I've decided to take my site design in a new direction. The design is striped down to almost the bare essentials. And yes, it looks pretty bland.

The idea is to, every month or so take each part of the site redesign it and document how and why.

With the help of a white board & forward thinking and not too many re-dos the site should be completed by the end of the year.

Website Strategy:

Here are some of the goals of the redesign.

• Have the brand standout and be memorable
• Reflect who I be
• Easy constructs
• Increase viewers and build a email and rss feed base
• Take advantage of Web 2.0 services

If you have any design suggestions or ideas please leave them below.

Every year I offer a free web site to a none profit organization as a community service.

It’s important for all businesses to give back to the community whenever possible, to support social services and programs, education, spiritual or religious beliefs, the arts and other activities that add to the community.

What to expect from your web site:

• A simple website to explain your organization’s goals & mission, and that can expand as your organization expands.
• Photo albums
• Blogging, including rss (real simple syndication) feeds.
• Access for 1 or several employees or members to add to or change information.
• Form pages for creating an email list (managed by you or someone else), or gathering information from viewers.
• A donation link with Paypal or a bank of your choice.
• No limit on how many pages you can create or pictures (well maybe not over 10,000 pictures) you can upload.
• 50 free email addresses, more can be purchased at a minimal fee.
• Off site links.
• A Calendar for listing events.

Our guarantee is simple and to the point. From the date of publication of your web site, WebSailingDesigns.com will modify all pages to meet your final satisfaction for a full year. We will modify text, images, colors and links to assure your goals are met for your web site.

The only requirement is that you are a nonprofit
community service organization.

If you have a community service organization in need of a website, please contact us so that we can discuss the project and whether or not we can be of assistance.

I am no longer doing the web site for CTO-Atlanta

Objectives

• Create a way for members to stay up-to-date with cto
• Create an easy way for members & nonmembers register for events
  or membership
• To show cto-Atlanta is technologically advanced
• To show suppliers how cto will help support them.
• Acknowledges members by listing them with their certifications

Responsibilities

1. Decide on the sites url, I suggest:cto-atlanta.org or atlanta-cto.org
   This is up to the board.
2. Register the url and host the site.
3. Design the site: get images from main organization. Get with the board
   members to find out what information is wanted on the site.
4. Market the site.
5. Keep the web site updated with current activities and events.
6. Meet with the board members to get ideas about the site.
7. Photography: Pictures of the sponsors and events for the website.
8. A link to Caribbean Travel Organization CTO New York.

Who is the site for?

This site is primarily for travel agents that sell Caribbean destinations
and members of Caribbean Travel Organization, but could also be for travelers
looking for information on traveling to The Caribbean (this needs to be
talked about).

At this time the travel industry is seeing a lot of changes in technology, as well as competition from the web. It is important for travel agents to not only stay up with this technology, but be able to surpass it with extra services, a personal interest and show their clients their competence in: technology, and travel expertise.

Part of the evolution of the travel agent will be connected to how well the agent can utilize the web to interact and provide information to their clients online.

My goal is to have otc’s web site help travel agents learn the possibilities of what they can do online to improve their business.

Proposed pages & Outline

Front page.
This will include contact information and a quick outline of what the
organization is about, and upcoming events.

Privacy Policy
This is a legal document stating what kind of information the
site collects on your visitors.

Members page
This will be a list of members with information on contact phone number, their company, email address and certifications.

RSVP Form
A form page to register for an event set up to be mailed back with a check.

Membership form
A form to register for membership, to be mailed back with a check.

Past events section
A list of pages about past events, and acknowledging their sponsors.

Tourist Board list
A list of Caribbean tourist boards and information providers for the Caribbean.

Mission Statement
This page gives specific information as to what the organization is about. This page could also include the by-laws.

Caribbean Certifications
This page gives a list of where to to get certifications for the Caribbean.

News Feed (blog)
Many businesses are now taking advantage of offering news feeds. Less than 12% of internet viewers are familiar with using a news reader, but that will change with the new browsers coming with in the next couple of months.