Tools for Building a PTA Web Site

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	Tools for Building a PTA Web Site

Would you like to have a web site for your local PTA unit or Council?

Note: The services listed on this page are NOT affiliated with either Connecticut or National PTA.

When thinking about starting a web site for your local PTA, check your school system first. Many schools now have services in place that allow teachers, students, and event parent groups to add content to their web sites. You may even be able to arrange to have students in your school system build and maintain the site as a class project, thus saving you considerable work!

If your school system does not have these systems in place, then check out one of the following solutions:

These services allow you to create web sites without any programming knowledge. No need to purchase additional software to build your site - site building tools are included.

	CharityAdvantage
	Homestead
	Yahoo Web Hosting

These services allow you to create web sites without any programming knowledge, however they are not free:

Relay PTA Builder

These services are designed for school systems to use - have your school system check them out!

finalsite

For an index of other inexpensive web hosting options, try this link: http://www.webhostdir.com/spotlight/windows.asp

NOTE: Always be wary of "free" web hosting offers ... read the fine print to make sure you are comfortable with their terms.

Free Membership in CharityAdvantage enables nonprofits of all sizes to apply for hardware donations, and receive hundreds of free software titles.

Members can also receive a professional web site with database connectivity, Online Donations Software, and advanced web-based donor management software that allow them to market their organizations while building and improving donor relations.

To learn more, visit:

http://www.charityadvantage.com/index.asp

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If you can point and click your mouse, you can build a great Web site with Homestead in no time.

	It's easy and flexible - create a professional site for your group with over 150 drag-and-drop site features.
	No programming required - get started in minutes using a customizable page style, or start from scratch.
	Make group communication and planning a snap - use online event invitations, mailing lists, instant messaging, a guest book, chat room, message board, and more.
	Add links to other sites, photos, clipart, sound, a hit counter and more. It's completely up to you.
	Attract new members - we'll give you the tools to create online forms and help you get traffic.
	Privacy - Use our password protection to limit access to member or "for-group-only" information

Want to learn more? Click on the following link:

www.homestead.com

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If you're looking to develop an online presence by building your first business web site, trust Yahoo! Web Hosting — an industry leader — to help.

By providing 24-hour toll-free customer support, lots of online help resources and intuitive web design tools, like Yahoo! SiteBuilder, we make it easy to get started and build the site you want.

The Starter edition offers plenty of features that would satisfy the needs of most any PTA: Domain name, email addresses, free web design tools, 24-hour toll-free support, and more.

Check them out at:

http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting/wh1.php

Also on Yahoo, is Yahoo! GeoCities ... this is a free service, but "free" usually means you need to show some advertising on your web site along with your content. You can check them out at http://geocities.yahoo.com/

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With finalsite®, it’s now possible for schools to benefit more from their Web sites and spend less money.

A parent frantically searches a school Web site for a child ’ urgent homework assignment. A principal wants to use the school Web site to explain to parents the new district discipline policy. A private school admissions officer wants to use the Web to promote the schools’ record of academic excellence and recruit new students. Using finalsite® software, from Active Internet Technologies of East Hartford, CT, even non-technical school staff members can create, edit, maintain, manage and publish pages in real time. If they can use Microsoft® Word®, they can post content to the school Web site.

Want to learn more? Click on the following link:

www.finalsite.com

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Create and maintain your PTA Website Simply Using Relay® PTA Builder

	Simple to use. Intuitive interfaces makes creating content a breeze.
	Saves Time. Easily and effectively share and reuse learning materials.
	Saves Money. ClassKey is up to 80% less than other Learning Content Management systems.
	No hardware or software to support. All you need is an Internet connection.
	Easy to implement. Deploy is short time period.
	No additional staffing required. Hosted management of servers eliminates the need of staffing.
	Information based. Keeps students, parents, teachers, and administrators informed.

Want to learn more? Click on the following link:

http://www.classkey.com/classkey/products/relayptabuilder.asp

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