Comments on: How to get your small nonprofit up on the Web, Part 1 of 3 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/how-to-get-your-small-nonprofit-up-on-the-web-part-1-of-3 Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:46:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Josh Lind http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/how-to-get-your-small-nonprofit-up-on-the-web-part-1-of-3/comment-page-1#comment-100316 Josh Lind Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:45:36 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/how-to-get-your-small-nonprofit-up-on-the-web-part-1-of-3#comment-100316 Network Solutions bought a domain as I was looking for it... and they are needlessly more expensive. GoDaddy uses disgusting advertising methods with half naked women. Just look at the diamond earing creepo CEO. Try DreamHost.com or, if you're a bit more savvy, I prefer joker.com Network Solutions bought a domain as I was looking for it… and they are needlessly more expensive.

GoDaddy uses disgusting advertising methods with half naked women. Just look at the diamond earing creepo CEO.

Try DreamHost.com or, if you’re a bit more savvy, I prefer joker.com

]]> By: Allan Benamer http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/how-to-get-your-small-nonprofit-up-on-the-web-part-1-of-3/comment-page-1#comment-95297 Allan Benamer Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:09:20 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/how-to-get-your-small-nonprofit-up-on-the-web-part-1-of-3#comment-95297 I'm probably going to suggest something like wordpress.com for people to start with. I think a blog format is a more lively expression of communication than your normal nonprofit brochureware and I'm hoping that newer and small nonprofits will want to take the format up. For the admittedly very special target market that we're talking about (1 or 2 person nonprofits), I think Drupal or even Joomla are overkill. I think a blog is pretty much all they can conceivably handle anyway. It's also important to encourage nonprofits to post every few days and I think the complexities of a full-blown CMS can get in the way of that. I’m probably going to suggest something like wordpress.com for people to start with. I think a blog format is a more lively expression of communication than your normal nonprofit brochureware and I’m hoping that newer and small nonprofits will want to take the format up.

For the admittedly very special target market that we’re talking about (1 or 2 person nonprofits), I think Drupal or even Joomla are overkill. I think a blog is pretty much all they can conceivably handle anyway. It’s also important to encourage nonprofits to post every few days and I think the complexities of a full-blown CMS can get in the way of that.

]]> By: Joel http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/how-to-get-your-small-nonprofit-up-on-the-web-part-1-of-3/comment-page-1#comment-95291 Joel Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:19:24 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/how-to-get-your-small-nonprofit-up-on-the-web-part-1-of-3#comment-95291 I would suggest exploring the use of an open-source content management system like Drupal (or a deconstructed WordPress Blog) as a great option for 75% of non-profits (and the cost is $0), instead of working with a proprietary or custom-developed site. This saves money and time. Learn more at Drupal.org or if you have any questions you can email me at joel@readydone.com Best- Joel B. ReadyDone // We help make stuff 10% discounts for 501(C)3's on already cheap rates I would suggest exploring the use of an open-source content management system like Drupal (or a deconstructed WordPress Blog) as a great option for 75% of non-profits (and the cost is $0), instead of working with a proprietary or custom-developed site. This saves money and time.

Learn more at Drupal.org or if you have any questions you can email me at joel@readydone.com

Best-

Joel B.

ReadyDone // We help make stuff
10% discounts for 501(C)3’s on already cheap rates

]]> By: Allan Benamer http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/how-to-get-your-small-nonprofit-up-on-the-web-part-1-of-3/comment-page-1#comment-95223 Allan Benamer Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:18:30 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/how-to-get-your-small-nonprofit-up-on-the-web-part-1-of-3#comment-95223 @Thomas: the tutorial wasn't intended to be an endorsement of any particular political or advocacy position. I just want small nonprofits to be up on the Web with a minimum of fuss but also with some forward-looking ability to get help. It's much easier for someone with less technical experience to get help with GoDaddy than they would with Gandi.net. I suspect that would almost always be the case going forward should any of my readers need help in the future. I don't want to leave my intended audience stranded without help and they'll be able to find help faster if they were using a registrar like GoDaddy that everyone knows about. As for the accusation that Network Solutions was front-running itself, I believe it's overhyped. It seems to be more of a bad attempt at trying to stop front running from happening. I suspect they'll change policy soon. However, I also believe Network Solutions is way overpriced too so that's why I chose GoDaddy as the targeted solution... @Thomas: the tutorial wasn’t intended to be an endorsement of any particular political or advocacy position. I just want small nonprofits to be up on the Web with a minimum of fuss but also with some forward-looking ability to get help. It’s much easier for someone with less technical experience to get help with GoDaddy than they would with Gandi.net.

