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Development of a CMS Website for Healthy Dragons: Affordable, Easy to Update, and Sociable

The HD Website Team, consisting of Emily Fargione, Ryan Bradwell, Ermias Zemichael, and Richard Falkowski, developed a professional and affordable Content Management System (CMS) website for Healthy Dragons. The website provides quick access to information, including documents, newsletter, and calendar, and features interactive elements such as Dragon Diaries blog, a photo gallery, and integration with Facebook. With the support of DreamHost as the hosting provider, the website offers unlimited disk storage and free domain registration. The website promotes healthy lifestyles and supports donations for the Philadelphia Flying Phoenix's youth dragonboat program.

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Development of a CMS Website for Healthy Dragons: Affordable, Easy to Update, and Sociable

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  1. Development of a Content Management System (CMS) Website

  2. HD Website Team • Emily Fargione • Project manager, writer/editor, developer • Ryan Bradwell • Designer, writer, developer • Ermias Zemichael • Hardware expert, writer, developer • Richard Falkowski • Writer and developer

  3. Healthy Dragons Healthy Dragons (HD) is a program of the Philadelphia Flying Phoenix, a local women’s dragonboat team. HD teaches Philadelphia middle school students about healthy lifestyles through the sport of dragonboating.

  4. Healthy Dragons Facts • Started in 2007 • Works with 3 middle schools in Philadelphia • Has over 70 students with over a 100 parents/caregivers in the program each spring

  5. HD’s Current System • Paper and pencil • Excel spreadsheets • Email communication • No web presence

  6. HD Website Team’s Task • Develop a system that: • Is professional and affordable • Easy to update • Provides quick access to information (documents, newsletter, calendar) • Is sociable (Dragon Diaries, Photo gallery, Facebook) • Supports donations

  7. Development Process Feedback Develop • Discussed needs and desired outcomes with client • Researched ideas and resources • Proposed plan to meet client’s needs

  8. The Basics: Finding the Host • The best choice - DreamHost • Free Non-profit hosting!!! • Unlimited Disk Storage • Free Domain registration The objective was to find the most cost effective hosting service available.

  9. Basics: Content Management System

  10. From this…

  11. Basics: Templates The HD website team sent client several examples of free Joomla! templates The client selected a template The template was then modified….

  12. …to this.

  13. Highlights of HD Website • Dragon Diaries Blog • Calendar • Newsletter

  14. Healthy Dragons Website Demo

  15. Challenges • Managing Membership • Solution • TeamSnap

  16. Summary • Healthy Dragons has its first website • Professional and free • Easy to update • Increases access to information • Sociable • Encourages and supports donations • Provides a strong, sound software foundation for the site to grow with the program

  17. THANK YOU!

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