Hey Guys!It's official! We have a blog/site! I couldn't think of a catchy title or name so I went with the generic, I hope you don't mind >_>
First things first:
Compatibility
I've only tested this layout on Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, so people who use IE, would you kindly check if the site displays properly on your PC? I also need compatibility checks from other OS's if possible :)
The site
As you can see, this site will be the venue of quite a bit of the online marketing of our org's identity, as well as posts from the writers of our publication The Transcript:D I've set up a few tabs above ^^^ if you've noticed, including [but not limited to] an about UPMBBS, an activities, a contact us page, as well as pages for members, applicants as well as alumni.
The only problem is most of the pages are empty :(
I have planned for the Members Page to include member profiles segregated by committee, contact info (as appropriate), and the Featured Member of the month. The Applicants Page will be of similar format but will include the buddies of the applicants as well downloadable files (checklist, preamble, constitution, schedule, etc.) pertinent to the application process. The Alumni page will serve as the venue for announcements for org Alumni and will (hopefully) include brief profiles of each alumnus/alumna. The Activities page will contain the year's projected schedule of activities. It will also highlight upcoming activities with teasers as well as info and details concerning these org hosted events for the general public.
As I have yet to discuss the detailed contents of these pages with the rest of Execomm, MarPub, Memcomm and Seccomm, the Activities, Alumni, Member and Applicants pages will remain empty for now.
However, we are looking for writers to contribute to the About UP MBBS page which will give a brief summary of the history, mission, vision and goals of UP MBBS (including pictures). Any volunteers? :)
Posting
As far as I am concerned, this blog is free for anybody in the organization to post on. Details regarding login will be posted in the facebook group as soon as finals end.
A few things have to be maintained though, for the sake of order. Post Titles should be labeled according to their nature. For example, posts regarding Site Announcement like this one should have a title labeled Announcement:. Posts which concern members should start with Members:, event posts with Event:, The Transcript articles with Article: etc etc.
Posts should also be tagged and labeled for sorting with regards to the topic as well. Post labels not pertaining to the title should be applied with your own discretion. (Just make sure they're appropriate.
Images on posts are optional. However posts containing more than two images should be contained within a jump break or (Read more). Such posts may start off with a brief splur but must subsequently apply a <!--more--> tag before the part of your post which is too lengthy.
Also, when appropriate, feel free to add your signature at the end of a post you created :) If you have trouble aligning your signature or a signature image you want to add, I'll format it for you :)
Affiliates/Sponsors
This is still quite tentative but I was contemplating having an affiliate space on the sidebar for site affiliates. Affiliation is mostly for site traffic and that might not be so important to us at this particular point, but high site traffic makes for better advertising. If we get enough site traffic each month, this blog may also be a venue for advertising our sponsors for a particular event which may accompany a marketing package in the marketing proposal.
Until I meet with Fincomm, I won't be adding an Affiliate tab but the idea's still up there.
Org Logo
I've revamped our org logo to a more high res version for everyone to use! I'll be uploading more versions soon (Glow, Shadow, Beveled), but for now, the flat print version may be downloaded here.
Contact Us List
I've included the blog contacts, marpub contacts and NIMBB contacts on the contact page. It would be recommended that each committee, or any committee that deems it necessary have a contact number or email to provide for the contact us.
Domain?
If we're lucky enough to get some huge income this year, we might be able to afford our own domain *coughlikeUPJMAcough*. But for now, blogspot is okay too :P
That's all for now. Since it's summer break, we don't have many activities planned or much to post about, so this will be a good preparation period for the blog pages to be filled! :D Remember, we're still looking for volunteers :D
Good luck with finals, oral defenses and enjoy your summer everyone!
----Ada Agupitan
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