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Website Construction (CMS-Based)

Help The Institute for American Indian Studies communicate their work with a content management system (CMS)-based website, so that they can easily manage and update site content on a regular basis.
The Institute for American Indian Studies
Washington, CT, USA
The Institute for American Indian Studies
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Posted October 16th

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Website Construction (CMS-Based)

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What we need
  • Development of a new website using a Content Management System (CMS)
  • Training to ensure Organization's staff members can update content and manage the site post-launch
  • Note: This project is for a website built with a Content Management System (CMS), such as Wordpress, Squarespace, Joomla, Drupal, or Weebly . A CMS-based website can be maintained and updated easily (no coding required!)
What we have in place
  • We currently have a FaceBook and webpage on our museums website, which should make it easy for you to get started. We also have a PR representative, a social media plan, and the ability to provide any other information you need.
How this will help
This project will save us $12,802 , allowing us to sustain the museum's greater effort to educate the public an extra 984 hours through tours, research and outreach (based on a $13 hourly rate for our museum staff members).

Wigwam Escape Room is a new way to interpret and interact with history. To pull in our target audience, we need an interactive site that can spark interest and invite people to join in on the experience. This project will help us reach a whole new demographic of people to aid in our museum's mission which is "preserving and educating through discovery and creativity the diverse traditions, vitality and knowledge of Native American cultures".

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  • Volunteer Manager provides Professional with an outline of the Organization’s needs and goals for the new website, which should include any specific features that are required (e.g., contact forms, mobile responsive design, member sign in, etc.)
  • Volunteer Manager provides approved content and images to be used for the new website (e.g., About Us copy, Mission Statement, staff bios and images, etc.)
  • Volunteer Manager provides Professional with links to any existing online presence that the Organization has (e.g., social media, blog, existing website, etc.)
  • Volunteer Manager registers Organization's domain name with a web host, if necessary
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Milestone 1: Kick-off Discussion
  • Volunteer Manager and Professional connect to discuss the timeline and scope of the website project, including: the number of pages or sections for the new website, specific features and plugins requires, look and feel for the website (themes), target date for initial review, target date for website launch
  • Professional reviews information provided and makes recommendations for which CMS application to use
  • Volunteer Manager signs up for the selected CMS application, and provides Professional with credentials to create the website
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Milestone 2: Build & Review
  • Professional uses the materials provided and agreed upon timeline to build the website
  • Volunteer Manager reviews the in-progress website and provides feedback
  • Professional completes any required functional QA
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Milestone 3: Website Launch
  • Professional provides final website for approval to launch
  • Volunteer Manager approves the website for launch, or requests approval from any stakeholders
  • Professional launches the site on Organization's domain name
  • Professional troubleshoots any issues that may arise immediately after launch
  • Professional instructs the Volunteer Manager on how to update content and maintain the website going forward
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The Institute for American Indian Studies
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Paul W.

Assistant Executive Director

Our mission

The Institute for American Indian Studies preserves and educates through discovery and creativity the diverse traditions, vitality and knowledge of Native American cultures.

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Yardell was an absolute pleasure to work with. He was accessible, timely and his quality of work was outstanding. He really went above and beyond catering to our needs as an organization. We highly recommend Yardell and Perkitech for developing and implementing your website.
Paul W.

Assistant Executive Director

Website Construction (CMS-Based) Project

I really had a great time working on this project with Paul and Lauren over at IAIS. They were very pleasant to work with and I'm grateful that they allowed me to assist them with building this vital part of their brand and organization.
Yardell P.
Yardell P.

Founder | Head Developer at Perkitech

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