[Mabs] Welcome to the new NFB of Missouri Web Site!!

Wed Oct 3 00:29:42 CDT 2007

I'm not privileged enough to hail from the great state of Missouri.  Yet I 
must commend you all for creating a wonderful web resource.  I am especially 
fond of the Governmental Affairs section, which in my opinion surpasses any 
other NFB online governmental resource, national and state.  Well done, 
Peter.

Joe Orozco

"I came, I saw, I conquered."--Julius Caesar
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Cc: <mabs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 1:03 AM
Subject: [Mabs] Welcome to the new NFB of Missouri Web Site!!

> Hello everyone!!!
>
>
>
> Welcome to the brand new World-Wide Web Site of the National Federation of
> the Blind of Missouri located at:
>
> http://www.nfbmo.org
>
>
>
> Feel free to explore your redesigned home on the World-Wide Web.
>
> This is the culmination of six months of dreaming, planning, and
> construction of an enhance Web presence for your affiliate. The Web site 
> was
> redesigned
>
> and includes a greater variety of content in various media concerning the
> activities of your affiliate, and was recreated with site visitors in 
> mind.
>
>
>
> Please be patient while we continue to migrate content from the old Web 
> site
> to the new and greatly enlarged NFB of Missouri cyber home. We expect to
> complete migrating
>
> All local chapter and state division Web sites in the coming weeks and
> months. To acquaint visitors old and new take time to read the
>
> Web Site Road Map
>
> which will give you tips an tricks for getting around your new Web Site 
> the
> content of which appears in this message. Thanks for stopping by and come
> back often.
>
>
>
> Menus
>
>
>
> Visitors to the NFB's national site will note that the site's content has
> been organized in to information areas such as, "Members", "About",
> "Publications",
>
> etc. This same scheme has been applied to the new NFB of Missouri Web site
> and will also be implemented in our local chapter and division Web sites
> when
>
> they're migrated in to the new affiliate Web site. This approach was also
> taken to reduce the amount of, "Clutter" which tends to appear on the home
> page
>
> of many Web sites making for confusion, and difficulty in navigating the
> site's pages.
>
>
>
> When you enter the site you will notice that the navigation has been
> enhanced to make locating site content much easier than it was on the old
> Web site.
>
> When examining the various Missouri chapter and division Web sites it was
> observed that some chapters sites included information that could be made
> available
>
> and accessible from any page on the new Web Site. These information
> categories appear in a site-wide menu located on the left side of your
> computer's screen
>
> and is viewable no matter where you are in the site. If you're looking up
> information in the new, "Governmental Affairs" area, and want to know 
> about
> Meet-the-Blind
>
> Month Activities for the Kansas City Area, (For example),from the
> "Governmental Affairs" Pages you can select the, "Local Chapter and State
> Divisions"
>
> Link and locate the link to the, "Kansas City" Chapter's site to bring up
> their site, and to locate their list of, "Meet-the-Blind Month" 
> activities.
>
>
>
> Now suppose you wish to go from the, "Kansas City" Site to access the 2007
> NFB of Missouri State Convention Archive. With the new navigation this is 
> a
> synch.
>
> It's a simple matter of selecting, "Conventions" from the menu on the 
> Kansas
> City pages to access the,"conventions the , "convention" home page and 
> then
> selecting the link
>
> to the, "2007 NFB of Missouri Convention Archive."
>
>
>
> Hedder Navigation
>
>
>
> In addition to a navigation menue on all site pages we have made it easier
> to navigate documents displayed on individual pages through the use of
> hedders.
>
> By using the H, or the Shift+H keys in Internet Explorer you can move
> forward or backwards through the pages content quickly and without having 
> to
> wait
>
> for the page to reload when, "Top of Page" links are used. Pressing
> Control+Home or Control+End allows you to quickly move to the top and the
> bottom of
>
> pages far quicker than using these links as the page must be reloaded and
> the cursor placed at the beginning of the desired page content.
>
>
>
> Event Archives
>
>
>
> All of the audio from the 2007 NFB of Missouri State Convention is 
> available
> in the, "Conventions" Archive for online listening and downloading. You 
