11. (If you don’t mind)
Make your profile.
Keep tracking your membership
progress!
Give Feedback!
Notes de l'éditeur
This is a day I’m going to sell something to you. That is related with our website.
So far, this has been our webpage that you might be familiar with.
You’ve checked upcoming and past agendas, and scheduled for the next month.
We also can get some information and our pictures.
Today what I’m going to sell is just, our whole new website.
The present website consists of two kinds of things, 1) platform of the site, and 2) the contents.
The platform means how the webpage is constructed.
Ours was made by the tool, which is provided by Google.
Managing this website is not that difficult.
Also generally, this website is not bad. It already has what we need.
Then, why do we need a new one?
First, ours has difficulty in keeping members’ privacy.
The website has already “Members only” menu.
But, that is not really “members only.”
It just says to people, “please don’t touch these, because it’s only for members.”
Second, we wanted to be seen like more professional and more official club.
Third, I’m not chaging the contents.
it’s not that I’m trying to change whole contents too. I’m just changing the platform, which is the surface of our website.
So, I has changed the platform from google site tools to another called Free Toast Host, which is a website construction tool provided by TM international headquater for each toastmasters club.
It’s even easier to manage the website, looks more official, and offers much more functions including privacy setting.
This is our existing webpage.
Here comes the new one.
Here’s members only, is real members only.
Unless webmaster approve the members, no one can sign up.
Unless someone log in, he or she can’t click these menus, which has agenda history, availability for next month, membership progress, and photo.
This tool called Free Toast Hoast is now version 2.
When we manage our website, find some bugs on site or we need more existing functions, we can discuss those issues with others in the forums and make reports about bug to them.
Many Toastmasters clubs are now using this Free Toast Host system to make and manage their websites.
As you can see, these clubs in Lafayette area have already adopted this website system.
Now, you are seeing how to use our new website.
Before you log in, it is not available to click the member only menus.
This is how to log in.
Once you input your email or name, you can choose your name tag.
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I’d like to tell you three things.
(If you don’t mind) Make your profile public to share the experience in TM.
Set a goal and keep tracking your membership progress to achieve the goal!
Give feedback about website for its improvement.