Re: Input Requested - New Website (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Glad you like it.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 07:59:47 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > From: Bob Gulino <http://www.unumhumbrewing.com/~bob.gulino>
 >  > Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 04:25:40 -0700
 >  > To: Board of Directors <http://www.unumhumbrewing.com/~board>
 >  > 
 >  > Hello, Everyone,
 >  > 
 >  > Thanks for all the feedback. Here is a quick status update:
 >  > 
 >  > The corrections and issues noted in your feedback have been addressed.
 >  > The final pieces have mostly been put in place, including a newly designed 
 >  > layout for our online store. About the only thing missing is the payment 
 >  > integration for the online store, which will require contacting the PayPal 
 >  > support team. (Upgrading the software for our store was required to satisfy 
 >  > updated security requirements.)
 >  > The new site has gone live on our regular URL: https://unumhumbrewing.com.
 >  > The new hosting plan has been purchased (for 3 years).
 >  > The InMotion team is now working on migrating our site to the new server.
 >  > No changes should be made to the site until this migration is complete (in 
 >  > 1-2 days, reportedly).
 >  > 
 >  > Please let me know if you have any questions.
 >  > 
 >  > Now that this update is nearly complete, adding the member sign-in 
 >  > capability will be the next big task.
 >  > 
 >  > Cheers,
 >  > Bob
 >  > 
 >  > > On Mar 13, 2021, at 10:48 AM, Bob Gulino <http://www.unumhumbrewing.com/~bob.gulino> 
 >  > > wrote:
 >  > > 
 >  > > Hello, Everyone,
 >  > > 
 >  > > The re-launch of our website is nearing completion.
 >  > > 
 >  > > As discussed in a separate email thread, the site will be moving to a new 
 >  > > hosting plan over the next couple of days. For reasons related to the 
 >  > > back-end implementation, I would like to push the current staging site to 
 >  > > the live site before the host server is changed.
 >  > > 
 >  > > ==> Therefore, I would like to ask you all to review the new website 
 >  > > before going “live.”
 >  > > 
 >  > > Here is the URL for the draft site: https://staging.unumhumbrewing.com <
 >  > > https://staging.unumhumbrewing.com/>
 >  > > 
 >  > > As you review this new site, please note the following:
 >  > > 
 >  > > The home page has been re-designed with a look that is hopefully more 
 >  > > interesting and appealing.
 >  > > The images and text for the main slider have been updated.
 >  > > A new scrolling image gallery of our beers has been added.
 >  > > New background images have been added to the layout.
 >  > > A new “Join Now” button has been added to the top menu bar.
 >  > > The footer has been re-designed slightly.
 >  > > Other than the home page, most of the pages should like very similar to 
 >  > > the current pages, with one exception: each page now has a new background 
 >  > > image for the header at the top of the page.
 >  > > ==> Do you like the new images? Are they appropriate?
 >  > > While the new Beer page should look roughly the same as the current Beer 
 >  > > page, there have been several back-end changes, related to a new database (
 >  > > via Custom Post Type) for managing the beer information.
 >  > > Because of several upgrades to the software driving the online store, 
 >  > > porting the store to the new site has required a complete re-build of the 
 >  > > store. Most of the major steps in this rebuild are complete, but there 
 >  > > will be a few changes made to the store throughout the day today. 
 >  > > Therefore, as you review the site in its current state, the store pages 
 >  > > may not appear properly (depending on what time you view them).
 >  > > 
 >  > > Please let me know what you think.
 >  > > 
 >  > > Unless there are any major issues, I plan to push this new site to the 
 >  > > live site later tonight (Saturday).
 >  > > 
 >  > > I have some other ideas for the home page, but these ideas will be 
 >  > > explored after the switch to the new hosting plan (and the completion of 
 >  > > the port).
 >  > > 
 >  > > Cheers,
 >  > > Bob