Articles tagged with 'website'
Time 2 Trade finally enters 21st century
Sandwell’s Time Bank, Time 2 Trade, has announced the launch of their brand new website. Announcing the launch of Time 2 Trade.org Time 2 Trade communications officer Glenise Griffiths said “we have always said that our website should be built and maintained by existing Time 2 Trade participants, and I am pleased to say that our new website was developed for us by Chamberlain Forum one of our organisational members”.
The website provides us with another way of keeping in touch with our members, and hopefully will attract new members. The website tells the reader all about Time Banking in general and Time 2 Trade in particular. There is also a safe and secure system for members to contact us to request or offer services online, all content is screened by a moderator to ensure member security.
Time 2 Trade’s website can be found at www.time2trade.org.
New timebank websites
We were glad to see Camden Shares launch its fantastic new website last week. The new site lays out much more clearly what Camden Shares is all about – making stuff happen for people in Camden!
The site works in the same way as the Timeber Wharf Time Bank website (below), which was supported in development by Timebanking UK. It is build on open source software, and allows the broker to quickly and easily post wants and offers. Because it is all built on open source software, the ‘theme’ is fully customisable, and in time, as our timebanking software progresses, it will link up fully with the ability to actually manage exchanges there and then on the site. We think this could be a really important step in broadening timebanking, and bringing it to a wider audience.
If you are thinking of developing a new website for your timebank, why not get in touch and we can help you think through the options and what specifications will work most effectively with our software. We can even give you a wordpress template with basic functions – such as posting news, wants, offers and completed exchanges.
We are sure that technology is going to play a big part in the future of timebanking. It isn’t everything, but it is going to enable people to access timebanking exchanges more easily than is sometimes currently the case.
