Volunteer

[ksclans]

Hello, guys I need to volunteer for community service for my school, so I am thinking about making websites for non-profit organizations, I be searching around still haven't find good list of these yet, I am wondering if you guys know any organization or recommendation for me thanks(hope this doesn't count as advertising..)

[boen_robot]

I'm not sure I get the idea... it was like you just threw a bunch of buzzwords and terms without realizing what they mean.What community services? What non-profit orgnizations? How is making web sites for non-profit organizations a community service for your school? What lists? Reccomendations for what?

[Synook]

Err, are you sure that qualifies? When I was at school, it had to be on-site experience.Anyway, I suggest you start by asking organisations local to your area - the smaller they are, the less likely they are to have a web presence. You can visit them in person and discuss your ideas with them.

[wirehopper]

Your school may have an office to help you. The college I taught at had a Service Learning office.Also:http://craigslist.orghttp://www.volunteermatch.org/http://www.idealist.org/if/as/volhttp://www.serve.gov/Important:Choose an organization with a mission you believe in - if you like animals, help a shelter, if you have a religious affiliation see if a local group needs a site, or some other passion. You'll understand what you're doing and why it matters better.Be sure you have the skills to build a good site, knowing HTML isn't enough, you need to be able to do CSS and javascript, as well as a bit of server side scripting. Run through these quizzes: http://w3schools.com/xhtml/xhtml_quiz.asp, http://w3schools.com/css/css_quiz.asp (and a few more). They're listed on the home page of w3schools.com.Be ready to dedicate a significant amount of time to understanding what they need and want.Know what you don't know. If they ask for features and you don't know how to do the work - be honest.You shoul d have your own site before trying to build one for someone else. Do you have one? Have you worked with a hosting company? Registered and transfered a domain name? Set up email accounts?Avoid any form of payment processing, due to complex security. PayPal would be okay, but that's about it. Trust me.

[conradin]

Hello, guys I need to volunteer for community service for my school, so I am thinking about making websites for non-profit organizations, I be searching around still haven't find good list of these yet, I am wondering if you guys know any organization or recommendation for me thanks(hope this doesn't count as advertising..)

www.oswd.orgfree templates for basic webpages. Ask your school for some server space/ a domain to work with. Since your volunteerism is for them, then they should be willing to assist you.