Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish & School 2019 - Grand Rapids, MI

Weekly Update

Hi everyone!

Another week of progress has been made in the website creation.  Initially, we had quoted a price of $15820 (226 hours x $70hr) for website creation. 

We arrived at that price by breaking the web project down as follows:
  • Design: 90 hours budgeted/79.2 hours used
  • Build: 94 hours budgeted/1.7 hours used
  • Content Migration: 42 hours budgeted/0 hours used
Which brings our current cost to $5663. 

If you have any questions please feel free to reach out at any time. 

Thank you!

Alan Snodgrass
Consultation Specialist
Phone: 877-923-0777 

FROM THE CLIENT Kelly DeVries - School, Technology Teacher at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish & School 2019 - Grand Rapids, MI Staff
Thanks for the update!

I'm not sure when in the process this needs to be mentioned, but to err on the side of caution, I wanted to ask if Diocesan was still able to host a new domain for our school website.
TO THE CLIENT Alan Snodgrass, Diocesan
Hi Kelly,

I just wanted to make sure I understand everything correctly.  When we spoke, we were going to be hosting the school and parish domains:
https://ihmparish.com/ 
https://ihmparish.com/school/

Will this new domain replace the existing school domain?  We would still be hosting two domains, but the school is now different.  Let me know if this is indeed correct, and also the address of the new domain.

Thank you!

- Alan Snodgrass
Web Consultant
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Kelly DeVries - School, Technology Teacher at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish & School 2019 - Grand Rapids, MI Staff
Hi Alan,

I am not positive regarding hosting the church domain (ihmparish.com (http://ihmparish.com)). Jane, did you have a preference?

I do know we wanted to create a new school domain to replace our current one.
current: ihmparish.com/school (http://ihmparish.com/school) --> new: ihmschoolgr.org (http://ihmschoolgr.org)

I hope this helps for starters. Thanks for checking!
FROM THE CLIENT Jane Eggleston, Stewardship & Communications Director at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish & School 2019 - Grand Rapids, MI Staff
Parish side would like to keep the same address we have now.
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan
I've made a note on the project notes, so we've got that set! 

As for the domain transfer of each of those, Mary will usually wait until we are closer to the launch of the website to initiate the domain transfer to Diocesan. We simply ask that you make sure you have access to the accounts in which these domains are currently housed.

Let me know if you have any other questions!


Veronica Alvarado

Project Manager, Web Department
Diocesan.com
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Kelly DeVries - School, Technology Teacher at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish & School 2019 - Grand Rapids, MI Staff
We have not purchased the ihmschoolgr.org (http://ihmschoolgr.org) domain yet. Should we do that beforehand?
FROM THE CLIENT Kelly DeVries - School, Technology Teacher at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish & School 2019 - Grand Rapids, MI Staff
Good morning!

I just wanted to reach out again about the domain because I discovered our staff emails will need to migrate to that ihmschoolgr.org (http://ihmschoolgr.org) domain in a couple of weeks. Please get back to me as soon as possible.

Thank you!
FROM THE CLIENT Jane Eggleston, Stewardship & Communications Director at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish & School 2019 - Grand Rapids, MI Staff
I just realized the last two email were meant for me! I thought they were meant for DPI.. Sorry about that.. So a bit confused. Can you call me at 617-9456?

Jane Eggleston
Stewardship and Communication Coordinator
241-4477 ext 107
FROM THE CLIENT Kelly DeVries - School, Technology Teacher at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish & School 2019 - Grand Rapids, MI Staff
Thanks, anyway, Jane! Looking for guidance from DPI :)
TO THE CLIENT Alan Snodgrass, Diocesan
Good morning Kelly and Jane,

I just want to make sure I am not missing anything.  

Were you needing anything from me, or did you have any questions?  

Thank you!

- Alan Snodgrass
Web Consultant
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Kelly DeVries - School, Technology Teacher at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish & School 2019 - Grand Rapids, MI Staff
Morning! I need to know if Diocesan is purchasing the domain or if I need to do that. I need it to migrate our emails to it within the next two weeks.
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan

Hi Kelly,


According to the domain Who Is lookup, the domain has already been purchased through GoDaddy by someone other than Diocesan:
https://www.whois.com/whois/ihmschoolgr.com

With this in mind, Diocesan does not have control of the domain, nor is it available for purchase. Your team will need to determine who has the domain (through GoDaddy) and obtain the login information from them in order to move email domains.

If you are unable to locate the domain holder, Diocesan can purchase another domain for you and help set up emails at that domain. 

Let us know what you learn and who the domain contact will be, as we will need their information for the launch as well. 

If you have any questions, shoot me an email or give me a call.


Veronica Alvarado

Project Manager, Web Department
Diocesan.com
Office: 877-923-0777
Cell: 616-288-4881
FROM THE CLIENT Colleen Lowe - School, School Marketing & Recruitment + Secretary at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish & School 2019 - Grand Rapids, MI Staff
what do i need to do for this kelly...sorry have been out of the loop(mentallly)
FROM THE CLIENT Kelly DeVries - School, Technology Teacher at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish & School 2019 - Grand Rapids, MI Staff
Veronica, we are the owner of ihmschoolgr.com (http://ihmschoolgr.com). I would like to purchase ihmschoolgr.org (http://ihmschoolgr.org).
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan
I understand now.

Kelly, I've just sent over a Basecamp approval for the purchase of the new domain.  Once you've clicked the I Approve button, we will purchase the domain and can help you get set up. 

A quick DNS lookup shows that you are currently using Google email services. Do you plan on switching email services or remaining with Google and simply updating the domain/end of the emails?


Veronica Alvarado

Project Manager, Web Department
Diocesan.com
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Jane Eggleston, Stewardship & Communications Director at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish & School 2019 - Grand Rapids, MI Staff
Did we purchase it from GoDaddy? I remember renewing for two years in August of '19
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan
The .com domain is already purchased through GoDaddy, which Kelly has informed me you have control of.

The .org domain IS still available for purchase, something Diocesan can do for you and help the launch process go that much more seamless.


Veronica Alvarado

Project Manager, Web Department
Diocesan.com
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Jane Eggleston, Stewardship & Communications Director at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish & School 2019 - Grand Rapids, MI Staff
I had thought so! Do you need me to do anything? I am not at the office and don't have a username or PW to get in. (We just do this every other year!) I can easily go get it after Fr. Den funeral if it is something I need to do on my end..
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan

Jane, 


I don't think we need to log into the domain now, but I will let you know if that changes. 

Thank you, though!


Veronica Alvarado

Project Manager, Web Department
Diocesan.com
877-923-0777
TO THE CLIENT Veronica Alvarado, Project Manager at Diocesan

Hi Kelly,


Something I did notice and want to bring attention to is that when changing domains, any classic Google Sites are deleted, so before changing the domain for Google Suite, please switch any classic Google Sites to the new Google Sites.

Here are the instructions on how to do so: https://support.google.com/sites/answer/7035197


Veronica Alvarado

Project Manager, Web Department
Diocesan.com
877-923-0777
FROM THE CLIENT Kelly DeVries - School, Technology Teacher at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish & School 2019 - Grand Rapids, MI Staff
Thank you for the heads up, Veronica. What type of timeline do we have after the purchase before we can access that domain in our G Suite?