{"id":8008,"date":"2013-10-31T09:38:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T16:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=8008"},"modified":"2013-10-31T09:38:44","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T16:38:44","slug":"cornhusker-nama-and-website-makeovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=8008","title":{"rendered":"Cornhusker NAMA and Website Makeovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s meeting was designed to help Cornhusker NAMA members focus on best practices for redesigning or creating a new website. Two member companies provided experts to lead the discussion. The interactive team from Swanson Russell addressed front-end design considerations. This team included Tony Stattler, Mike Henderson and Kara Cordell. Experts from iNet Solutions Group, Chet Slump and Dan Kuyper, helped members understand back-end complexities.<\/p>\n<p>What <i>should<\/i> agri-marketers consider when it comes to a website makeover? Tony Stattler of Swanson Russell shared, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important to take a step back and assess what you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing first. Then take some time to analyze your site\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s audience.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This process helps uncover the overall objective of the site.<\/p>\n<p>From a technical perspective, Chet Slump added that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also important to understand your technologies before jumping into development. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll want to consider many of the back-end pieces before you get to the development stage.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d While the back-end isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t as glamorous as the front-end, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really where the magic happens. NAMA users were encouraged to consider hosting options, e-commerce needs and third-party integrations with various platforms such as social media and databases.<\/p>\n<p>All speakers agreed, an effective website requires continual planning, time, attention, effort and skill.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s meeting was designed to help Cornhusker NAMA members focus on best practices for redesigning or creating a new website. Two member companies provided experts to lead the discussion. The interactive team from Swanson Russell addressed front-end design considerations. This team included Tony Stattler, Mike Henderson and Kara Cordell. Experts from iNet Solutions Group, Chet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[280,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-activities","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8009,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8008\/revisions\/8009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}