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Greetings all
We are trying to improve our District Website.. Please preview and let us know if you have suggestions.
Go to tmd9.org

thanks
Darlene

I clicked on a few of your links - most of the ones I tried took me back to your home page (current newsletter, Pathways competencies, District Business). I suspect that you have documents locked in File Manager, which would mean they are only accessible by members actually logged in to the site. Links to other website pages seem to work well

Pam, I checked the links as you mentioned and also noticed that they were going back to the home page.

However, the real issue here is that happens if the person has not yet accepted the Privacy Policy (the thing at the top). If they have, then the links load the member login dialog "on the fly" as expected so that they can login and download the linked doc. If they have not yet accepted that, then they get the behavior you noticed.

The Privacy stuff is monkeying things up again.

Everything should be fine now... I had also moved the public/members only file tracking to the db over the past day.

The public/members only setting was not getting properly captured on downloads. (now fixed) If the linked files are public, they probably work fine now. They were probably incorrectly getting flagged as members only, hence the need to show the login and the privacy pop-up.

yes .. I thought I set any "files" I linked as unlocked.. and of course everything opens for me when I test them out.. but I'm usually logged in as admin.. so of course they would..

thanks for the comments.. if Pam would try again after you worked on it Steve.. let me know.. but I'm pretty sure I set everything as unlocked. .. or if a link.. as unlisted (not public because I don't want the menu huge.)

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The main issue with this website is that the content is not set up well for mobile. (not responsive content)

If you want people to visit your website, you need to presume that many of them will be using their phones.

WOW, there certainly is a wealth of info here.

My first question is who is your projected audience for this site? I assume a district site would pleasure club and district officers - but the YouTube videos seem the type to attract members. And the YouTubes take up a lot of space - reduce them to about 1/3 the size and stack them side by side in one row for a clean look. At the bottom of the homepage, "Every TM journey starts with a single speech." is something I'd expect to see on a club site rather than a district site. One way to streamline the the info might be to base it on audience - members, clubs, district officers.

I guess my concern with having so much info is in the organization. I pretended that I was an area director - what info would I be looking for and could I find it. Then I pretended to be a club officer, etc. For me, starting a new club doesn't fit with Tips and Tricks but that's where it is. There is a lot real estate devoted to your recognition ceremony on the home page AND a unique page for it as well. Ditto on the Pathways video and the unique page. I would more appreciate a home page that is clean, with a tease and a mention with a MORE... button to link me over to the devoted page.

And last, most of the info I found was the same stuff I can find on Toastmasters.org. If I were a director or club officer looking for something, I'd Google it and Google would take me to TM.org. However, I would make an effort to visit this site to find inspiration and ideas - specific, hands-on tools, examples of what's working in other parts of the district. Your goal is to support all clubs - I would want to see and feel what the district is doing to support my club. Do we have District Incentives? Programs?

I can tell you've put a boatload of time and energy into this. I hope your people appreciate you!

James
What do I do to make it mobile friendly? Is there something built in to implement that?
Darlene

Very nice site. It does appear that a lot of the linking has been fixed.

Just my two cents to share, my recommendation from a web developer point of view is to keep that homepage to where you don't scroll too much. You can definitely create custom webpages with FTH. My feedback I receive all the time from folks is they do not want to scroll too much. It is a small suggestion that could go a long way. Again, just my two cents, but the site does look great. Best of luck on your journey!