Review and Assumptions of Christchurch U3A Future Website and Beacon System
This presentation delves into the functionalities of the current site builder and Beacon system. Assumptions are made about the upcoming site builder v2, ensuring it maintains existing capabilities. Beacon will play a pivotal role in site management with changes reflecting instantly on the website. The review covers functions supported by the site builder and Beacon, highlighting potential losses like the CDF and room cost analysis. Documents and links are provided for further exploration.
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Assumptions This presentation is based on a brief theoretical review of present sitebuider and Beacon systems. It will not be wholly accurate Functionality of sitebuilder v2 is unknown The new site builder utility will at least include the same functionality as the old one That functionality will provide the entirety of new Christchurch site Beacon will be used for site management functions Changes made in Beacon automatically appear on the website
Review of functions - 1 Sitebuilder supports Welcome Group display with click for more info Events Magazine Photo albums Contacts/Committee Members only (incl. subscriptions online) Useful links Small print
Review of functions - 2 Beacon supports Group mgt Incl. Emails Financial mgt Venues ? Controlled access 1 per member pa usage fee
Beacon overview Summary See https://beacon.u3a.org.uk/about/ Detail overview See separate Beacon presentation Pages 4 and 9 all functions list Pages 10, 11, 19 member secretary views Pages 12 14 groups coordinator and GL view Pages 15 18 treasurer views
What might be lost? - 1 CDF (in current form) But GL view may enable collecting group info submitted by GL Note there may be an assumption in the system that group membership is managed centrally Ability to have data available for more than one year. Eg: CDF collection for next year Parallel membership tables
What might be lost? - 2 Room Cost Analysis (RCA) No bespoke pages no pages produced in base languages Vintage Brass site Third Age Films site
