Currently Working on: Put what you are working on here so we both are not working on the same 
Jason: 

Matt: - FAQ - Populate and clean up = Have structure built, need to populate page(s)

Requirements:

  • All materials 100% accessible online

    • EXCEPT those where youth protection applies

  • Low cost

    • Easy to remember url = Troop98Gahanna.info $120.27 10yrs

    • Everything in 1 place, 1 SITE

      • Platform = Google Sites $0/yr

      • + Scoutbook $1/Scout/Yr

  • Materials and process have redundancy / multiple owners /access

  • Easy LOGICAL Navigation

  • BSA look and feel

  • Low maintenance

    • Linked to BSA sites as much as possible so they update

  • Integrated Calendar, with email reminder (SB)

  • Text Blaster (SB)

  • Email Blaster (SB)

  • Advancement Explanation and Tracker (SB)

  • Adult Training Tracker (SB)

  • Troop Finances 100% Visible (Gsheet + Platform)

    • Total for Troop

    • Scout accounts

      • What are the rules? Are these legal? YES THEY ARE LEGAL

  • Photo gallery (Blogger, Gsite, Picassa)

  • FAQs page (Google Sites)

  • Links page (Google Sites)

  • Files & Forms (Gdrive + links to BSA)

  • Eagles nest (Gsheet)

  • News (Google Sites)


ACTIONS: Matt & Jason

HOME


ABOUT US 

NEWS & PHOTOS

CALENDAR

SCOUT

PARENT

VOLUNTEER

ADVANCE

EAGLES NEST
FAQ

FILES & FORMS

LINKS


Add this code to all pages to get text justified and straightened up:
<div style="text-align:justify">  </div>

CLOSED

FILES - Find a way to attach files or to share and link to them.

Test Scoutbook text messaging with Jason

Get url - Troop98Gahanna.info

Set up Google Apps or Change Blog url

- Turn OFF Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

Set up Remind101 (add how to set up to FAQ) (not needed using scoutbook)

Select Platform:Google Site $0, Blogger $0, Weebly $8/mo

Select URL ($20~14/yr): Troop98 - .info - gahanna.org - other???

CONTACTS - NO SCOUT INFO ON SITE

Figure out announcements or blog feed? Blog can be updated via email (fake account on scoutbook could feed blog, then this site) - Abort Blog

Clean out Blog: Data, Pages, Users, Delete
Delete Remind 101 Scout account = potential youth protection violation - Jason
Sent initial Newsletter to ScoutBook Leaders and Sid. 
Put Check email for Newsletter post on news page. 
Weebly now just one page. Says meeting time place and used my Jason@troop98gahanna.info for the contact form at the bottom. Top of page now shows link to this home page.
Clean up Announcements

- Set up forwarding email = TESTING Leaders@troop98gahanna.info with Jason

   - Set up new contact us form

PHOTOS - find a way to post pics (might be through blog entries). - I haave found a handful of pics and put them in a slidewhow on  the home page.  Eaasy to do, instructions in the google drive under website/Google Site/Slidewhow


Clean out Scoutlander

- Contact us form point to leaders@troop98gahanna.info

- Include URL pointing to Troop98Gahanna.info

Cleaned out - Data, Pages, Users

I have put the html for the landing page in the google drive/webpage/scoutlander


Set up Google Search in Manage site, hints = https://support.google.com/sites/answer/155554?%20hl=en


Use this to make contact us and faq question requests -> https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/sites/QDC6NqoB-fk

Change email footer in apps for all , pick ph# with Jason, change to leaders@...


Updated text on top of home page

REALLY like the header here -> http://www.ctrivers.org/

Jason change tab colors and background? like it, matches bsa site.


Boy led troop link = http://scoutmaster.org/Boy%20Led%20Troop.pdf

J-Strong document. Lots of text. Not Sure how much it will be read. I have a shorter one page version in files under training.


I think we need this doc or a link to it = http://scoutmaster.org/Boy%20Led%20Troop.pdf

Clean out Weebly (landing pg) = Jasonr.1@outlook.com - Eagle#66

- Contact us form point to leaders@troop98gahanna.info 

- Include URL pointing to Troop98Gahanna.info

- Data

- Pages

- Users


Escalation Process Charts done
Uniforms - for Scout Parent Adult done


Add Leaders Contact info on  the homepage


Investigate various troop pages to find best mix of clear concise, short, detailed info to put on home page.  Grab content we can use.  We have gone through 40+, Think we have enough to go on...


Add this to the page descriptions of each page = Boy Scouts Troop 98 in Gahanna Ohio, ___ page...


HOME

- Find better content for top section

- Add text under the slideshow

- Footers, Put in fun saying or tip


ABOUT US 

  Finances
  Inventory
  Policies
  Structure
    Patrol Leadership Positions
    Scoutmaster Corps
    Troop Committee
    Troop Leadership Positions

- Footers, Put in fun saying or tip

NEWS & PHOTOS

- Change to 2 column

- Right column = Get photo folders set up

- Add graphic and 'If you act...'

- Footers, Put in fun saying or tip


CALENDAR

- Add outlook instructions

- Test/make sure instructions / links to instructions are accurate

- Footers, Put in fun saying or tip


SCOUT

- Footers, Put in fun saying or tip


PARENT

- Footers, Put in fun saying or tip


VOLUNTEER

- Footers, Put in fun saying or tip


ADVANCE
  - Change to a top, 2 column, bottom format 
  - Top = Description of what kind of advancements there are and why they are important.
           = Goal is eagle, link to Eagle's Nest
  - Left column = Scoutbook, what it is, how we use it, how to sign up
  - Right column = more on advancements, Ranks,Merit Badges, Special awards

  - Bottom = Scoutbook

- Footers, Put in fun saying or tip


EAGLES NEST
- Footers, Put in fun saying or tip

FAQ

- USE THIS -> http://www.scouting.org/FAQ.aspx

MAKE IT THE FOCUS OF THE FAQ make the FAQ form jump out separate page

- Further define Topics with Jason
- Think Getting Started is all new parent stuff?
- Change each FAQ page to a top, 2 column, bottom format 
  - Top section each page describes each topic
    - Add <a name="top"></a> as the top line in each FAQ page
  - Left column = Table of contents
  - Right column = text from Getting Started
  - Bottom = FAQ Content 
    - Add this under each FAQ topic <a href="#top">Back To Top</a> 
- Double check the format of each Bottom Section

FILES & FORMS
- Footers, Put in fun saying or tip

LINKS

- Footers, Put in fun saying or tip


SITE FOOTER 
  - Remove boarder around footer
  - LEFT 
    - Better left element?
  - CENTER
    - Add contact info
    - Install summer camp countdown timer = Doesn't work
  - RIGHT
    - Add content / element

GOOGLE VOICE:
- Confirm multiple fwd calls
- Make sure texts are sent to admin email
- Record Name
- Record Greeting

FUTURE:

Review Google Apps config with Jason

Get other admins for backup/owners to help Jason and I

Remove the 4 Patrol Calendars


Use this to clean up site -> http://www.slideshare.net/jonathanwylie/pimp-my-site-customization-options-for-google-sites