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Website Construction (CMS-Based)

Help ForWords Literacy Lab communicate their work with a content management system (CMS)-based website, so that they can easily manage and update site content on a regular basis.
ForWords Literacy Lab
San Rafael, CA, USA
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San Rafael, CA, USA

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Posted May 28th

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Website Construction (CMS-Based)

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What we need
  • Development of a new website using a Content Management System (CMS)
  • Training to ensure Organization's staff members can update content and manage the site post-launch
  • Note: This project is for a website built with a Content Management System (CMS), such as Wordpress, Squarespace, Joomla, Drupal, or Weebly . A CMS-based website can be maintained and updated easily (no coding required!)
Additional details

Our current website is long out of date and needs too much work to make it effective and focused. We have plenty of content to provide. And we have staff to support the work and regularly update the website. Our website if the first place donors and grantors go to see who we are and what we do.

What we have in place
  • We currently have A website that needs a facelift, which should make it easy for you to get started. We also have Staff, and the ability to provide any other information you need.
How this will help
This project will save us $9,787 , allowing us to Provide more services to the youth we serve

Our website is the first place donors and grantors go to in order to understand who we are and what we do. We want it to be more focused and engaging as well as easy to navigate so that visitors leave with a clear idea about our organization.

Project plan

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Prep: Share Information
  • Volunteer Manager provides Professional with an outline of the Organization’s needs and goals for the new website, which should include any specific features that are required (e.g., contact forms, mobile responsive design, member sign in, etc.)
  • Volunteer Manager provides approved content and images to be used for the new website (e.g., About Us copy, Mission Statement, staff bios and images, etc.)
  • Volunteer Manager provides Professional with links to any existing online presence that the Organization has (e.g., social media, blog, existing website, etc.)
  • Volunteer Manager registers Organization's domain name with a web host, if necessary
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Milestone 1: Kick-off Discussion
  • Volunteer Manager and Professional connect to discuss the timeline and scope of the website project, including: the number of pages or sections for the new website, specific features and plugins requires, look and feel for the website (themes), target date for initial review, target date for website launch
  • Professional reviews information provided and makes recommendations for which CMS application to use
  • Volunteer Manager signs up for the selected CMS application, and provides Professional with credentials to create the website
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Milestone 2: Build & Review
  • Professional uses the materials provided and agreed upon timeline to build the website
  • Volunteer Manager reviews the in-progress website and provides feedback
  • Professional completes any required functional QA
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Milestone 3: Website Launch
  • Professional provides final website for approval to launch
  • Volunteer Manager approves the website for launch, or requests approval from any stakeholders
  • Professional launches the site on Organization's domain name
  • Professional troubleshoots any issues that may arise immediately after launch
  • Professional instructs the Volunteer Manager on how to update content and maintain the website going forward
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ForWords Literacy Lab
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Education Diversity & inclusion Youth development
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Gail S.

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Our mission

The mission of ForWords Literacy Lab is to provide 21st century literacy skills necessary for success in academics and in the work world. ForWords brings literacy development programs to underserved first generation students and their schools in the San Francisco Bay Area.

What we do

We provide both community and in-school programs in middle and high schools. Through classroom study and field experiences, we explore social, economic, and political causes of educational inequity in order to provide enriched English Language Literature curricula paired with technology and the arts. We work closely with classroom teachers to make sure these programs are sustainable and are aligned with the academic requirements of our local schools.

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