The latest tool offered for Public Housing Agencies is our Website Designer. This tool allows agencies to create their own websites with no website design or programming experience.

The PHAnetwork Website Designer (click here to visit the site) uses simple content editing and multiple selection to create a powerful, advanced and professional presence on the web. The user can choose from a variety of template designs and pick and choose what pages to include.

The available pages include links to Properties, Program information, Resident Services, Board of Commissioners, Staff, an FAQ page, a Contact page and a Documents page where users can upload documents and forms of value to their site visitors. The user can also setup up to 3 additional custom pages for other types of content. If that’s not enough, image galleries can be added to highlight resident activities, construction updates or just about any other pictorial information that needs to be conveyed.

Unlike other tools, the PHAnetwork Website Designer is targeted specifically to Public Housing Agencies. To see a sample site click here.

For more information click on the link above. To sign up go to PHAnetwork.com and click the Join link.

When I started this this blog I decided that I would make at least 2 entries each month. There's nothing worse than a static blog. Needless to say, several months have passed with no blog entry. So I thought I would take this time to update the projects and activities that have been taking up my time.

PHAnetwork.com Update

There has been a lot of progress in the latest version of PHAnetwork.com. Originally, we had planned to release this in June but now it looks more like late July. A lot goes into completing and installing a software release and we want to make sure we hit the ground running with this one.

We've also added more features and reports to the new release which has delayed things a bit. In addition, the online help and training tutorials have taken more time than we anticipated. Suffice it to say however, when the new release is in our users will benefit greatly. Stay tuned for a release date and some release documentation.

ASP.NET 3.0

Since updating to Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, I have done very little .NET development. I've been firmly entrenched in the new release of PHAnetwork.com and haven't had an opportunity to spend much time there. Once the release is done (and vacations are over) I can focus on some projects that have been put on the back burner. I'm also awaiting the 3.0 update to Paul Sheriff's PDSA framework which will be the basis of many future applications.

Leisure Time

No, there hasn't been much leisure time lately, but with the warmer weather, one thing I do look forward to is Radio Controlled flying. I've been interested in building and flying models since I was a kid but I just got back into this last summer. This is a hobby that I share with my 10-year-old son. We're not talking about toys here either. The planes that we fly range in wingspan from 40" to 54" and we're planning to go bigger. I have also experimented with an onboard video camera that produces some amazing video. I may post a sample here in the future.

Okay, there's my blog entry for June. See you next month!!

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