Put Your Best Foot Forward: A website should represent your organization in the best light possible. It should explain who you are, what you do and how the visitor might interact with you. The Single Page Website is intended to inform others about your organization and to allow them to contact you for more information. It is a way of gathering potential members and to let the horticultural community know that you exist. In some ways, it is like an online brochure about your organization or an advertizing board on the information highway.

Content is King: All of the Internet Web Gurus agree on one thing; the content of the website is the most important element. Bells and whistles and graphics and images make an impact but, in the end, the words mean the most. People go to websites primarily to find information. They want it concise and pertinent. So, generally be brief and keep the content up to date.

Ongoing Task: Remember that your website is not written in stone. It is relatively easy to change words, paragraphs or entire pages of the website. That is part of the maintenance process included with the yearly website fee.

Here are some tips on providing content for each of the five pages/sections in the Single Page Website Package:

Content: The homepage welcomes people to the site and begins to tell the story of your organization. Who are you? What are your major goals? Make the visitor feel comfortable with you and help them understand what you do.

Lists: It is generally most effective to build a homepage based on a list of topics with a small subheader for each topic followed by a brief paragraph or two about the topic.

For Example: You might want a subheader called Educational Programs: followed by a paragraph describing  the types of programs you offer and a few of the major ones presented each year. Then, provide a table giving dates and  more detail on the current year's schedule.

Outline: Although you can arrange the webpage anyway you desire, one easy way to organize the material would be:

•  Introductory paragraph or two

•  Activities and Programs

•  History or Background or About Us

•  Officers and Committees

•  Contact Us

Size: You may submit up to 1200 words (two, single spaced pages in a word processor format either Microsoft Word .doc or rich text format .rtf) for inclusion on the Home Page. 

Your Home Page should include written text and images that will help explain your organization's goals and objectives, major activities and any other pertinent information.

List the name of a contact person, mailing address, telephone, FAX, email or other information to allow a prospective member to communicate with a representative of your organization.

You can also include information on how to become a member of your organization.

Note: Remember that this is going onto the Internet and will be available to anyone with a computer and internet connection.  See our Privacy page for more on this topic.

Content: Photographic images help to tell the story of your organization and brighten up the page. Use them to display major activities or projects of your group.

Number: You may submit up to 2 photographs as part of the Standard Website Package for inclusion on the pages.

Size and Format: If you have image editing capabilities, you should crop your pictures to show the major subject of the image. They may be up to 720 pixels wide and should be in low quality .jpg format. If all of this sounds like gobbledy gook to you, just download the picture from your camera and submit the image file to PGC  and we will make the adjustments for you. There are several alternatives for submitting photographs to be used on your website.

Thumbnail: Each image will  be represented by a thumbnail like the one above which will be 150 pixels wide. Clicking on this thumbnail will lead to a full sized (up to 720 pixels wide image with a caption of your choice). Click on the thumbnail above for an example picture page.

Photo Gallery:  If you would like to expand your display of photos, you may also choose to include one of our Photo Gallery Options as part of  your package.

Web Address: Your homepage will have an address that would be formatted: . Thus, the Men's Garden Club of Paris, for example, would have a URL of which will lead visitors directly to their homepage.

If you would like some other form than your group initials, we will be glad to consider any suggestions. Remember that simple is usually better but if you have a catchy acronym or short name, that might work also.

An index of group websites hosted by will also lead the visitor to your site which will be listed by name, city and state in a searchable database. Within a short time, your website should appear on the common search engines also.

Graphic Designs - We can take your logo from a digital file, scan it from letterhead or business card or other source and create a distinctive header for your page. We will work with you to make a nice logo for your site and for use on written materials for your group.

	Everything we sell or do at PGC comes with a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. We will work with you to make you happy or we will return your money. Your satisfaction is always our goal.

Move on to Step 8 to select any Advanced Options you might want to add to your website.