New / Update Website Request Form Form Instructions: The text in this form should be: 1) copied from here and then pasted into a text editor (e.g. Notepad), email program, or word processor 2) filled in by typing information in the appropriate areas, following the steps below 3) saved as a text file (.txt), rich text file(.rtf), or Word document (.doc) 4) sent as an email or email attachment to: weboffer@historicalsocietiesnh.org The Subject of the email should be "New Website". For an update, just fill out the areas that you want changed, clearly describing the modifications. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ STEP 1 - Society name and Website background color Instructions: fill in the name you want to appear at the top of the Home page as the name of your organization. Also, fill in the background color for your website (see the AHSNH website for a demo of the available colors) Society Name: ___________________________________ Color for background of your website (put an "x" in front of ONE): white blue yellow green cyan beige ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ STEP 2 - Home Page Info Instructions: fill in the information you want to appear on your HOME page. This is the first page visitors see when they come to your website, and usually contains a general description of your society (e.g. a Mission statement is a likely entry on this page). Info: [type info below. Add more lines as necessary] ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ STEP 3 - Home Page picture (optional) Instructions: If you want a picture on your Home page, you must send the image file as an email attachment, and specify the image filename (a .jpg or .gif file) in the space below. If you are not going to send a picture for this page, leave the space blank. Home Page Image filename (if any): ____________ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ STEP 4 - AboutUs Page Info Instructions: fill in the information you want to appear on your AboutUs page. This page should contain information about the location of the society (physical buildings, etc), the personel, board of directors, contact information (e.g. email address, phone), etc. Info: [type info below. Add more lines as necessary] ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ STEP 5 - AboutUs Page picture (optional) Instructions: If you want a picture on your AboutUs page, you must send the image file as an email attachment, and specify the image filename (a .jpg or .gif file) in the space below. If you are not going to send a picture for this page, leave the space blank. AboutUs Page Image filename (if any): ____________ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ STEPS 6 - 9 - Optional pages Instructions: a society can have up to 2 additional pages, containing any information they want. For exaple, you might have a Calendar of Events page, an items for sale page, a newsletter page with PDF newsletters linked from it, etc. Steps 6 thru 9 are used to specify the info for these optional pages. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ STEP 6 - Optional Page 1 Title and Info Instructions: fill in the title (e.g. "Calendar") and the information you want to appear on your Optional Page 1. If you do not want this optional page, please leave the areas blank. Title: __________________________ Info: [type info below. Add more lines as necessary] ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ STEP 7 - Optional Page 1 picture (optional) Instructions: If you want a picture on your Optional Page 1, you must send the image file as an email attachment, and specify the image filename (a .jpg or .gif file) in the space below. If you are not going to send a picture for this page, leave the space blank. Optional Page 1 Image filename (if any): ____________ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ STEP 8 - Optional Page 2 Info Instructions: fill in the title (e.g. "Calendar") and the information you want to appear on your Optional Page 2. If you do not want this optional page, please leave the areas blank. Title: __________________________ Info: [type info below. Add more lines as necessary] ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ STEP 9 - Optional Page 2 picture (optional) Instructions: If you want a picture on your Optional Page 2, you must send the image file as an email attachment, and specify the image filename (a .jpg or .gif file) in the space below. If you are not going to send a picture for this page, leave the space blank. Optional Page 2 Image filename (if any): ____________ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ STEP 10 - optional PDF documents [If you do not know anything about PDF files or how they should be used on a website, please skip this step.] A website can include any number of PDF documents, linked to from any page. The only restriction is that the total size of all the PDF documents should not exceed 10 megabytes. A good example of the use of PDF documents can be seen at the top of the AHSNH Newsletter page, where links are given for PDF versions of the AHSNH printed newsletter. If you want to use PDF documents, please send them as email attachments, and describe below how each should be used. For example: Pdf files: jan06newslet.pdf feb06newslet.pdf mar06newslet.pdf should be linked to from our Optional Page 1 page, and described as: January 2006 Newsletter February 2006 Newsletter March 2006 Newsletter