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

2. 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

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

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

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

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

7. Open Graph Examples
Like Button

8. Open Graph Examples
Like Box

9. 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

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

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

12. 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

13. 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

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

15. Questions
ASA webmaster at