Meeting with Betty

The Thursday before we left for spring break we met with Betty at Enlace in Holyoke. We had a very productive meeting and were able to clear up a lot of points of confusion. We showed her what we had so far with the website and she was more than impressed, she was ecstatic of the progress we had made thus far. She loved everything about and was very appreciative of what we had done. She provided us with a lot more content for the website and we are on pace so far with the website. As far as the database she provided us with required information we were missing. We had created the templates from what she had given us and it steered us slightly off track as we had to do a little more work than was necessary but now that we have exactly what we need we should be all set going forward and will hopefully have a meeting with her in the coming weeks to ensure that we are still providing for her what it is that she needs.

Website and Database Update

After running into a few snags with our website we have got the ball rolling. Dave and Katie have been working for the most part on the website. We have decided on a template that we like which is the same one that the Juntos Collaborative. There are still some structural changes that need to be made but Dave and Katie are getting a good grasp on Joomla and hopefully will not run into any more issues. Ansari and myself have finished our templates but have run into some issues about whether some sheets should be put into a databse or not. A lot of the intake forms are repetitive making us wonder if it would be possible to make a universal form with some extra spots that would pertain to people's situations. We are planning to meet with Betty either at the end of this week or early next week to discuss with her what she thinks going forward would be the best options for the database. After meeting with her I will provide another update on the blog.