ORTA Website Guidelines Checklist (revised January 2014)!

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Must have: (To be linked to ORTA website)! ____ Name of Chapter (location would be good too)! ____ ORTA afliation noted on Home Page! ____ Name of webmaster! ____ Contact Information for webmaster (an email address is preferred)! ____ List of Chapter Ofcers (if you list contact information, be sure you have permission!!)! ____ Opportunity to Join (do you have a form that you can post?)! ____ Copyright listed on bottom of every page (Copyright 2014 insert website name All rights reserved)! ____ Date the website was updated is posted on Home page (usually on the bottom)! ____ List of meeting dates including time and place!

Strongly Suggested:! ____ Chapter Bylaws!

Other Suggestions:! ____ About Us! ! ! ! !! ____ Announcements! ! ____ Calendar! ! ! ____ Appropriate clipart (public domain)! ____ Visitor Counter on Home Page! ____ History! ____ Lunch Reservations (who to contact)! ____ Minutes! ____ Photos (members love this!)! ____ Volunteers! !

____ Contacting the chapter

____ Community Participation! ! ____ Links! ! ! ! ! ! !

____ Governing Board! ! ____ Legislators List/link! ____ Membership! ____ Newsletters! ____ Schools served! ! ! !

____ Maps to Meetings! ! ____ Necrology!! ____ Scholarships! ! ! ! Overall Basic Design:! ! !

Y N ! Is the website free from grammatical errors?! Y N ! Are the fonts easy to read?! Y N ! Is the organization of the website easy to navigate?! Y N ! Is the website up to date? (not more than three months old)! Y N ! Is the website free from Ads?! Y N ! Are the links active (do they work)?