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The CMA website progress page

The purpose of this page is to list the goals for the website and their status.

Please be aware that our first priority was purchasing, installing, testing and getting the forum and chat running so that our "community" was back home again.

Updated March 6, 2008

Accomplished so far
Forum Software Purchased ... installed, tested ( pretty well ) and running
Chat Software Purchased ... installed, tested ( pretty well ) and running
Basic Pages We've developed basic pages with information about the CMA.
Associates Listing Posted entire listing of Associates for Member's and any site visitor to be able to view
Dues Payment Added ability to pay membership dues online
Industry links Added a page with links to industry publications
To be done
Old forum archives We are going to try our best to recover the information from the old forum. However, because the old forum software had not been supported for several years, this will be a bit of a challenge and will take some time to accomplish .... IF we can.
Associate Banners

We are very aware of the support of our Associates and it is very important to us to get their banners back in place. Unlike the old site, the Associate banners will appear on EVERY page of the new site ( not just the members only sections), thus giving the Associates even more exposure.

We are currently evaluating several commercial packages that will allow us better banner management and also to be able to give our Associates more feedback on their banners.

A client portal We intend to make the CMA site into an active portal where anyone seeking the services of a CMA member and or Associate can find information on how to do this. The intent of the portal will be to increase the awareness of this site in the internet community. This will include a zip code look up to find members.
Look and Feel We have lots of plans about the "look and feel of the site". This will be the very last thing to be done. We are focusing first on content and usability.

This space is reserved for banner advertisments from our Associates

We will be installing new banner software. At that time, Associates Banners will appear on EVERY page in our site. The previous site only had banners in the Members Section. We are doing this to give even more exposure to our Associates.

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