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	US Hereditary Angioedema Center		US Hereditary Angioedema Center
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−	“The website where we host our images is: [https://www.haeimages.com HaeImages]. With so many players in our “HAE space”, we found our web site images appearing in good places and bad. Therefore, we organized an image repository where patients could donate images and we could somewhat handle their use via the sale of them; the sales could in return support new research.
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−	~~It has been as successful as I could have hoped, I think, in keeping our images safe.~~
−	~~However, there are still images taken from our web site (we did not watermark them, but instead trademarked the web site and this is usually enough to scare folks off from stealing….)”~~

	“For the specific issue of a forum, some web development companies could be a good fit for advising on this. I'd strongly recommend finding a stable off the shelf solution rather than trying to roll your own unless you have mountains of money to throw at it. If you identify the product that you want to use, then sometimes the company that develops the product can recommend experienced implementation people.”		“For the specific issue of a forum, some web development companies could be a good fit for advising on this. I'd strongly recommend finding a stable off the shelf solution rather than trying to roll your own unless you have mountains of money to throw at it. If you identify the product that you want to use, then sometimes the company that develops the product can recommend experienced implementation people.”

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 *http://www.yourgraphicsguy.com
 *http://www.webtrix.com (Good for hosting and designing complex features like shopping carts, and you can do maintenance yourself.)
 *http://www.studio162.com

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 *http://www.webtrix.com (Good for hosting and designing complex features like shopping carts, and you can do maintenance yourself.)
 *http://www.kineticsolutionsservices.com/
 *http://www.studio162.com

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 It is a good idea to evaluate your website every once in a while to see if it is functioning at its highest potential. There are some services out there that can help you with your evaluation.
-WebXACT (formerly BOBBY) is a web-based service that checks sites for accessibility.  It evaluates your site and lists recommendations to improve accessibility.  You can ask it to use the World Wide Web Consortium Guidelines (available at W3.org) or [http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/e-learning.htm/Section 508 Guidelines].
+WebXACT (formerly BOBBY) is a web-based service that checks sites for accessibility.  It evaluates your site and lists recommendations to improve accessibility.  You can ask it to use the World Wide Web Consortium Guidelines (available at W3.org) or [https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards 508 Guidelines].
 W3 and Section 508 rules are for format.  Consider guidelines for content, as well.  We recommend [http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Guidelines/guidelines.html] on the Net Foundation—Code of Conduct.  This code has guidelines for authority, accountability, and attribution that form a solid basis not only for designing your site's approach to information but for evaluating other sites as well.
 == Evaluating Resources ==

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 *It is always worth writing to the CEO of the hosting company you like the look of. Often you may either get a good deal or an offer of free hosting.
 *On the subject of domain names... A lot of nasty people may see your domain getting traffic and set up a copy cat advertising domain trading on the miss typing of the charity domain. They set up a single page advert site. It is worth investing in the main names for your site to avoid this situation and to protect your intellectual property.
 <br>It's worth shopping around based on your organization's needs!

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 *[http://www.cermack.com Cermack]
 *[http://www.firespring.org/ Firespring] - One group said "The top selling points for us included their beautiful responsive design templates, their focus on nonprofits and integrated tools like email marketing, donor management and fundraising campaigns. I have only good things to say about this company. Their customer support is fantastic." And another added "We also started using Firespring just last year and we have gone from the expense of needing to use a professional Webmaster to add news and make adjustments to our site to now where a few of us are able to keep up with our site, add calendar events, News, and the latest research on HSP and PLS for our community. The system is really easy to work with and our costs have gone down dramatically."
 *We hired a wonderful company called iFactory, based in Boston. Kimberly Emrick was our contact and she was outstanding. They developed a very good understanding of accessibility issues as well, since our agency worked with people who are deafblind.
+*A wonderful digital partner, OneUpWeb (we’ll continue a long-term partnership with them). They truly sought to understand the needs of our genetic disease and patient community and we couldn’t be happier.
+*I got and get help from Steve Shoffner at www.fefifolios.com. He mostly designs websites for artists.  He guided me to learn enough so I can make changes and even take on some designing.  At first he was concerned that he didn't know anything about what our organization does, but once I encouraged him that it's all the same in terms of information-sharing and user experience, we worked well together.  For content, I had to do the heavy lifting and look at other examples, and think about how to organize the info.  It's more work, but it costs less overall, and I'm empowered to keep it up-to-date.  It was much less work than I thought it would be!
 ==Using a Content Management System==

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 Here's a list of companies that other disease-specific organizations have used and approved of their work:
-*[www.aimg.com Accurate Imaging]
+*[http://www.aimg.com Accurate Imaging]
 *[http://www.firespring.org/ Firespring] - One group said "The top selling points for us included their beautiful responsive design templates, their focus on nonprofits and integrated tools like email marketing, donor management and fundraising campaigns. I have only good things to say about this company. Their customer support is fantastic." And another added "We also started using Firespring just last year and we have gone from the expense of needing to use a professional Webmaster to add news and make adjustments to our site to now where a few of us are able to keep up with our site, add calendar events, News, and the latest research on HSP and PLS for our community. The system is really easy to work with and our costs have gone down dramatically."
 *We hired a wonderful company called iFactory, based in Boston. Kimberly Emrick was our contact and she was outstanding. They developed a very good understanding of accessibility issues as well, since our agency worked with people who are deafblind.

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 However, there are still images taken from our web site (we did not watermark them, but instead trademarked the web site and this is usually enough to scare folks off from stealing….)”
-: “For the specific issue of a forum, some web development companies could be a good fit for advising on this. I'd strongly recommend finding a stable off the shelf solution rather than trying to roll your own unless you have mountains of money to throw at it. If you identify the product that you want to use, then sometimes the company that develops the product can recommend experienced implementation people.”
+Christy Collins
- Christy Collins
- M-CM Network
+M-CM Network
 ==Search Engine Optimization and Helping People Find Your Site==