> will
>
> be able to hear, and in some cases, read the text of major presentations
> given during the plenary sessions of the convention, or listen to an 
> entire
> convention
>
> session. So if you're only interested in hearing or reading the 2007
> Presidential Report select the text, or audio link to allow you to access
> this convention
>
> item. On the other hand should you choose to listen to or download the
> entire Saturday Afternoon General Session you will be able to do that as
> well. The
>
> same is true of other audio and video content on the site.
>
>
>
> What's New
>
>
>
> For the latest news of NFB of Missouri Activities check our site's home 
> page
> regularly. A, "What's New" section will contain the latest information and
>
> announcements of NFB of Missouri events and activities and new site 
> content.
> Your Web presence will continue to grow in the weeks and months to come 
> and
>
> we invite you to be a frequent visitor to your newly-renovated home on the
> Internet.
>
>
>
> Technical Assistance
>
>
>
> For technical assistance please contact Dan Flasar, the NFB of Missouri
> Webmaster at:
>
>
>
> danflasar at aol.com
>
>
>
>            When contacting Dan be sure to note the URL of the page, or
> pages on which you experience problems so he can address them as quickly 
> as
> possible.
>
>
>
>            As I wind up phase one of over-hauling your affiliate Web site
> and prepare for the next stage of this project I wish to give special 
> thanks
> to the following persons for their assistance in ensuring that site 
> content
> is correct and accurate.
>
>
>
>            I should begin by recognizing your State President Gary Wunder
> for his help and support and encouragement when blocks in the road were
> encountered.
>
>
>
>            Dan Flasar has been very helpful in giving me a feel for the
> site's lay-out, and functionality and council when determining a new look
> and feel for your new Web Site.
>
>
>
>            Shelia Wright and Rita Lynch have provided invaluable 
> assistance
> in helping me locate content and giving me suggestions for the new,
> "Governmental Affairs" Area and for their critique of site pages for 
> content
> correctness, and suggestions for additional site content.
>
>
>
>            Dan Flazar, Debbie Wunder, and Jeff Wright have been very
> helpful in checking pages for their visual appeal so appearance problems 
> cou
> ld be corrected prior to launching the new Web Site.
>
>
>
>            Jana Moynihan is to be thanked for supplying many of the photos
> which currently appear on site pages; particularly in the, "Conventions"
> area. I still have pictures to include from her and will get them on
> appropriate pages in the coming weeks and months.
>
>
>
>            Bryan Schulz deserves credit for his noble work in streaming 
> the
> 2007 NFB of Missouri State Convention. He, along with Gary Wunder 
> furnished
> me with the files which eventually became the archive for this year's 
> state
> conventions.
>
>            Perhaps the best aspect of this project has been the level of
> affiliate involvement that has occurred. This is something I have not seen
> when creating Web sites for other NFB Affiliates and Divisions. I believe
> that perhaps many folks believe that because they don't know Web 
> languages,
> or are computer illiterate they cannot be involved in creating and
> maintaining an affiliate Web Site. The contributions of the individuals
> listed above flies directly in the face of that notion. Not all of them 
> know
> how to build Web sites but they called upon the talents and abilities they
> have to support this project be they writing, photography, digital-audio
> recording, etc.
>
>
>
> If any of you are up as you just couldn't wait to see the new Web site 
> I'll
> be on the computer for a while and can answer any questions you may have. 
> I'
> ll also make myself available along with Dan Flaser,and others to address
> any questions and concerns you may have in the coming weeks and months.
>
>
>
>            I will continue to assist Gary, Dan and others to add increased
> functionality to the Web site in the near future. In conclusion let me
> welcome you one and all to the new cyber home of the National Federation 
> of
> the Blind of Missouri!
>
>
>
> Peter Donahue
>
> Web Consultant, National Federation of the Blind
>
>
> "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten"
> Joel 2-25
>
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