Web Team 6/20

Team: Web Design
Date: 6/20/2009

Tasks completed (and by whom):
1. (Seif, Ranju, George) Installed web server, database server, local host server on our computers.
2. Created mock website on our servers, with tabs for About, Contact, Get Inspired Houston, etc.
3. Installed and configured a theme on our servers.
4. Installed and used a list of program modules we will be using to develop the website.
5. (Vikram, Rohan) Got in touch with PR and Women’s Issues regarding web articles and pictures.
6. Made or started content on About Sewa, Get Inspired Houston, Bhutanese project.
7. Started requesting volunteers for biographical information.


Tasks for the coming week
1. Reserving domain names for future Sewa projects.
2. Make it possible for volunteers to directly access necessary website functions, such as uploading articles
3. Making and managing databases for volunteer information, refugee information, and files.
4. Getting familiar with modifying themes for the website
5. Make newsletter template, implement it in website construction
6. Photo gallery
7. Request and compile photos
8. Content: FAQs, media, bios, graphics art, and other articles

Comments on availability of resources (Did you use any special resources in completing the tasks? Do you need any resources for your tasks next week?):
1. For making graphics, is it possible to get Adobe Photoshop somehow?

Did your group get any help from the advisors and mentors?
Various help was given to us and given by us in communicating with other groups and supervisors.