Websters
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?
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?
- How can I give users the power to adjust the font size on my site?
- Suggestions for Menu-Navigation bars
- 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.
Content Management
- What Content Management System (CMS) can help manage a web site?
- How can I add a UUA online banner to my website?
- How can I add a Beacon Press banner to my website?
- What Calendar Software can help manage events information?
- What are my options for audio versions of our sermons?
- Where can I get chalice images for our site?
Site Management
- How can I add a Search feature to our site?
- How can I track website visitors?
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 are effective anti-spam strategies?
- What web security issues should I pay attention to?
- Sending online versions of printed church newsletters
- 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?
- How can I get listservs (as in multiple) up and running ? What are my options??