AOET has had a lousy site for quite a while. The original site was nice enough, but it hasn’t been maintained, and now the mail server’s getting flaky, and oh, by the way, other than the blog (that we installed!) they’ve had no way to update the site.

This is an interesting request. It’s not technically difficult, but it requires basic WordPress experience (not too hard, really) and a tad of HTML. This is going to be like data entry, or cutting and pasting, combined with a little bit of reorganization.

We’re migrating them to WordPress. Why WordPress? It’s simple to maintain, easy to use and configurable enough that they can take over complete administration with little trouble.

Right now, the main AOET site (http://aoet.org) forwards to http://aoet.org/blog, which is our simple blog. The original site, available from various links, can be seen at http://aoet.org/icomission.php. All of AOET’s info is sitting here, and I’ve started to create a WordPress site to replace it, and have even put together a site that shows a suggested organization here: <link kept private>. This site, hosted on my server temporarily, is what their new site might look like. It includes an active front-page blog, and all the info from the old site, all in one place. This would be the starting place for your work, and you could build upon that.

This work is a critical last step in getting them away from their quickly deteriorating web site and getting them onto a stable platform that will help them spread their message.

If you are interested in helping out, please email me directly at johnny@ihackcharities.org.