Technology
Welcome to our Technology Hub! Our technology platform began with the launch of our website in 2014 and has continued to evolve and grow over this past decade. But we’re not done yet, and never will be. We continue to look for and invest in new opportunities to better meet our member & volunteer needs through our technology offerings.
Have an idea on how we could use technology to enhance the member or volunteer experience? Please share it at feedback.mountaineers.org! There you can add a new idea, comment on an idea already proposed, up-vote improvement suggestions, or subscribe to receive updates on specific projects. This helps us prioritize future improvements for you!
We value transparency and take pride in celebrating our successes! For a list of changes we are actively making to the website, please visit our Technology Changelog. This will contain all user-facing updates and the date they were made. Any improvements that were added prior to August 2024 will be found in our historical Tech Update blogs. Tech Updates are posted when we want to highlight the kickoff or completion of a large technology project or provide a summary of recent changes from the Technology Changelog.
Fall 2015 Website Improvements
Along with our monthly support for fixing bugs, we continue to make several small improvements to our website. Here are the ones for fall 2015.
The Mountaineers Website Featured
The Mountaineers is featured as one of Plone's "success stories" and Jazkarta's projects!
Tech Update 2.4 - Books, Feedback, Search
Learn about the improvements to our website for mountaineers.org 2.4, including new features for books, feedback surveys, and searches.
Technology Projects
A description of our "mountaineers.org 2.0" technology project's plan, scope and execution. A wish list of future feature enhancements and improvements for our website, tickets for fixing issues with our website in rough priority order, and a place for you to suggest one that's not already on our list.
Anatomy of a Major Website Project
We had the opportunity to tell the story of our major website redesign at the 2016 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Learn about our strategies for success!
Tech Update 2.3 - Branch & Committee Pages, Event RSVP, and more!
New features and improvements launched with our website's Spring 2015 development cycle include improved formatting for branch and committee web pages, content management tools, event RSVP, calendar quick views, printable activity rosters, fully functional online wait-lists and cancellation for paid activities, and fee collection for optional course activities.
How to change your membership type
Learn how to change your membership type here.
Tech Update 2.2 - Book Buying Made Easy
With the completion of our next website improvement launch - mountaineers.org 2.2 - we've brought in books from our publishing wing, allowing you to now shop from hundreds of Mountaineers books publications from our new Shopping Cart.
Managing Your Mountaineers Email Preferences
Learn more about managing your Mountaineers email preferences.
Routes & Places, Activity, and Other Website Improvements for Leaders
Learn about the improvements made to Routes/Places and activity listings, and some other neat fixes from the last couple of months.
Website Workshop for Activity and Course Leaders - Jan 15
Frustrated or intimidated with how to get things done on the new Mountaineers website? Come to this free evening workshop with experts who will demonstrate key functions and work with you on your specific questions.
Tech Update 2.1 - Website Enhancement Launch
We've just launched our newest website upgrade - version 2.1. Enhancements include improvements to carpooling, the full importing of your course and activity history, improved instructor registration, and better course roster management for our leaders.
New Technology Support System
Learn about the launch of Mountaineers new technology support and feedback system.
Website Update Report 3-Months Post-Launch
Read about our key fixes and upgrades since we launched the new website on May 5. Learn about what's on deck for development improvements, and how we are working to prioritize volunteer and member requests.
The 3 P's on our New Website: Private, Pending & Published
A leader's guide to understanding the different privacy settings on the new website.
Website Triage, Fixes, and Enhancements
Read about our website progress one-month post launch and learn about how we are triaging our fixes and enhancements.
Website Launch Progress Report
Learn what happened in our first week of launch.
Welcome to our New Website!
Learn all about our new website, our project plan and scope and where we'd like to go in the future. Understand any changes to your membership, why you need to change your password to login, and why we didn't copy your credit card information from the old site. Eyes glazing over? Read an entertaining story about why we think the new website is like the best jacket you'll ever own.