Lesson 6: Work the Plan

Once the plan has been prepared, there are five main tasks:

• Gather content - team members will gather the required content and deliver it to the website designer.
• Prepare the content - this includes creating PDF files for download content, prepare graphic files, video, slideshows, and write the content for each page and article.
• Build the website - the web designer will build the website using the CMS.
• Upload the content - this includes the creation on pages and articles using the text content previously prepared, and uploading the supplementary files for the site such as PDF files, graphics, video,  and slideshows.
• Release the site - this includes the review by the website committee, training the club webmaster, making necessary revisions, approval from the club executive, and releasing the website to the public internet.

The Plan

There are a multitude of specific tasks that need to be completed, usually in a specific order to guarantee the successful completion and delivery of the website by the defined completion date.

For the website in this guide, we prepared a checklist that identified:

• the services to open accounts in
• the pages to create
• the strategy to add content, provide for review by committee members, and approval by the club executive
• the strategy to provide training
• the date to handover the site to the club and release it to the internet