Improving the Website

There are many things that can be done to improve MTC's already fairly good (in my opinion) website. Sticking with my recent theme of lists I thought I'd highlight the top three things I felt that our program website would benefit from:

1) Update information more often.

Much of the information on the website has not been touched in quite some time. The Profile/Photo/Alumni of the month are the only parts that are updated often, I believe. We can and should do better. Personally, I've found it very frustrating that as more and more people in my life have visited MTC's website they still ask me how I like teaching at Callaway in Jackson. Outside of the fact that I've never set foot inside of Callaway High I would really like to give little Humphreys County High and Junior High some Internet shine. If someone drops out of MTC the site is updated immediately (I've actually went and checked the site at different points to verify whether or not this or that person was still in MTC...it's quite accurate). Other sections of the website such as the Video section under Media could use some updates as well.

2) Change the general design.

The white background with green letters is pretty bland. I'm sure that a few watermarked (?) pictures in the background could change that and bring some life to the background. People like Karl who are into photography could probably get some great stuff to contribute to the website regularly. I think that one of the most important things for people visiting the website to see is pictures. Not just of smiling kids and whatnot but of the neighborhoods these smiling faces go home to. The juke joints that made blues the music of Mississippi. The cotton gins that supported King Cotton and made Greenwood the "Cotton Capital of the World" or the catfish farms nearby Belzoni/Humphreys County that made Belzoni the "Catfish Capital of the World." We've talked about re-doing the site and perhaps incorporating information from our Wikipedia page, our lesson plan/general info Wiki, or elsewhere. Let's get to it!

3) Make that Donate link on the bottom of the page bigger and more prominent.

The limitations to what we can do or do do because of money are numerous. If Dr.Mullins is interested in getting that endowment going then we need more donations. Lots. I was a part of two different organization in college that successfully became endowed and so I know what the process is like to some degree. Streamline the donation process and see how it effective it is.