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rjgs wrote:It depends on the objectives of the web site - whether it should be a marketing tool or a resource for members. Aspects of the UGLE's web site suggest that the objective is the former. However, UGLE could have both with a members' area similar to that on Porchway for London Freemasons. I find Porchway very useful but, of course, it is only available to members of London Lodges. Why not do the same for UGLE? I suspect that one might argue that would be the purpose of a Provincial web site.
Having designed many Masonic web sites, I appreciate the issues associated with such sites and the associated running costs. A web site should be useful and a clear plan should be formulated rather than the Masonic Lodge or Unit saying "Let's have a web site!"
rjgs wrote:It depends on the objectives of the web site - whether it should be a marketing tool or a resource for members. Aspects of the UGLE's web site suggest that the objective is the former. However, UGLE could have both with a members' area similar to that on Porchway for London Freemasons. I find Porchway very useful but, of course, it is only available to members of London Lodges. Why not do the same for UGLE? I suspect that one might argue that would be the purpose of a Provincial web site.
Having designed many Masonic web sites, I appreciate the issues associated with such sites and the associated running costs. A web site should be useful and a clear plan should be formulated rather than the Masonic Lodge or Unit saying "Let's have a web site!"
mrfrankowski wrote:To me, the biggest problem is with the design of many Masonic websites. They're extremely informative and very useful, but they often don't read well, especially on mobile devices. As someone said before, many Masonic websites are run by regular guys that won't know much about webdesign, but I'm extremely disappointed that professional designers don't want to get involved. I am a designer by trade and I know I'd be more than happy to help.
piginthepoke wrote:mrfrankowski wrote:To me, the biggest problem is with the design of many Masonic websites. They're extremely informative and very useful, but they often don't read well, especially on mobile devices. As someone said before, many Masonic websites are run by regular guys that won't know much about webdesign, but I'm extremely disappointed that professional designers don't want to get involved. I am a designer by trade and I know I'd be more than happy to help.
The best route is for a Designer to setup a design / template for a content Management System like Joomla or WordPress. That way less technically savy Brethren can concentrate on the content rather than get bogged down in building a site.
Hilaritas wrote:Do any lodges have a presence on facebook? Our lodge is considering making a lodge facebook group in order to let members and non members of our public activities.
kev146 wrote:Why have most maybe 90% of lodges under UGLE not bothered with a website is the question even a bad site is still better than none in today’s electronic age. so how do we convince our lodges to get on the net i have been asking myself that question. I am over 50 and i am on the net most days and i run several websites for different people and organisations (advert time http://www.type42assocition.co.uk and http://www.reddragoncrafts.co.uk) just some examples. Is it the cost of a web site I don’t think so the navy one cost £60 a year the other is about £30 most lodges can afford that. so it must be apathy and how can we get round that ?
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