Cool and easy ideas for non-techies (but willing to learn) Section Website Ideas

State your mission What do you want to achieve with your site More than a place to list your officers Recognize that social media tools like Facebook/Twitter may come and go

Other ideas Featured Member Members in the News Explaining your field of sociology to general public Commentary on current events and social issues

Twitter Twitter has a badge will show your twitter feed on your site.

Facebook Badges Facebook has a tool to make elementary badges for your site.

Facebook Badges Facebook has a more advanced tool called Open Graph Able to do more, but requires more web knowledge to implement

Open Graph Examples Like Button

Open Graph Examples Like Box

Social Bookmarking method for Internet users to organize, store, manage and search for bookmarks of resources online Digg Delicious Reddit ASA has received traction from these sites

Photos Social networking photo sites like Flickr have badges that will generate code for your site

Add a Map Done with My Places on Google maps Erik Olin Wright’s Spring Trip to various universities

Hosting Somewhere Else Do your research can be done pretty cheaply for less than $10 a month Can register your own domain name for less than $10 Can use content management software (CMS) like Joomla, Blogger or Wordpress

Benefits of a CMS Options of themes, ability to choose site design Can edit design with advanced web knowledge Many of plugins to add “bells and whistles” easily Social Media Plugins Mobile Plugins Job Board

Disadvantages of a CMS Complicated to set up w/o web knowledge Do require updates and maintenance Protect from hacks

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