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Website Set Up (CMS-Based)

Help Raise Black Voices 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.
Raise Black Voices
Del Mar, CA, USA
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Del Mar, CA, USA

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Posted October 22nd

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Website Set Up (CMS-Based)

Project details

What we need
  • Set up of a new website using a Content Management System (CMS) like Wordpress, Squarespace, Joomla, Drupal, or Weebly
  • Training to ensure Organization's staff members can update content and manage the site post-launch
  • Note: We recommend that you do a Website Content Plan project first, so that you have all the content ready for your new CMS-based site. A CMS-based website can be maintained and updated easily - no coding required!
Additional details

We have a squarespace website but need help revamping it so that it looks cleaner and nicer.

What we have in place
  • We currently have a Squarespace website, the domain, and a web host., which should make it easy for you to get started. We also have images and 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 hire more writers that will create new content about systemic racism in the United States.

We are trying to attract more subscribers to our weekly, digestible newsletter. We need to place the old newsletters on the website along with a way for a preview newsletter to pop up once someone goes to the website.

Project plan

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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 helps register Organization's domain name with a web host, if necessary
  • Both parties review our pro-tips for Organizations and Volunteers to ensure the project is set up for success
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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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Raise Black Voices
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Marissa M
Marissa M.

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Our mission

Raise Black Voices is an editorial program and a megaphone. We curate the stories of journalists, academics, and content creators focused on the Black-lived experience. We amplify those voices through a network of community and business leaders in order to educate the broader community about Black lives, and to achieve real and lasting change.

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Melinda is simply-stated: amazing. She is professional and thorough, an incredible thought partner and a visionary. She goes above and beyond to make sure that the overall project she is working on exceeds expectations. Along with her enthusiasm and attentiveness to the general needs of our organization, Melinda brought such strong creativity. Our website, social media presence, and brand is better off because of her sound advice and great ideas.
Marissa M.
Marissa M.

Founder

Website Set Up (CMS-Based) Project

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