[Chapter-delegates] New Website: 15 December

[Dan Graham]

Hi all,

As mentioned during the recent webex sessions about the new website, the launch date is this Thursday, 15 December.

For those of you who haven't had a chance to participate in any of these sessions, here's a quick summary of the new features:

New design and navigation architecture
New content including "What We Do", "Where We Work" and "Get Involved"
Story telling approach to content. A great example of this will be one of our lead stories on the hompage about the New York Chapter's efforts to bring the elderly online
Multiple pathways to reach content (Chapters will be linked to from many sections of the site)

If interested, here's a recording of an overview of the new website I gave Internet Society staff last week: https://isoc.webex.com/isoc/ldr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=55690547&rKey=f4e1a5ac6c5cb132

Here are some important things to know about the launch:

Our domain name: It's changing to internetsociety.org. Yes, isoc.org will still work as it, along with many other isoc.org addresses, will be re-directed to its respective new address. For example, isoc.org/isoc will be redirected to internetsociety.org/who-we-are. 
Not all content has been moved over to the new site. However, all content will still be reachable. Our IT team has made a copy of the current site (isoc.org) ensuring that we won't lose any content. If a page hasn't been moved to the new site, you will still be able to reach it on the old site (which will act as an archive).
How to provide feedback: I want to ensure that the site is being improved upon on a continual basis. If you have any feedback about the site (comments, ideas...etc) please send it to webfeedback at isoc.org.
Templates for Chapter Sites: We have a WordPress version ready and the goal is to have a Drupal based one available in January. I'll be able to provide greater detail about these templates once we have completed the launch of the site.

Best regards,

Dan

Dan Graham
Internet Society

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