I suspect that would almost always be the case going forward should any of my readers need help in the future. I don’t want to leave my intended audience stranded without help and they’ll be able to find help faster if they were using a registrar like GoDaddy that everyone knows about.

As for the accusation that Network Solutions was front-running itself, I believe it’s overhyped. It seems to be more of a bad attempt at trying to stop front running from happening. I suspect they’ll change policy soon. However, I also believe Network Solutions is way overpriced too so that’s why I chose GoDaddy as the targeted solution…

]]> By: Thomas Taylor http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/how-to-get-your-small-nonprofit-up-on-the-web-part-1-of-3/comment-page-1#comment-95221 Thomas Taylor Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:15:54 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/how-to-get-your-small-nonprofit-up-on-the-web-part-1-of-3#comment-95221 Network Solutions has also recently been <a>accused of domain name front-running</a>. And if your small non-profit opposes blatant misogyny in marketing, is ecologically minded and not wanting the marketing portion of its expenditures to go to NASCAR racing, or is opposed to militarism and doesn't want to get an annual "Happy Birthday Marine Corps" email from the founder and CEO of their domain registrar, GoDaddy might not be the best option either. I've used GoDaddy for quite a while, and their prices are great, and their customer service is also great. But I've been moving domains away from them for the above-referenced reasons, to http://gandi.net, which is a great little company. Higher prices (but not Network-Solutions high), and a good company. If you think you might want phone support, it's probably not a good option. But otherwise, they're tops - they have all the key services, like included DNS management, e-mail forwarding, actual e-mail boxes, etc, that GoDaddy does. In fact, you could do this entire project just for the cost of domain registration with Gandi.net - you get 5 e-mail accounts with 1GB storage each and a free blogging platform with your domain. I haven't used either, and I love my GAFYD, so not necessarily recommending it, just pointing it out. Network Solutions has also recently been accused of domain name front-running.

And if your small non-profit opposes blatant misogyny in marketing, is ecologically minded and not wanting the marketing portion of its expenditures to go to NASCAR racing, or is opposed to militarism and doesn’t want to get an annual “Happy Birthday Marine Corps” email from the founder and CEO of their domain registrar, GoDaddy might not be the best option either. I’ve used GoDaddy for quite a while, and their prices are great, and their customer service is also great. But I’ve been moving domains away from them for the above-referenced reasons, to http://gandi.net, which is a great little company. Higher prices (but not Network-Solutions high), and a good company. If you think you might want phone support, it’s probably not a good option. But otherwise, they’re tops – they have all the key services, like included DNS management, e-mail forwarding, actual e-mail boxes, etc, that GoDaddy does.

In fact, you could do this entire project just for the cost of domain registration with Gandi.net – you get 5 e-mail accounts with 1GB storage each and a free blogging platform with your domain. I haven’t used either, and I love my GAFYD, so not necessarily recommending it, just pointing it out.

]]> By: Forum One Tech Blog http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/how-to-get-your-small-nonprofit-up-on-the-web-part-1-of-3/comment-page-1#comment-95209 Forum One Tech Blog Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:19:14 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/how-to-get-your-small-nonprofit-up-on-the-web-part-1-of-3#comment-95209 <strong>Non-Profit Tech Blog The basics of geting your .org on line...</strong> Non Profit Tech blog has posted an excellent start to their 3 part series on How to get your small nonprofit up on the Web, showing how to register for your domain name and why you want one. I'm also heartened to see that part 2 will detail how to us... Non-Profit Tech Blog The basics of geting your .org on line…

Non Profit Tech blog has posted an excellent start to their 3 part series on How to get your small nonprofit up on the Web, showing how to register for your domain name and why you want one. I’m also heartened to see that part 2 will detail how to us…

]]>