This is a list of the third party tools and components that have been used to create the current version of the Crofton Scout Group website . Template design - the structure of the website is built using a Google Blogger template Web domain. The URL "www.croftonscouts.org.uk" is registered with 123 Reg for a cost of just under £12 per year Photo Gallery provided by SmugMug Group e-mail addresses are assigned and managed within the Google G Suite Group logo has been provided by the Scout brand centre
Some notes gathered whilst researching options.... What do we want to change? meeting dates (not times/locations) on "front page"? Essential website elements hosting domain name CMS (Content Management System) Alternative solution - what do other scout groups use? Scouting Themes 4 WordPress https://www.iscout4wordpress.org.uk/ - Scouting Themes 4 WordPress - free template system designed by and used by scout groups - " This website exists to provide WordPress themes designed within the brand guidelines of the Scout Association for use by all Scouting organisations in the UK, from individual sections, to groups, districts and counties/areas. The aim of these themes is to allow Scouting webmasters to focus on the content of their site and on Scouting in general rather than on trying to design a website theme ." Hosting is EXTRA! - maybe use DreamHost - https://www.dreamhost.com/wordpress/ - £50 p.a. (?) Example - ...