July 20 Web Team Report

Team: Web Design

Date: July 20

Tasks completed (and by whom):

1. Outlined project description requests for the relevant people to write up (George)


2. Did some of the last biographies (Rohan)


3. Learning Views to modify the look of the homepage (George)


4. Finished with newsletter template (George)


5. Drafted “How To Apply” webpage (George)

Tasks for the coming week

1. Add links on front page


2. Add in custom formatting for newsletter to work in email


3. Online app form


4. Get sponsor logos


5. Add in webpages for “About Us” and projects like “ESL Classes” “Women’s Issues” etc


6. RSS feed setup

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. There’s only a couple of people who haven’t sent in their bios yet. We will call to remind y’all

July 13 Web team report

Team: Web Design Team
Date: July 13

Tasks completed (and by whom):
1. Made intro page for Bhutanese Refugee project (George)
2. Compiled list of links on refugee background (George)
3. Created skeleton email newsletter template (George)
4. Finished a majority of the intern bios (Rohan)
5. Found printer friendly module (Seif)
6. Drafted newsletter header image (Vikram)
7. Installed task scheduler - Poormanscron - for the site (George)

Tasks for the coming week
1. Finish pages for GIH project
2. Finish pages for BRE project
3. Finish intern application page
4. Make FAQs
5. Finalize newsletter header, photoshop buttons

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?):
Will be getting in touch with the others on getting info written up for the Bhutanese Refugee webpages.

Sewa Houston Web Design Report 7/6

Team: Web Design

Date: July 6

Tasks completed (and by whom):

1. Got access to website and set up login for all the developers (George)


2. Updated old website modules, and confirmed SMTP server functionality (George)


3. Set up developer log for keeping track of what everyone does (George)


4. Set up mailing functions on the site (George)


5. Set up taxonomy categories for Sewa projects (George)


6. Set up database backup for website (George)


7. Planned webpages for the Get Inspired Houston project (Rohan & George)


8. Wrote questionnaire for volunteer profiles (Rohan)


9. Partially completed profiles for volunteers that submitted biographic info. (Rohan)


10. Created webpages describing the Get Inspired Houston tab with the amount of content we have at the moment (George)

Tasks for the coming week

1. Test HTML mail functionality


2. Look into website backup


3. Incorporate printer-friendly functionality


4. Get RSS feed for newsletters, etc.


5. Complete description for Bhutanese project


6. Complete description for Get Inspired Houston 2009 project


7. Various Photoshop image designs


8. Create form for donor information/sign up

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. We currently have the tools we need for developing the website, although a donut would be nice

Other questions/comments:

There was a lull in the work due to a lot of the web team having personal/family issues as well as the July 4th holiday. Ranju is out of town, Seif is moving to a new place, and Vikram was on a family trip.