing.

====Website platform====

Dave, 2015-02-17: [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2014-September/000226.html Done!]

'''Wordpress… ''yes!'''''

* The pulse seems to be for [https://wordpress.org/ Wordpress]
* Any reason not to stick with the [[Sagamore Hills PTA Dreamhost account]] hosting it?
* The http://test-wordpress.sagamorehillspta.org/ is available for testing.  Login credentials the same as the PTA site (check the password file in the Google Drive).

====Styling====

What will the website look like…?  Who has the Wordpress theming chops?

JRL: Yes, I can do this.

Dave, 2015-02-17: Seems low priority (so calling "Done" for now); [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2014-September/000226.html the work done] seems good enough for now.

====URL redirects====

TL;DR: Old links still work

* Dave 2014-05-15: Made [[Sagamore .htaccess|comprehensive list of URLs to redirect]]
* Dave 2014-05-23: Might not need to redirect all of them since [[Sagamore PTA Wordpress notes#Import_old_content|imported content will take old post IDs if available]]

Make the new Wordpress installation use post IDs we haven't used before to avoid collisions (terms and users weren't utilized enough on the old site to bother with), then setup .htaccess redirects from the old to the new as desired.

# On the new Wordpress database:
#: <pre>ALTER wp_posts AUTO_INCREMENT = 2001 ;</pre>
# Make entries in the '''[[Sagamore .htaccess]]'''

JRL: Yes, Wordpress has "pretty" URLs that can be used, and content can be assigned to those "pretty" urls if the .htaccess file is writable. If not writeable, we can manually add in some directives to the .htaccess file and we'll be good to go.

* Right now, all valid <code>'''''www.'''''sagamorehillspta.org</code> permanantly redirect to their ''(non-www.)''<code>sagamorehillspta.org</code> coutnerparts via some Wordpress mechinism.  I wonder if we should to the opposite—forward non-www to www—to accomodate other future hosting options?
** Dave, 2014-02-17: Naw…

''Old thought we're not doing:'' Because the old site exposed post IDs (<code><nowiki>http://</nowiki>sagamorehillspta.org/?p=58</code> (or "<code>?page_id=</code>"s)) (didn't use [[Sagamore PTA Wordpress notes#Address_beautification|address beautification]]), it may make sense to try to put those posts in the same place on the new site so the redirect happens for free (without Apache rewrites).

====Relaunch existing PTA site====

Let's start out by providing a refreshed version (new domain, new look) of the '''existing PTA site contnet only'''.

Dave, 2015-02-17: [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2014-September/000226.html Done!]

===Next term goals===

====Incorporate test-google-sites content====

Bring in content from http://test-google-sites.sagamorehillspta.org

✓ Done; see the [http://www.9.0ne.org/mw/index.php?title=Sagamore_PTA_Google_Sites_notes&oldid=2529 Sagamore PTA Google Sites notes] --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 11:51, 17 February 2015 (EST)

===Long term goals===





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