The factsheet designed to accompany the Adding content presentation. Green Hectares offers this content as part of an initiative to improve technology uptake in Rural Communities

1. Adding Content
Target Audience:
This course is intended for people looking to add content to a What you’ll need:
website.
Requirements:
Participants should have a computer with Windows® and
Internet Explorer 8 installed.
Description:
Adding content and making changes to a website - the
participants add their collected content and publish their sites.
Computer Internet Explorer™8
Prerequisites:
Visual Identity, Website Planning, Photoshop Elements or You’ll also need an Internet connection.
equivalent and knowledge of preparing photos for the web is
helpful.
Sign up for service Review Text Content
Login to your website Is content free of spelling and grammatical
Structure, colours, and fonts errors?
Choose website theme and colours Copyright
HEX Values: Do you need to request permission for any pieces
of content?
Fonts used
Adding Content
Once content is added to each page begin adding
links.
Internal to other areas in your website or exter-
Navigation setup nal moving viewers to another site. If external it
Setup navigation for pages that you have should open in another window.
content for
Is the order of your navigation correct?
Adding images
Add complementing images
Front page Are thumbnails between 10kb and 25kb?
List four main focused areas of the website that Are full-size images between 100kb - 150kb?
you wish to feature
Image Alt Attributes
Have concise Alt attributes been added to all
images within your site?

2. Publishing Pages Maintenance Schedule
Has all of your content been added with links? How often are you going to update your website?
Publishing Blog Post
Have you tagged your post? Newsletter
Tag with when, where, what, why, and how Will you be sending out a newsletter?
Contact Us Things to consider
Do you want a contact form? Review the following items to ensure your website
Is the listed email address generic to reduce on is operating to the best of its ability
personal email spam? Does chosen colours for background contrast
Add a Google Maps map to your contact page with font colour?
Are your store hours added? Can the demographic read your content with
Have you listed your phone number? ease?
Do all pages have a consistent layout?
Test sites Does the navigation stay in a consistent order?
Test your site before publishing it. Send a link to a Do all links work?
number of your contacts and ask for feedback. Are all headings labeled properly with
keywords?
What are some of the comments? Contact information is clearly defined?
Website validates in http://validator.w3.org?
Have you checked for spelling and grammar?
Does the site look consistent amongst all popular
browsers?
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Apple Safari
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome
Mobile Browser

3. Notes:

4. Notes:

5. Vision of Green Hectares
The Green Hectares vision of “One Farm to the World” addresses the issues and the needs of the industry.
The Green Hectares training and demonstration centre concept has three stages of development with
each having distinct operations and facilities. Each stage of development will be designed to maximize
opportunities by creating multiple use spaces. The flexibility of each space takes into account present day
needs as well as the ability to shift into new program and service delivery as existing needs change and future
needs emerge. The ultimate success of the centre will be realized when the three components of the Green
Hectares vision are realized where there is sharing of fixed costs, economies of scale and the development of
critical mass of participants. The three stages of development are;
- An Agriculture Enterprise and Conference Centre
- A Demonstration Farm
- Livestock and Competition Centre
Green Hectares Online
Each stage of development will include an online component. Even in these preliminary days without
the key elements of land and structures, Green Hectares has ignited the interest of young people in our
industry. Green Hectares uses the social media tools of the day to engage youthful people wanting to
advance agriculture as a way of life and that want to make a lifelong living in this industry. Green Hectares
can become a unique centre that is instrumental in writing the next chapter in the agriculture revolution.
Keeping true to the Green Hectares concept, the entire facility whether online or an experiential site will
encompass the overarching themes of accessibility, community building and youth engagement.
The Next Step to Bring One Farm to the World
With a strong business case completed, Green Hectares has begun rolling out programming in rural
communities across Alberta. Bringing “One Farm to the World” is a grand vision that no doubt will require
varied resources. We hope to find partners that can see the same vision at the project’s multiple stages of
development. Green Hectares looks for partners that understand the need for education, dialogue and
adoption of new ideas. It is essential that those that we work with have an understanding that community
can include not only geography but interests and goals. Finding partners who understand that inclusiveness
of all groups creates the best end results have been and will be the key for Green Hectares to unlock the
potential of this growth industry.