The job of the Web Coordinator or Team is to maintain and extend the Vermont Area Al-Anon/Alateen website (www.vermontalanonalateen.org) and other information technology (IT) projects of the Area. The work has two main components:

Web Coordinator – Web Posting: This Coordinator interacts most with other members in service as part of the regular operation of Area business –

• posting calendar events,
• updating the webpage version of the meeting list, and
• making other additions of site text and downloadable PDFs.

Helpful Skills:

• Email: working with distribution lists and attachments
• Blog management: posting, uploading, downloading, link-pasting
• Tools:– Google Calendar, PDF generator

Web Coordinator – Maintenance & Hosting: This Coordinator operates behind the scenes, but may experience bursts of activity when the Area launches new IT plans, or when the technology breaks –

• keeping the website’s software up to date and working (WordPress, theme, and plugins);
• keeping the annual domain registration up to date, along with the DNS records which keep ‘www.vermontalanonalateen.org’ pointing to a world-accessible server (via goDaddy.com);
• hosting the website on that server (presently: rented space at A2hosting; any WordPress-compatible host will do);
• maintaining the Google Apps for the Domain administrative account and features, including email boxes and forwarders.

Helpful Skills:

• Content Management: WordPress set-up and administration
• Coding: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Server: File transfers (ftp), directory organization
• Advanced (useful but not required): MySQL admin, SQL commands

The Website Coordinator is a voting member of the Area World Service Committee.

Created: 2009

Revised: 3/2015