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https://habitat.ca/en/

  • Volunteering links

  • alternative ways to give links

  • news and reports from volunteers, projects, and donors

  • Big “donate” button in top right corner that is very visible

    • Clicking it takes you straight to an easy to understand form that allows you to donate directly from it

  • Interactive map on where to volunteer

  • Links are clear and easy to differentiate in navbar

  • very clear mission statement first thing

    • good for volunteering websites

  • takes a lot of links to find what you want

    • ie. like 4 links to get to another specific location website for habitat for humanity

  • Design of website is a little all over the place and difficult to follow

    • Not very structured content

  • make navbar very clear for projected audience

  • Maybe a particular “donate”/”sponsor” link like the donate button on their site

https://www.convoyofhope.org/

  • In depth landing page

  • Many links to past projects and what they’ve done

  • Lists multiple ways to help out

  • Organized and easy to navigate menu

  • “Because of you” used multiple times - connects personally with readers/volunteers

  • Their impact is highlighted through achievements and stats

  • Multiple calls to action

    • Top right donate button that scrolls and links on the page itself

  • “What we do” section small and easy to miss

  • Is not clear immediately the mission statement/what the organization does specifically

  • Perhaps a section of the landing page (if we were to do a more in-depth one) honouring our sponsors, like “because of our sponsors, we can….”

  • Donate button with the menu maybe

https://www.rotary.org/en

  • One of the biggest volunteer organizations

  • Lots of confident wording - “no challenge is too big for us”

  • Landing page with a specific flowing narrative

  • Lets you pause the home page videos

  • Both a “join” and a “donate” button right at the very top, and again at the bottom of the page

    • Multiple calls to action on the page

  • Causes and mission very clear from the start

  • States their name multiple times on home page

  • The big drop-down menu can be a bit overwhelming

  • Menu can only be accessed if you scroll back up to the top of the page

    • Lots of things aren’t linked on the landing page

  • Find ways to incorporate “Midnight Sun” outside of the logo

  • Have multiple calls to action to sponsor us

https://www.peacecorps.gov/

  • many call to action buttons

  • quick and clear statement

  • large and easy to ready words

  • Nice Video reel at top of landing page

  • call to action is great, gives so many options to get to the same link from one page

  • accessible font size and weight

  • nice drop down menus from navbar

  • easy to find stories for emotional connection

  • Navbar takes up a lot of space

  • A little cramped

    • not a whole lot of spacing between elements

  • consider easy to read and accessible font sizes/weights

  • Make our media easy to reach and navigate

https://www.foodbankscanada.ca/

  • pop up menu on the bottom

  • Carousel of photos at top of landing page

  • infographics on landing page

  • infographics make information easy to digest

  • pop up menus are an easy access way to get additional info and take up less space on a landing page

  • blogs are laid out with dates they were posted

  • calendar to search for time period of blogs

  • news updates are in a strange spot and organized kind of poorly

  • left side nav column on some pages makes the site a little cluttered

  • add infographic to site

  • put dates on blogs

https://projectcure.org/

  • Style very consistent on the landing page

  • Massive section for sponsors

  • Many many call to action buttons

  • Highlights achievements immediately through achievements and stats

  • Many calls to action

  • Team page opens into more info

  • Buttons have cute icons

  • Lack of contrast makes some of the buttons really hard to see

  • News section formatted strangely with a lot of inconsistency

  • Some pages only accessible through the footer

  • Implement a more in-depth team/leads page

  • Add some graphic assets to make the page more visually interesting

Web Hosting Platforms

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Wordpress/Elementor
https://elementor.com/

  • Drag & Drop Editing

  • Customizable with in-depth code

  • Lots of plugins/themes

  • Cheaper than current

  • Lots of templates and pre-mades to choose from

  • Lots of plugin options

  • Front-end display

  • Impressive list of features and customizability

  • Mobile + SEO support

  • Have to rebuild completely from scratch

  • Have to know how to connect domain + manage ssl

  • $49/USD a year (1Pro Website)

Bootstrap Studio
https://bootstrapstudio.io/

  • Drag & Drop editing

  • Customizable with in-depth code

  • Cheap (one time payment for editor)

  • Have to understand bootstrap a little

  • Rebuild from scratch

  • Not much templates to choose from

  • Have to know how to connect domain + manage ssl

  • One time payment of $69

Wix

https://www.wix.com/

  • Drag & Drop editing

  • Customizable with in-depth code

  • lots of plugins/themes

  • 1 Year free domain

  • Lots of premade themes

  • Have to rebuild from scratch

  • Kinda pricy ngl

  • $20USD/Month (business basic)

    • or $14/month (Unlimited plan)

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