How to Set Up a Web Site for Your Local ASNT Section

Site Content

What you decide to include on your Web site is, of course, up to you. For local ASNT Sections, we suggest including at least the following types of information:

• meeting schedule
• Section News
• Section officers (contact info)
• links (to www.asnt.org, other Sections, other societies, etc.)
• space for advertising

Online member information should be limited to NDT certification level and method, name, city and state. Do not post ASNT member numbers,

Other types of content to consider are technical information, general NDT news, general Web and Internet information, and personal information about Section members, for networking purposes. We'll be posting links to your site on the main ASNT site to help in this area.

One thing to consider as you build your site's content, is that content on the Web is a little different than content in a printed publication. There is an expectation that information on the Web is up-to-the-minute in its accuracy. It takes a certain amount of diligence to periodically revisit all of your site's content and make sure that it's accurate; that contact information or time-sensitive information such as listings of upcoming events, reflect the present day.

Another thing to keep in mind is that the Web is truly a web; you'll most likely have links to other pages on your site, links to external sites, and links from external sites to your site. This requires an extra level of maintenance, to ensure that the links go to pages that still exist, and that the pages still mean the same thing they meant when you first linked to them.

It's work — but work that pays off. When you have your Web site working properly, it can be a very exciting, dynamic vehicle for accessing and disseminating all kinds of information.

 

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