Comments on: PTA Web Site http://www.meryl.net/2005/07/pta-web-site/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, web design. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:04:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mary Kimbal http://www.meryl.net/2005/07/pta-web-site/comment-page-1/#comment-654067 Mary Kimbal Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:14:14 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2005/07/07/pta-web-site/#comment-654067 <p>Designing a pta web site can be exciting. With the internet more parents are able to get involved as it’s quick, easy, and doesn’t require leaving the house. I think you should use as much technology as budget and time allows all the while keeping the user interface simple for those parents who may not be as savvy as you are.</p> Designing a pta web site can be exciting. With the internet more parents are able to get involved as it’s quick, easy, and doesn’t require leaving the house. I think you should use as much technology as budget and time allows all the while keeping the user interface simple for those parents who may not be as savvy as you are.

]]> By: Jacky http://www.meryl.net/2005/07/pta-web-site/comment-page-1/#comment-564092 Jacky Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:43:02 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2005/07/07/pta-web-site/#comment-564092 <p>I’ve just moved to a new city with my two children. One of my kids is in Kindergarten but I’m already wanting to get as involved as possible with school functions and her education. The school has no PTA website and I found your blog while looking for information on how to put a <a href="http://www.connectingparents.us" rel="nofollow">pta web site</a> together. I’d like to have something created that will allow teachers and parents to communicate openly through the internet as well as have progress reports posted online for any parents wanting to monitor their child’s progress. If I can find some tools that allow me to do with without to much trouble I think the school would love this.</p> I’ve just moved to a new city with my two children. One of my kids is in Kindergarten but I’m already wanting to get as involved as possible with school functions and her education. The school has no PTA website and I found your blog while looking for information on how to put a pta web site together. I’d like to have something created that will allow teachers and parents to communicate openly through the internet as well as have progress reports posted online for any parents wanting to monitor their child’s progress. If I can find some tools that allow me to do with without to much trouble I think the school would love this.

]]> By: Elaine http://www.meryl.net/2005/07/pta-web-site/comment-page-1/#comment-826 Elaine Fri, 08 Jul 2005 14:05:51 +0000 http://meryl.net/new/2005/07/07/pta-web-site/#comment-826 <p>I'd go with a CMS/blog tools, personally. From my experience, WordPress makes a pretty good CMS for medium-complex (1-2 levels of pages) sites that have a need for lots of little "newsy" bits, and Lucid -- http://www.lucidcms.org/ -- is good for more static sites. I keep hearing good things about Mambo, but I haven't had a project that needed that level of complexity thus far.</p> <p>Ease of maintenance really is key for those sorts of community sites, esp. when you know that you won't always be involved, or might someday want to do something <em>besides</em> the website. :)</p> <p>I used Lucid in a redesign of my neighborhood association's site -- http://www.eastside-olympia.org/ -- and I've been reasonably happy with it.</p> I’d go with a CMS/blog tools, personally. From my experience, WordPress makes a pretty good CMS for medium-complex (1-2 levels of pages) sites that have a need for lots of little “newsy” bits, and Lucid — http://www.lucidcms.org/ — is good for more static sites. I keep hearing good things about Mambo, but I haven’t had a project that needed that level of complexity thus far.

Ease of maintenance really is key for those sorts of community sites, esp. when you know that you won’t always be involved, or might someday want to do something besides the website. :)

I used Lucid in a redesign of my neighborhood association’s site — http://www.eastside-olympia.org/ — and I’ve been reasonably happy with it.

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