Coming Soon: A Brand New Idealware Website

I admit it: we're like the shoemaker's kids over here. Our current website is sadly lacking in a number of areas, like, say, the ability to find an article, or the ability to easily post anything.

But all that's about to change! Within the next month, we'll have a shiny new site, way better organized, friendlier, and easier to use. In particular, it will be primarily organized around "Topic" pages, to be able to see everything we've got in one place. Interested in software for fundraising? The Fundraising topic page will lead you to all our relevant articles, reports, seminars, and blog posts all in one place.

Corresponding with the website, we're also taking a look at our blog approach. Peter Campbell, always an Idealware blogger extraordinaire (and a new Idealware board member-- hooray!), is now taking the healm of the blog. There won't be any alarming changes, but under his guidance, you'll see some new bloggers and an increase in posts. More from Peter on that soon.

But I can't post about the new website without thanking all the people who helped out with it. We've done the entire website with volunteered and bartered services. It's not always been a smooth road, but we're arriving at a great place, with the help of:

• Jeff Herron, Beaconfire -- Project Management
• Sam Reynolds and Michael Weiss, Imagistic -- Information Architecture
• David Guilhufe -- Drupal configuration and dev site hosting
• Liza Pagano -- Graphic Design
• Ben DiMaggio and Victoria Merriman, Digital Loom -- Drupal configuration and theming
• Carl Diesing, DNL OmniMedia -- Democracy in Action Salsa adviser
• Peter Campbell -- Article migration and blog configuration