Build a Website

League of Milwaukee Artists (LMA) Website Requirements Note: LMA will supply all sized artwork, copy and PDFs. Business Requirements: • To increase awareness of LMA as The Premier art association. • To recruit new members to join LMA. • To increase awareness of LMA members and their work. • To be a first step in marketing members’ artwork with click-thrus to their individual sites or emails. • To increase awareness of our scholarships. • To increase student memberships. • To have art fairs, museums and galleries contact LMA and members for exhibitions. User Requirements: • Easy to navigate • Most important content on home page • Clean design in colors that enhance the art • Easy to read fonts Functional Requirements: The new site needs to have a Content Management System requiring only basic web skills so LMA can self manage updates, change photos, change pdfs etc. Other Requirements: • We have a three-year contract with GoDaddy. We need to remain there. • We have a “mail reflector” service in place—we probably need to continue using this service as well. • Mobile device access • Some organic SEO (keywords TBD—they are embedded in our current site) • Google Analytics • Social media plug-ins TBD—we have a “like us on Facebook” link embedded and we now have a twitter account Web Map Home • Navigation, logo, search box (all pages) • Collage of members work (Photoshop supplied by LMA) • Announcement of upcoming LMA exhibitions with dates and links to facilities • Announcement of upcoming LMA meetings, presentation, times etc. • Featured artist/scholarship winner? • Ad About LMA • Purpose • History • Board members with contact info • Friends of LMA (with links) • “Donate” (interactive form)* Membership • Join LMA - Benefits of joining and costs - Jury dates and places - Student memberships - Instructions on jury process (PDF) • List of current members and area of residence, - Mouse over name for sample of work - Links to their websites Resources • Reciprocal inks too ther art organizations, art supply stores and useful sites • Ads Events • List of LMA exhibitions for the year with prizes and prospectuses (PDFs) • List of art fairs, shows and exhibitions with links to prospectuses (Non LMA) News • Current news from membership • Links to published articles • PDF of latest 2 newsletters • PDF of minutes of 2 latest meetings Scholarships • List of scholarships with winners, interactive application form • Interactive “Donate” form* • Join LMA (student benefits) Contact • Board members and lmaexhibitions general email Text Links on Bottom and Footer * Indicates single form for both