Bad Websites

[peaches321]

Originally Posted by Army Wife'79

So many chapters have horribly outdated websites online. Even the large Greek campuses. I have gone to several only to see lists of officers from 2004, or pledge class of '05 and it hasn't been updated since. Perhaps a good question for the actives to ask at rush is "are you familiar with website design"? ha ha. It can't be that hard to find a computer geek can it?

I couldn't agree more! It's funny (and sometimes painful) to see that. The real irony is that many of the websites that need to be updated belong to very strong chapters. In this E-formation age, you'd think that they'd fix this. Even old people like me can do better.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by peaches321

The real irony is that many of the websites that need to be updated belong to very strong chapters.

I think the thinking there is that they're above needing to publicize themselves with a website.

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I think the thinking there is that they're above needing to publicize themselves with a website.

I think this is an extremely accurate statement about many "top tier" chapters - they feel like having a website is almost "selling out" or something.

Another major issue with websites is that there is a lot of turnover in collegiate chapters. You might have a good website officer for two or even three or four years, but when she graduates, there's no guarantee that it will be kept up.

W&L has some kind of standardized system that all the sororities are using there... I don't know if it's GIN or not. I like it because I've been able to sign up for chapter email alum updates.

[agrphi]

Originally Posted by breathesgelatin

I think this is an extremely accurate statement about many "top tier" chapters - they feel like having a website is almost "selling out" or something.

Another major issue with websites is that there is a lot of turnover in collegiate chapters. You might have a good website officer for two or even three or four years, but when she graduates, there's no guarantee that it will be kept up.

W&L has some kind of standardized system that all the sororities are using there... I don't know if it's GIN or not. I like it because I've been able to sign up for chapter email alum updates.

W&L is using Chapter Communications
http://www.wlupanhel.com/index.php