Justin Ruffell-Ward - Insight Support
posted this on September 29, 2010 10:54
So you have a trial site, you have explored what it can do for you and want to take it further - what comes next?
This is the Implementation phase - the period when you can configure your Insight site to make it your own. You can continue using your trial site, add in your own information and adjust the look and feel to your liking. When you are ready, the site will go live - by changing your domain name (web address) so that everyone can access and use your site.
To help you we have written an implementation guide to help you consider the tasks to be done. To launch your new web site earlier you may decide to leave some of them until after making your web site live. For example you could relaunch your web site with updated basic content to the public and then, post launch, work on launching it to your membership.
The tasks are divided into four different areas: Contact Database, Content, Graphics and Project Management and the tasks should generally be done in order. Most of the tasks listed below have a link to an explanatory article in the Implementation Guide, so you can get more information about what has to be done.
| Contact Database |
Content | Graphics | Project Management | |
| Stage 1 | Analyse groups within organisation and build group structure |
Complete Site Properties page Evaluate other sites for ideas |
Complete design questionaire (or brief graphic designer) | Sign and return contract Assign project owners Plan domain name transfer Plan email strategy |
| Stage 2 |
Source and prepare address book data Import address book |
Write "About Us" section | Design proposal supplied by Endis (or graphic designer) | |
| Stage 3 | Add people to groups | Import calendar information | Approve graphic design | Inform members of changes |
| Stage 4 |
Assign permissions | Graphic design implementation | ||
| Stage 5 |
Customise the site registration form
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Approve design implementation | Train administrators and group leaders | |
| LAUNCH |
Send out login details | Review site content for launch | Domain name transfer | |
| Followup |
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