I spent a fair amount of time in the latter part of February creating two new sites for the CAP squadron...
One day I happed to check the old site and realized that it had vanished. The squadron commander had asked me many months ago to create a new site, and I had looked at a number of options, but I had never gotten around to actually selecting authoring or content management software or picking a hosting company. Obviously, the lack of any site created a sense of urgency. Since we needed something fast and easy, I simplified my criteria. I decided on Google Sites because it was fast, easy, had good functionality, was free, and could be managed by more than just me. It also incorporated Google Calendar.
I ended up creating two sites - one public, one just for members. Access for members is controlled by Gmail account IDs - another benefit as I don't have to manage the ID administration; Gmail allows the user to do that for themselves. All I have to do is add the ID to the access list once the user sets up their ID and lets me know what it is.
The sites won't be winning any awards, but they get the basic job of offering a presence accomplished easily and inexpensively.
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Posted by David at May 21, 2009 12:58 AM | Categorized under: A day in the life