Website Member Only Area Idea suggestions

Event/meeting calendar
Forms
Other Resources/Handbook
Copy of constitution/bylaws/etc.
Message board (for reminders, important notices, etc.)
Directory (phone numbers, email, addresses)

[tunatartare]

Unless you or someone in your organization is really great with websites, HTML and all that stuff, I would highly suggest not putting anything that's private (i.e. ritual stuff) on the members only page. When I administered my sorority's website a couple of years ago, I wanted to create a members only page for us and that idea was quickly vetoed by people who understood website creation a lot better than I did because they said that it's still very easy for someone to hack into the members only page unless you have highly advance security systems in place.

Originally Posted by tunatartare

Unless you or someone in your organization is really great with websites, HTML and all that stuff, I would highly suggest not putting anything that's private (i.e. ritual stuff) on the members only page.

Ritual shouldn't be online, period. End of story.

You might also want to leave out items of a sensitive nature. For example, when a sister visits the Members Only portion of my org's website, all handbooks are listed and available for download and printing EXCEPT the Membership Handbook that lists all the official guidelines.

Just something to think about.

[deltanupsigurl]

Originally Posted by OTW

Ritual shouldn't be online, period. End of story.

You might also want to leave out items of a sensitive nature. For example, when a sister visits the Members Only portion of my org's website, all handbooks are listed and available for download and printing EXCEPT the Membership Handbook that lists all the official guidelines.

Just something to think about.

Thank you for all your ideas!!! See on the old site they already had the by-laws posted in the main area, I guess I should move that.

[tunatartare]

I've seen bylaws for several organizations posted on the part of the website that's accesible to everyone. I would keep them on there, actually. If anything, just move the parts that deal with material that's of a sensitive nature.

[deltanupsigurl]

oh okay then I"ll leave it there...

[Benson7824]

Something we've found useful in our members only section is trackers for study hours, community service, workout hours, etc. We've also been working on a tracker for campus/community involvement. This has made it much easier to apply for campus/national awards, as we already have all that information for each member.

[deltanupsigurl]

Originally Posted by tunatartare

Unless you or someone in your organization is really great with websites, HTML and all that stuff, I would highly suggest not putting anything that's private (i.e. ritual stuff) on the members only page. When I administered my sorority's website a couple of years ago, I wanted to create a members only page for us and that idea was quickly vetoed by people who understood website creation a lot better than I did because they said that it's still very easy for someone to hack into the members only page unless you have highly advance security systems in place.

oh yes I fully understand that, I wouldn't put that on there. I just want an area where I can put a little more stuff than is already on the regular part of the site. But thank you for that.