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*Where can I [http://lists.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/websters join the Websters mailing list]? | *Where can I [http://lists.uua.org/mailman/listinfo/websters join the Websters mailing list]? | ||
*Which are the [[largest congregations]] in the UUA? | *Which are the [[largest congregations]] in the UUA? | ||
*Where can I find [[examples]] of good UU church web sites? | |||
===Policy Issues=== | ===Policy Issues=== | ||
Revision as of 20:55, 21 May 2005
UU Websters
The Websters mailing list is designed to allow webmasters to ask and answer questions about building and maintaining websites for their congregation and/or district.
UUA Resources
- Where can I join the Websters mailing list?
- Which are the largest congregations in the UUA?
- Where can I find examples of good UU church web sites?
Policy Issues
- What online privacy issues should I pay attention to?
Design Issues
- What basic information should be included on our website?
- What should be included as part of my Web Style Guide
- How can I make my site accessible to users with disabilities?
- Best practice: Use the W3 HTML Validator for conformance to W3 standards.
- Alternate validators include CSE HTML Validator and NetMechanic
- Best practice: Use Tools to test Accessibility.
- Give users the power to adjust the font size on your site.
- Best practice: Use the W3 HTML Validator for conformance to W3 standards.
- Suggestions for Menu-Navigation bars
- Icon Support to support icons specific to your site in different browsers.
Content Management
- What Content Management System (CMS) can help manage a web site?
- Graphics-related questions
- How can I add a UUA online banner to my website?
- How can I add a Beacon Press banner to my website?
- Where can I get chalice images for our site?
- What Calendar Software can help manage events information?
- What are my options for Putting sermons online?
- What Image Editing Software can I use to prepare images for the site?
Newsletters
Site Management
- How can I add a Search feature to our site?
- How can I track website visitors?
- What are effective anti-spam strategies?
- Identify possible DNS problems by running the diagnostic tool at http://www.dnsreport.com
Search Engine Optimization
- Since Google will be one of your major sources of traffic, you'll want to ensure that your site is listed in Google and follows the Google webmaster guidelines.
Site Syndication
- What is site syndication?
- Why would I want to syndicate my site?
- One classic example would be to provide a "feed" of information on your Sunday services. That way, as soon as you put new information up on your web site, anyone who watched the feed would get the up-to-date information.
- What's the difference between RSS/ATOM/XML/RDF?
- Which UU churches have syndicated site feeds?
- What are some popular news aggregators people use to read syndication feeds?
Parking Lot Questions
aka wiki-pages waiting for someone to create.
- What web security issues should I pay attention to?
- How do I allow private and secure connections to my web site (SSL/TLS) and make my own certificate?
- How do I create an intranet and/or "private area" which restricts access to just our members?
- What are effective stewardship practices for our website?
- What are the pros/cons of joining affiliate programs like Amazon.com?
- Copyright Policy : Who owns the sermons : the minister or the congregation?
- My Finance Committee wants to use PayPal : what should I tell them?
- See the discussion in UU-Money.
- How can I get listservs (as in multiple) up and running ? What are my options??