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Website Construction (CMS-Based)

Help UC Berkeley Underground Scholars 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.
UC Berkeley Underground Scholars
Berkeley, CA, USA
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Justice & legal services
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Web development

Posted September 23rd

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Website Construction (CMS-Based)

Project details

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!)
Additional details

We need our current website to be redesigned and upgraded with new content and layout.

What we have in place
  • We currently have a website with basic content & new content ready to be added, which should make it easy for you to get started. We also have a new brand guide and photos that can be incorporated, and the ability to provide any other information you need.
How this will help
This project will save us $16,822 , allowing us to better serve formerly incarcerated students in higher education

As an organization with very limited staff and capacity, we need a website that does a better job of communicating our work, our mission, and how to get connected with the right people in our organization. Not having a more useful website results in an enormous amount of emails with simple questions, or seeking services we don't offer, or looking to be connected with someone because the contact info isn't readily available.

Project plan

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Prep: Share Information
  • 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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UC Berkeley Underground Scholars
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Justice & legal services Diversity & inclusion Education
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Azadeh Z
Azadeh Z.

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Our mission

Berkeley Underground Scholars (BUS) is a non-profit organization that creates a pathway for formerly incarcerated and system impacted individuals into higher education. We are building a prison to university pipeline through recruitment, retention, and advocacy. Our continued success directly challenges the stigmas associated with our population. Our strategies and programs include the following:

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