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Welcome New Sites July 5, 2007

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Welcome to the following new sites!

They’ve been added to the blogroll. Enjoy!

WordPress and You July 5, 2007

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We have really gotten off to a good start. We have a platform for chapters, departments, projects, and individuals can create their very own website with top of the line features that can be ready to use in minutes.
The site is powered by WordPress. This is pretty cutting edge stuff. These sites are weblogs, they have dynamic content created by you and with the latest posts displayed on the top in a news format.
You can also choose to have a static front page, that is a page that does not change often. With WordPress, you are not required to have a blog at all. You can use the sitebuilder to build a complete website with no weblog at all.
We have included some of the best additions as plugins. These can be activated in your site’s dashboard. Some of the plugins offered include spam protection, contact form option, polls and surveys, and even a forum plugin to allow you to run a “bulletin board” type site, if that is what you choose.
You will also have the ability to select a layout for your site, a theme with colors and graphics already configured. Some of the layouts are STARFLEET themed. Others are dynamic, and can be customized with your own graphics from the dashboard.
Each of the themes provided to you have “widgets” that can be dragged and dropped onto your page in the dashboard. We have searched the Internet and found some of the best widgets and plugins to make your site modern and easily accessible for your prospective users.
Not a code monkey? Not a problem. Our team will help you set up your initial site and hand over the keys. No coding required. We’ll provide as little or as much assistance as you need. Simply email support@sfilabs.org with your questions or concerns and we’ll discuss your needs on a case-by-case basis.

What Can We Do For You Today? July 3, 2007

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SFI Labs can offer your chapter a free, WordPress blog-driven website. We offer that right now, all you have to do is sign up and get started in seconds.

There are other things we can do for you as well to make your chapter run more smoothly. Stuff that other chapters have that maybe your chapter has been missing.

We also offer “turnkey” installations of popular blogging and Content Management Systems for you to build your own websites (yoursite.sfilabs.org) using the following software packages:

We also have other scripts and packages available, feel free to contact the webmaster to discuss options available to your chapter.

A Website for Every Chapter July 3, 2007

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Hey, folks!

I’m Emmett Plant and I’m running for Commander, STARFLEET, but that’s not what this post is about. This is not a message to every CO in the fleet asking for a vote. While I’d love your nomination, this is primarily addressed to COs of chapters that do not have a website according to the STARFLEET Vessel Registry.

A big part of our campaign is ‘Why wait?’ We refuse to wait until next year to start rolling out neat stuff for our friends in STARFLEET. One of these things is the answer to a common problem I’ve heard all over the place in the past few months — Everyone needs a web designer, everyone needs someone techie to help out building a chapter website.

We want to help you put your chapter on the net! If you don’t have a chapter website and you want one but are tired of looking for help, please write back ASAP — We can have a website running for your chapter that *you* control, and it’s very easy to use. No code, no fuss — And we’ll always be around in case you get stuck.

If you haven’t checked out our campaign yet, I encourage you to do so! Free websites and help aren’t the first thing we’ve offered up, and they definitely won’t be the last. We want to make STARFLEET better right now, and build a solid infrastructure to build on for the future, no matter who wins the election in November.

Feel free to write back via E-mail, call our toll-free number, or join #starfleetreboot on irc.fleetchat.org. Thank you very much for taking the time to read this, and we hope to hear from you soon!

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Emmett Plant
tetrisblock@gmail.com
http://www.starfleetreboot.com
888-ADM-KIRK / 888-236-5475