Before you read below please take into consideration that the BRCA websites Prime function is to:
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manage our membership, events and rules
everything else is just a bonus...
So travelling back in time Chris Hardisty was the previous Webmaster and the V5 (version 5 Site) was Chris's concept and in its time was very advanced, Most of the features on the site were custom as they didnt exist back when the site started. When it was frst released this really was cutting edge stuff, and its feature packed. Its also managed the Membership for the last 6ish Years
The Version 5 Website: Drupel Platform
The Version 6 Website: Joomla Platform
So moving forward the task was:
- Improve / Automate Membership Process
- Impliment Proper Club Finder
- Manage Events
- Display information Clearly
- Make all sections uniform
- Automated Newsletter
- No Custom Addons, all to be off the shelf
Content Wise we are trying to show EVERY Class to EVERY Visitor
January 2015 Darren Newton (BRCA Sectretary) was tasked with creating a small Website Working party to create the new site, the Joomla Platform was chosen as Darren had more experience in this area, a concept idea (Image Right) was acepted by the Floor at an Exec Committee Meeting and work Started.
A bold step from a fairly static front page, to a newspaper style setup, this is with the idea that a new racer doesnt know which class or what racing they may want, so lets get all the sections out on display with pictures and write ups and hopefully within a click or two the new racer would be in a section reading an article they saw on the front page with a beginers guid to the right
Due to how our membership system works + only members entering events and every section having events at all times of the year, a defined point of change was hard to pick, however some firm deadlines were set
- 1/12th National Booking must open on V6 website (late August Early Spetember)
- Membership must open for Renewals November 2015
- Clubs Must be able to affiliated December 2015
Road Map
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| June - July 2015 |
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| August - Sept 2015 |
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| October - Nov 2015 |
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| December 2015 |
December we had to have our first down time since doing the move, this was for several reasons, but the primary reason was no data-loss from a member joining while site may have been unstable and loosing that information, so we took the hard choice to take the site off line, we guessed at 72hours, when it was about 48 hours the site was off.
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| January 2016 |
January will be consumed with one main target
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| Febuary 2016 |
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| March 2016 |
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| April 2016 |
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| May 2016 |
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| October 2016 |
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| July 2022 |
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| August 2022 |
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| April 2023 |
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| November 2023 |
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| Feb 2024 |
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| March 2024 |
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| April -November 2024 |
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| December 2024 |
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| March 2025 |
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