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.