The Facelift project is now complete. Any further changes will be made through routine updates.
Here is the status of the website updates plannned for Release #3:
11/13 Update
Events & Calendar: we will use the Google Calendar for managing all public and internal events
This decision was made in a meeting on 10/23 with Alexis, Gadi, Neda, and Bob
The benefits of this solution are that all MJCBY events will be visible in the same platform and its simplicity
The calendar is now displayed in "schedule" format (rather than grid format) to improve readability
It is displayed via the Calendar link in the main menu and no longer shown below the Slide Carousel
The only desired feature that will not be accommodated is the display of flyers with each event — Google Calendar does not support the includion of graphics in its calendar entries
Amy Brunswick & Bob have submitted several changes to the office for updates to existing Google calendar entries
Gadi & Neda will complete the updating of existing entries to ensure that they have complete event information
Religious School and Youth Programs pages have been updated (Miriam)
Lifelong Learning will be updated as part of routine maintenance
Homepage update: A Featured Event section has been added underneath the slide carousel. This will be reviewed at the weekly staff meeting and updated as the current featured event ages out and new events to be featured are identified.
Reported on 9/26
New Shalom Yeladim page (Fern & Haley) — Published, awaiting final updates
New Religious School page (Miriam) — Done
New Lifelong Learning page (Miriam) — pending
New Youth Programs page (Miriam) — pending
Review of Minyonaires writeup in Youth Programs page (Cantor Shana) — pending DONE
Edit B'nai Mitzvah Guide (Marci, Lauren, Bob) — Update complete; in final review with Rabbi & Ritual Committee DONE
New Events & Calendar management (Gadi, Neda, Bob)
A major design goal for the Facelift project was to showcase the many things going on at the shul (and not display internal-only meetings on the public site)
We currently have four channels where public events are listed and none of them is complete: Google calendar on the public website, Monthly Newsletter, Tue/Thu E-blasts, ShulCloud Calendar in the members section
All public events should be displayed on the public site before they appear in other channels
Gadi & I are investigating how to make this happen and what an implementation process might be...we hope to have a proposal after the holidays
Reported on 8/28
Updated Inclusion page with new LGBTQIA+ section (Arlyn) - Done
New Adult Education page (Peppi & David) - Done
New Inquiry and Membership forms (Amy & Karen) - Done
Updated History page (Bob & Lew) - Done
Judaica Shop: add search terms for search engine optimization (SEO) and link from Welcome menu (Sharon) - Done
