A simple 10 step check list for upgrading FreeToastHost club websites.

1. FreeToastHost 10 Step Upgrade Checklist
Use this checklist to ensure you have followed all the necessary and nice-to-have steps
for upgrading your FreeToastHost 1.0 website to FreeToastHost 2.0. Remember, your
deadline is February 17, 2012 to save all your content from your old site and set up
forwarding to your new site. You can continue to build out your custom pages and other
features after the deadline, but you must complete steps 1, 2, 4, 9 and 10 before the
deadline.
1.  Visit Freetoasthost 2.0 and request a new club website.
http://www.toastmastersclubs.org/welcome/
Read the Quick Start and Admin Guides.
Watch the movie.
2.  Save all the content from your FreeToastHost 1.0 website.
Images:
http://[yourprefix].freetoasthost.[ext]/images/
Files:
http://[yourprefix].freetoasthost.[ext]/files/
Members files:
http://[yourprefix].freetoasthost.[ext]/members/files/
3.  Create a Gmail account for your club. Write down the address and
password.
4.  Explore the admin settings and then:
 Pick a theme
 Add your club members
 Set up default pages and forms
 Build custom pages
 Create social networking links
 Add files to file manager
 Hide any items you don’t want to use or have not finished building
 Build your agenda
5.  Use your gmail account to set up cloud storage:
 YouTube for movies
 Flickr for your photos
 Google Docs for shared files
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2. FreeToastHost 10 Step Upgrade Checklist
6.  Use your gmail account to set up social networking:
 Twitter
 Facebook
7.  Use your gmail account to set up analytics for your site:
 Google Webmaster Tools
 Google Analytics
8.  Train your users. Give the club officers a tour during your next executive
council meeting. Be sure to include the VPE and VPPR.
Give a club speech to show off the new site to your members. “Using
Visual Aids” from the Competent Communicator manual works. Many
projects from these advanced manuals work too: Speaking to Inform ,
The Professional Speaker, Technical Presentations, and
Speeches by Management.
Remember to tell your users to bookmark or make a favorite the new
website address.
9.  Test your site. Giving your club officers a tour and giving a club speech
are great ways to collect feedback and spot areas to correct. Fix anything
you need to.
10.  Visit the admin panel for your FreeToastHost 1.0 site and add your new
web address so that anyone typing in your old address will automatically
be forwarded to your new site.
Notes:
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