In order to provide you with a website we first need some basic information from you. We recommend a standard format but you are of course free to put things in any order or structure you wish.
Club Name
We need to know the full name of the club that you want to appear at the top of the page, e.g. “Ambridge Ramblers”, and the short name that will be used in your website address, e.g. https://clubsite.org.uk/ambridgeramblers/
If you already have a domain name, or you want to start using one, then you can use that instead, e.g. https://ambridgeramblers.org.uk/
Colour Scheme
We offer a range of colour schemes for club sites. This mainly affects the menu bar and the colour used for links within the page text. Pick one from the gallery below:
Introductory text and photographs
A large, wide-screen photograph often works well at the top of the page. This is what we have used on the demo sites. This can be a single photograph or a montage of several photographs. Choose something that represents your group, activity, town or whatever would best represent what you’re about. We recommend using the best quality photographs you can obtain as modern displays show a lot of detail and you do notice when a photograph isn’t as clear and sharp as it could be.
Below this we’d suggest a short piece of text introducing your club and saying what you’re about. This is your chance to welcome prospective new members and make them feel this is the sort of club they’d like to find out more about.
If a large photograph at the top doesn’t work well for you, you can instead (or also) include photographs within the text. Generally though, this only works if you have quite a lot of text to flow round the photographs. It’s always possible to change things so if the page doesn’t look right first time round we can always move things around, add or remove text, change photographs, etc.
Venue
Tell us where and when you meet. The name and address of the venue, perhaps a photograph of it, the regular meeting times (first and third Monday of each month, every other Wednesday, etc). We can provide a map showing the location with a link to Google to get directions. Sometimes it is useful to provide contact details for the venue itself, in case someone needs to contact you while you’re there. You might also say something about the timing of the meeting, e.g. meet at 10am for coffee, finish by 12 noon.
Programme
If you have an events or meetings programme, send a copy of your year (or 6 month) programme of speakers and events. This works best as in two or three columns, e.g. date, activity and organiser or date, topic and speaker. We can display extra columns on a PC or laptop screen but on a mobile phone screen things get very cramped.
Contact
Prospective members, and perhaps existing members too, need contact details so they can get in touch with you to find out more. It’s up to you what you put here. Email and phone are usually the most useful.
When you have collected all the relevant information, email it to us at simon@skirridsystems.co.uk
Please take note of our Terms & Conditions, particularly in respect of gaining permission for any photographs you do not own.