Presented at the 2005 USA/Canada Forum
By Lion Dan Uitti. PDG
Email: dan@lionnet.com
Visit this page at www.lionwap.org/2005beginners
Lion Dan Uitti served as District Governor in 1990-01 in District 23-B, Connecticut. He is a self-employed computer specialist and author of the book Keep Your Computer Alive. Lion Dan joined LionNet International in 1996 when he began to assist Connecticut Lions Clubs to make and maintain websites. Since that time, he has worked with a team of Lions that have provided direction to over 5,000 Lions Clubs and Districts around the world with their websites. Through this team, LionNet and LionWAP are provided as free services in seven different languages all over the world of Lionism.
Lions Clubs and Districts have distinctly different needs on the internet. A Lions Club requires that it provide information to its members and their local community through its website, email and other publicity programs. This information is used to promote its projects within the club and community. This information is used to promote the club's goals of community service, retention and recruitment of members.
A District provides much more Lions Information to members within its district. Its goals are to educate Lions and leaders toward better membership, leadership and project development. Its community service goals are also served toward keeping Lions informed about these projects and their progress.
LionNet and LionWAP offer Free and Easy websites for Lions Clubs and Districts. It is free because of the generosity of a small number of organizations, individual members and clubs. Support is provided by a number of volunteers around the world.
LionWAP provides a simple template, so little technical skills are required. Simply FILL IN THE BLANK. Other features that are included is: Photo Album, Group Email, Message Board, Chat Room, Easy Links, Webpage Counter and on-line Frequently Asked Questions guide. A Free LionWAP website may also be used to simply Autoforward to an existing website. This will provide a link to that Lions Club or District website in the LionWAP catalog and search database.
Lions Clubs may select and change the webpage appearance, simply by altering the selection of background graphic, colors and the Template setting. A small amount of HTML code can improve the presentation. Lions who are familiar with HTML may use the "Use only Activities Free Form" setting of the TEMPLATE field and generate their own custom appearance of a one page website.
Districts may use LionWAP too. But their needs and appearance is very different. Districts would design their own website using the Free Form template setting.
Visit the website at www.lionwap.org
Pick a username that matches your club's name, but include your state or province designation. (Your username becomes your website name)
Example: The Watertown Lions Club in Connecticut is WatertownCT. The full website address is www.lionwap.org/WatertownCT
Click where it says "New Users: Click Here To Create a New Page"
Read startup instructions and click "Continue" at the bottom of the page
Get started with at least the minimum amount of information. Club Name, State, Country, Club President's name, Your name (as it would display it as webmaster) and your real email address. At the bottom of the screen, enter your Username and easy to remember password. Take the time to write down your password.
Then click SUBMIT at the bottom of the page.
It was important to spell your email address correctly, as your new webpage will be viewed and approved by volunteers within a few days. Your Lions Club name, state and President's name helps these volunteers to know that your webpage is for a valid Lions Club. You will receive a confirmation email when your webpage is reviewed.
Visit the website at www.lionwap.org
Districts would specify a Username, such as District23-B, so that Lions would easily recognize it.
Click where it says "New Users: Click Here To Create a New Page"
Read startup instructions and click "Continue" at the bottom of the page
Get started with at least the minimum amount of information. District Name, State, Country, District Governor's name, Your name (as it would display it as webmaster) and your real email address. At the bottom of the screen, enter your Username and easy to remember password. Take the time to write down your password.
Then click SUBMIT at the bottom of the page.
It was important to spell your email address correctly, as your new webpage will be viewed and approved by volunteers within a few days
Keep in mind that you will become a communications conduit for your district, as many Lions will not show their email address on-line. I recommend that you seek an alternate free email address at yahoo.com for this purpose. Check that email often.
Leaders should be involved the content of their websites. A website should be a collaborative effort by the membership. Websites should be updated regularly.
HTML is text that you can include in any part of your website at LionWAP.com It is a set of commands that the internet understands, which is used to format your text, graphics and webpage layout.
<br> - break to a new line
<p> - new paragraph
<b> - bold </b> stop bold
<I> - italics </I> stop italics
<u> - underline </u> stop underline
<hr> - horizontal line
<center> - center </center> stop centering
<A HREF="http://www.LionNet.com">LionNet International</A> - Hypertext link to another page.
<A HREF="mailto: YourAddress@Your.Provider.com"> Contact us</A> - Hypertext email contact
<IMG SRC="flag_array.gif" HEIGHT=96 WIDTH=200> - include a graphic file
Unordered List of items
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<UL> <li> first item <li> second item </UL> |
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Simple Table
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<table> <tr> <td>one</td> <td>two</td> </tr> <tr> <td>three</td> <td>four</td> </tr> </table> |
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There are countless tips found on the internet at dozens of websites that are devoted to teaching HTML code. There are many tips on using LionWAP on-line at
www.lionwap.org/faq.
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