TEAM WESLEY RANKIN at Dallas GiveCamp2011 102312

TEAM WESLEY RANKINSite Migration & Redesign – Dallas Give CampOctober 21 – 23, 2011

Participants• TEAM

• Jon Arce• Allen Shaw• Cone Johnson• Derrel Allen• Paras Doshi

• Wesley Rankin• Carrie Clark• excellent communicator; great pre-planning

Overview• Site needed to be

refreshed• Forms need to be

automated• 100% new site, no reuse of

current content• All documents + photos

provided before project kickoff

• Looking for a “Professional” Look & Feel

• Easy updates to the site• Not just the publishing but the

configuration

• DiscountASP.NET hosting• Wordpress CMS

• Theme “Morning After”• MySQL database

• WordPress Plug-ins• LiveShare by CoolIris (video wall)• MailChimp (mail list)• Enhanced PayPal Short Codes• Formidable Forms

“NOT-TO hack” policy… unless we really need to

What went great• Small team so we didn’t use a project plan• Pre-camp questionnaire gathered all pertinent info• Pre-provisioning the WordPress platform • Leveraged social media to get crowd-sourced feedback

during development

-> but I did try anyway

Before

After