Thanks, Harold. I was aware of the sheer number of pages we have...just didn't know what would take 7 months before construction began (serial effort) as opposed to what could be done in parallel with the help of Fathom to save time. Looking forward to the update at the AF&F meeting. 73, Brian N5ZGT On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Kramer, Harold, WJ1B wrote:
To answer Brian's questions:
Harold --
I know that ground-up web redesigns don't happen overnight (I used to work for a web development company) so please don't take this the wrong way. How long will Phase 2 take to complete? Besides what you mentioned elsewhere in your email about the content teams (some of whom as you say
are almost done with their jobs), what is consuming 7 entire months before content even starts to be built?
73, Brian N5ZGT
Brian,
To answer your question, we estimate that there are over 30,000 pages of content on our current web site that need to gone through. Some of these pages need to be replaced entirely and others need extensive revisions since the ARRL and Amateur Radio have changed since these documents and pages were created. Other areas of the new web site need to be built ground up and integrated into our current systems. This includes local content control for our staff.
This is a large and complex project. We elected not to hire a full time project manager in-house to manage the project, so we are doing it with the help of Fathom's staff and our existing staff who have to also do their full-time jobs.
Along with the content changes, we are running a concurrent path to make sure that the technical areas, particularly the back room databases and the integration with Siebel and other in-house ARRL systems are integrated and functional into the new site.
As I indicated in my previous email, I believe that we are still on target for launch of most of the site by the end of 2009.
I hope that this answers your questions. We will be having a more detailed report on the Web Site project at both the A& F Committee meeting in November and at the January Board Meeting.
73,
Harold
ARRL Director, Rocky Mountain Division On the web at www.RockyMountainDivision.org