OhEdTA

just launched the new Ohio Educational Theatre Association website. In May, the state board unanimously voted to hire us to redesign and host their new website, scheduled to be launched in August 2008.

After some delay in transferring the domain names, now September, the initial launch of the website has been released. Planning is still in progress for some of the more detailed website features. Currently, however, the website provides an online calendar and blog. We've also provided organizational email addresses for the nearly thirty state board members. Other discussions about website features have included document management, online registration forms for various needs, online ticket sales for shows and conferences, etc.

The website used to be several static HTML pages, but has since blossomed into a fully capable Drupal Content Management System based website. Using Drupal, we'll be able to provide all the aforementioned features, along with other, currently unconceived, features.

This past weekend landed a deal with the Ohio Educational Theatre Association when the state board unanimously voted to hire us to redesign and host both their Ohio EdTA and Ohio Thespian websites.

The planning stage has only just begun, but early discussions have included document management, online registration forms for various needs, online ticket sales for shows and conferences, organizational email addresses, etc.

A release date for the new sites has not yet been determined, but discussions tentatively project a mid-summer site release and additional feature releases for the ensuing later summer/fall months. The goal is to have a newly branded, fully functional website before next school year begins.