Request for FreeToastHost Website Administrator Training

I hope this message finds you well. I am the Immediate Past President for the USDA 3294 Toastmasters Club. I am reaching out regarding training opportunities for FreeToastHost website administrators.

Our club's volunteer website administrator recently informed me that prior experience with HTML and general website management is needed for this role. I would like to serve as the backup website administrator for my club, and I am eager to learn the necessary skills to effectively support my team.

Could you please let me know if there are any available training sessions, resources, or tutorials - especially any free training offered by FreeToastHost or Toastmasters International - that would help me get prepared?

Thank you in advance for your time and guidance. I look forward to your response.

Hi, and thanks for your interest in serving your club with regard to FreeToastHost (FTH).  A few points of yours to comment on:
1. ". . . prior experience with HTML and general website management is needed for this role."  Needed?  No.  Helpful?  I guess.  I hand code in HTML all the custom pages for my club's, but I have always hand coded my HTML files.  FTH, you likely know, has a built-in editor which removes the need for one having HTML experience.  As far as "general website management" goes, you would not be doing any IT techie kind of stuff unless your club opts for a custom domain and you're the lucky one to set that up.  But even that is not an insurmountable hurdle.
2. "I would like to serve as the backup website administrator for my club"  Just so you are aware, there is no backup admin recognized by FTH, so you and the primary admin would presumable share the admin login password, but only ONE of you can be registered in the system as the FTH administrator.
3. "Could you please let me know if there are any available training sessions, resources, or tutorials - especially any free training offered by FreeToastHost or Toastmasters International - that would help me get prepared?"  FreeToastHost has very good online documentation (see support.toastmastersclubs.org/doc/documentation-index ), so that's the obvious primary resource.  There is no link whatsoever between FreeToastHost and Toastmasters International, other than the fact that Toastmasters are involved in both, so don't look for FTH resources there as there are none.  One or more FTH ambassadors have put together some videos showing various aspects of operation--not sure if it's admin-related or not--so let us hope that he/they chime in on this conversation thread in the near future.

I hope that helps.  Best wishes!
Art
 

Hi,
In addition to the online documentation, I have created a FTH instruction video series.
Click here to open my YouTube Playlist
or
follow this link:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpYXio-mF2_UV...&si=yD52JWTTFde7LH1H

In addition, I occasionally host live virtual FTH trainings. I'll note your contact info and let you know about my next scheduled session.

Good luck.