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Website Construction (CMS-Based)

Help Soundscapes 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.
Soundscapes
Newport News, VA, USA
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Newport News, VA, USA

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Posted February 10th

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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!)
Additional details

Background: We currently have a Wordpress website managed by a third party and the back end is beyond complicated to the point where we cannot update it ourselves. I have used Wordpress before at other organizations with no issues.

Need: We want to start from scratch and build our own that we can manage and keep up to date ourselves. We are looking for someone with Wordpress expertise as we want to stick with Wordpress.

What we have in place
  • We currently have A Wordpress-experienced staff person, which should make it easy for you to get started. We also have a current website full of content, and the ability to provide any other information you need.
How this will help
This project will save us $16,822 , allowing us to provide more lessons to the students in our programs.

This project will allow us to take control of our online presence and keep our website up to date instead of relying on a third party that does not often understand the urgency of our requests to do with content updates. For instance, we have asked repeatedly for the registration page for our Gala from last September to be taken down, and it is still live on our home page.

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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Soundscapes
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Katie S
Katie S.

Development Coordinator

Our mission

Soundscapes is a nonprofit youth development organization in Southeastern Virginia that uses music instruction and performance to foster life skills in students from early childhood to early adulthood.

What we do

Soundscapes provides daily after-school music programs, a regional youth orchestra, and several week-long summer camps. Through Soundscapes, youth from 1st grade through age 25 develop skills that prepare them to be today's successful students and tomorrow's engaged citizen artists.

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Sandra was lovely to work with. It was great getting to know her. She really cared about our organization.
Katie S.
Katie S.

Development Coordinator

Website Construction (CMS-Based) Project

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