To create a custom form that sends a newsletter sign up for your own newsletter into the Partners Database is both easy and a good strategic decision, as it means that new contacts are added inmmediately to the global system. It also means that you have immediate access to them via your reporting interface in the Partners Database.
Creating a site, be it a microsite, regional or rethinking gwp.org should be approached methodically. This section provides some best practices and some very basic tools to help you through this proccess.
After you have identified your audience, and the content you know you must include it's time to design your site map.
(1) Assemble a library of all your key documents
(2) A report containing a list of all important documents and pages people link to on your current site
(3) Create a keyword report so you know what search terms people are using to find you
Researching your audience is critical when it comes to designing your website. You need to know who you are aiming to attract and what they are ultimately going to get from your website.
Images need to be cropped and resized correctly or they will appear strangely on the website. If an image is in very high resolution, it will use a lot of memory from the system, and it will take more time to load the page. Make sure to use them in the relevant size.
A Page Template, is a pre defined page layout with set functionality in EpiServer. When you create a new page you wil usually (if there is a choice of more than one) be given a list of page templates to choose from. Here is a list of each page type and a general description of how and when to use each one.
Redirects is the name given when a user lands on one page but you want them to be taken to another automatically.
Inbound RSS feeds allow you to share articles posted on other websites. tehse could be news organisations, other GWP websites or streams from your social media platforms such as Flikr, Twitter, your Blog or Facebook.