What is this website?
MakeDotCalm is a website that you can visit to stay in touch with your extended family.
There are image galleries, family member blog feeds, member profiles and many other fun features
to interact with or just to look around.
Who's invited?
This is a website for family and friends of family. You will need to sign up to be a member of the site (no cost).
The website is secured so that some web pages can't be viewed by everyone, depending what kind of membership "Dot" decides to give you.
This is done so that family members can feel more comfortable submitting content (pictures, video, family stories, etc.)
without worrying about everyone in the world seeing it.
Types of membership include:
- Family Member - If you can convince Dot that you are related to someone that is already a member of the website,
you will be added as a 'Family Member'. You will have full access to all features of the website that are available.
- Friend of Family - Friends of Family Members can join the website and have limited access. Some content,
such as picture galleries or family member profiles may not be available to this group.
- Visitor - Guests and unregistered visitors will not be able to view most of the content on the website. Mostly,
they will just be able to view the home page and sign-up forms.
Who is Dot?
Dot is our family website mascot. She is very excitable, and as the name of the website implies, must be calmed down.
Although "Dot" is the face behind many of the features of our family website, the webite is created and maintained mainly by me, David Hungerford.
Because this is not a commercial site, and is maintained in my spare time (which is almost non-existant), there may be
extended periods of time when there are no new updates to the website. The success of our family websites depends on
family members taking the time to submit pictures, stories, blog entries, comments, etc.
Why am I doing this? It began as a project for me to teach myself new technologies that would help me with my career.
I like the idea of using the internet to keep connected to extended family members, so I hope this idea catches on and grows.