CMPG WebMasters Corner. Bouquet & Brickbats:

 

First of all, a warm welcome to all who have made the long and arduous trip to this little segment of the www.cmpg.org …………

My intent, other then a sounding board for me  is to have a unique page that will highlight, and document, any changes to the core CMPG Website via a link to the CMPG_changelog.doc file.  This page when fully implemented,  will also allow members to comment on content, request potential changes to the site.  In short a place to praise or complain about this (your ) website, as you see fit.

Note: Taking over administration of a website such as this a very reminiscent to adopting a loved child after a parents departure.  The prior webmaster devoted 7 long  year of his lift to, creating, authoring, and nourishing this website to it current state of build.  The fruit of his labor is a fine example of an organization content type of website. My number 1 concern is to maintain the websites’ integrity, while exploring it’s nuances and peculiarities of it core design platform “WordPress”. To this end I’ve taken some  6 hours of online WordPress training on Lynda.com. , leaving me with a new respect for this community designed software and understanding of it’s potential and capabilities.  Changes as/if they come will be done with minimum impact to the overall structure and mission of the website.

Links:

CMPG Web change log

CMPG Monthly Web Stats _still working on a proper delivery method

0/21/12

  • Final Configuration set  for NGG Voting.  Old voted removed from system, In process of removing voting options for member galleries.

01/18/12

  • Upgraded to e2Members plug to control Membership and Paypal Transactions.

01/15/12

  • Upgraded to the latest version of WP 3.3.1.   Added a page that displays images from the CMPG Flckr site.

10/16/2011

  • Working to redefine and clean up the CMPG’s mailing list.

10/14/2011

  • Slight modification to the member self-signin page to inform full member rights will not be assigned until dues (or by executive direction )  are received to the Sec_Tres.

04/03/2011

  • Installed  SEO (Search Engine Optimization) tools
  • Installed “Plugin List” to list installed plugins – Bottom of page.

03/28/2011

  • Installed  plugin to display website to ipads
  • Still working on cleaning up dated material
  • Installed plugin to allow posts on pages.
  • Working on method to make web statistics  available to all members
  • Added functionality to allow poster to also sent a tweet to CMPG_MD  twitter account.
  • Started posting the CMPG business card in empty galleries. Why?  I hate empty galleries.

03/22/2011

  • updated Officers page to reflect current it’s current configuration.
  • Removed the PayPal option at the request of the Guild’s Chairman.
  • Cleaned up members list to reflect only paid up individuals
  • Cleaned up galleries. Removed galleries of all non current, paid up members.
  • Freshened & removed expired content from website.
  • Created an archive page to  house all previous Guild outing and events
  • Changed some view options on entry page.
  • Installed plug-in that will allow smart phones  (iphone/Androids/other ) to view the website as a RSS feed  - still working on final configuration
  • Made this page

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