? for units with a web site

[kittle]

My son was wanting to help start a web page for his Troop. What I was wanting know is there any free sites out there for him to start with? It isn't going to be anything fancy, but it was something that he wanted to try.

 

Thanks for any info you are able to offer.

 

I am going to have my son watch this discussion.

[Pack378]

I do not promote any sites but I have seen some units use...

 

http://clubspaces.com/

http://members.freewebs.com/index.jsp

 

Thats all I can think of, right now

[scottteng]

http://www.scouter.com/hosting/

 

Our forum host also offers web site hosting for units up to 2megs for free.

[tcherven]

Check out our troop website:

 

www.mytroop626.com

 

The software and hosting is free; the unit needs to register the domain name.

 

Here's the link to the scouting page of the company that provides the software and hosting: http://decisiondesign.com/decisiondesign/scouts.asp

 

Enjoy.

[CubScoutJo]

I second a vote for decision design.

 

My son is the webmaster for his troop, and the decision design websites are easy to set up and update. It is also convenient for others (those who are approved to do so get the password) to add articles, photos and make changes to the website.

 

Here are some examples of decision design websites:

 

http://okpack218.org/Home.aspx

http://www.troop119.com/Home.aspx

http://troop277.org/Home.aspx

http://www.troop121ship.org/Home.aspx

http://www.brentwoodtroop93.org/Home.aspx

 

You can see that they have the same basic template, but users have modified and customized them to suit their needs.

 

The main thing is that the sites are not super-complicated, so another person can take it over when the original person "retires". Having an out-of-date troop website is worse than not having one at all.

 

Decision Design also has a yahoo user group, so if you have questions you can get support from other users and also the decision design staff themselves. They are great!

 

Jo

 

Edited to add: You'll still need a domain name. But you can get them fairly cheap. I think we pay $10.00 per year for ours.

 

 

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[CrewMomma]

Ok, I am going to go with Decision Design but I still need to register our domain name, I am kind of lost on this one! Can anyone clue me in on this process or any good register plans?

[Pack378]

I use 1and1.com

[frank10]

We use godaddy.com

 

Great service and price. Phone support is based in the USA!

[gtscouter]

Has anyone used clubspaces.com. It says it's free, but is there a catch?

[insanescouter]

You can check out ScoutData, they update the site automatically as you manage your records. Check out a sample site at http://troop653.scoutdata.com/

 

Scott Robertson

http://www.InsaneScouter.org

[Stosh]

We use a Yahoo Group for our web communications. You don't need a web master, no need for any special education/software, it's free and maintenance is a no-brainer. Anyone in the group can process information and it comes with a lot of nice features, i.e. calendar with reminder announcments, etc., polls for finding out who's going on a trip or not, files section that we use for advancement/troop info reports, pictures section and e-mail messaging/postings for all member in the group. I run a group for my present troop, my former troop, my crew and my sponsoring organization and spend about 5 minutes a month on maintenance. When I upload a advancement reports, it takes maybe 30 minutes for 30 boys.

 

Stosh