/MRun

2015-2016 Michigan Running Club Website

Primary LanguagePHP

MRun Webmaster Information

  • The website is accessible through FTP/SFTP/SSH. You can use a free client like FileZilla or Cyberduck to access the website's files. Ask the previous MRun webmaster for the username and password.
  • In order to test out the website on your own computer you need to be running a server with PHP. Download xampp to set up your localhost as a server.

How To Update Website

Events

  • To update social events, meets, and mass meeting times by editing the events.txt file
  • Do not change the #page and be sure to make sure events are place below the proper page and formatted like: /Event\
  • Social events go on the current members page, mass meetings and prectice times go on the potential members page
#page year
/Month Day Event Name\
/Month Day Event Name @ Location\

#page year
/Month Day Time Event Name @ Location (Building)\

Meet Results

  • To update meet results go into the results.html page
  • Format the html the same as the other blocks of code and be sure to add <!--MOST RECENT--> after the most recent event link (this will update the link on the home page)
<!--XC-->
<h2>Year</h2>
<p>
  <a href="link">Event</a><br>
  <a href="link">Event</a><br>
</p>
<!--XC-->

<!--TF-->
<h2>Year</h2>
<p>
  <a href="link">Event</a><br>
  <a href="link">Event</a><br><!--MOST RECENT-->
</p>
<!--TF-->

News and Newsletters

  • To add newsletters simply add a pdf to the newsletters folder saved as YYYY-MM.pdf
  • To add news articles to the news page add html files to the articles folder saved as YYYY-MM-DD.html
<h1>Headline</h1>
<p>Paragraph</p>
<h3>Subheadline</h3>
<p>Paragraph</p>
<!--avoid using <h2>-->

When to Update The Website

Basic overview

  • Keep meet information (dates, locations, results) up to date
  • Keep club info (practice time/location, etc.) up to date
  • Keep record times document up to date after each meet
  • Add/update any information people ask for
  • Update social events, meets, and mass meeting times by editing the events.txt file.

Summer/beginning of the year

  • Update pictures on website with new ones from latest track season
  • Update board member information on contact page

After fall and spring mass meetings

  • Put mass meeting slides on website

After each meet

  • Update results page with link to meet results *Check if any new club records were set, and add them to the records document
  • Possibly add any new pictures from the meet (not always necessary, just if there are any good ones or whatever)

Before/during RAM

  • Update donation link (IMPORTANT)
  • Update RAM information (current year, list of business sponsors)
  • Update pictures

News and sponsors sections

  • Update with new sponsors and newsletters/blog posts as they become available (president or someone else will tell you when there's new sponsor or blog stuff to post, newsletters come out every month)

At the end of your term (after next elections, during board transition)

  • Give new webmaster access to the records spreadsheet
  • Give new webmaster access to google analytics account
  • Give new webmaster access to mrunwebmaster@umich.edu (on MCommunity under the groups link)
  • Send them this document

Other Responsibilities

  • Help out whever is necessary (learn to use google sheets and forms)
  • If you are good and graphic design then you can help make S.W.A.G.
  • Update the Google Calendar

Recommended Things To Know

  • HTML, CSS
  • JavaScript and jQuery
  • PHP is optional but helpful
  • Bootstrap