2021 Websites Migration
SiteViz and Google Sites information has been moved to the Websites Help page.
For the 2021 migration project, units and activity directors were requested to coordinate with the WAWG IT project officer.
2021 WAWG Required Websites Migration
Page updated: 6 December 2021
Project officer: Maj John Haug
Overview Presentation
Background, rationale, requirements, and our plan.
(16 Jun 21 wing staff meeting,WAWG login required)
Websites Status
All known WAWG websites, administrators, and migration status.
WAWG websites migrated during Christmas 2021!
All public WAWG websites – wing, activities, units – must move to a new platform this year!
Google will shut down its “classic” Google Sites websites service starting December, 2021 July, 2022 January, 2023. Many WAWG websites currently use this.
CAP National IT mandated that all public CAP websites must move to their chosen third-party web hosting platform, SiteViz.
Note that National explicitly allows non-SiteViz websites that are not primarily for public information.
E-mail and documents will not be affected.
Public-facing websites move to SiteViz:
wawg.cap.gov (non-member focused site - basic public info)
unit.cap.gov
Member-facing websites move to New Google Sites:
members.wawg.cap.gov (member-focused site - much of what is on current/old wing site)
activity.wawg.cap.gov
What Do I Need To Do?
If you do not migrate off classic Google Sites, you will lose your website!
Commanders and activity directors, please have your website administrators do the following.
Read the 2021 WAWG Required Websites Migration notice above.
Review the Website Status spreadsheet at left and e-mail the WAWG IT project officer to tell us:
Who will manage your website migration
If your unit/activity information is incorrect or missing
Confirm the address of your active website
Review the Unit Guidance or Activities Guidance information, as appropriate.
Wing staff directors, please see the Wing Staff Guidance information.
Website administrators, please:
Ensure your info is up-to-date in the spreadsheet at left.
See the Unit Guidance or Activities Guidance information.
Unit Guidance
Unit websites should move to SiteViz.
Unit websites should be straightforward to build in SiteViz, as they generally do not use advanced features – typically only text, images, and an embedded calendar. While moving will require rebuilding from scratch, the website structure and nearly all content in pages can likely copy over.
[Content moved to SiteViz Help page]
Activities Guidance
Activity websites may move to SiteViz or New Google Sites
Activity websites tend to be more involved than unit websites and change more frequently. You may be able to use Google's website migration tool.
[Content moved to SiteViz Help and New Google Sites Help pages]
Wing Staff Guidance
The current/old WAWG website will move was converted to a new public-focused website (on NHQ's SiteViz platform) and a new members-focused website (on New Google Sites). The members website will contains much of the information on the current/old WAWG website -- mostly wing staff department pages, wing publications, and other info that is member-specific.
Practice editing a test website
A test members website is available for testing and practice purposes. It is a copy of this members website, but not visible to the public. Use it to practice editing your department pages without fear of breaking anything. You will eventually need to edit the real members site (this one).
How to edit New Google Sites pages:
[Content moved to the New Google Sites Help page]
Recommendations:
Keep published files made visible on the website in your department's Shared Drive.
Ensure those files are shared to members of WAWG or publicly, as appropriate.
Avoid using files stored in a person's individual Google Drive. If that person leaves WAWG or CAP, their account gets suspended and those files may no longer be available.
Organize the website Drive folder well to avoid a messy dumping ground of files we cannot sort out, like the current/old website.
Edit the published members website
The published members website (visible to the public) is at https://members.wawg.cap.gov.
Edit the published members website. Only Wing staff and limited others have access.
Note: You are able to edit the ENTIRE members website. It's up to you to be careful and only change what you intend to. Be certain you have read the New Google Sites section.