
BCL WEBSITE UPDATES
DAILY UPDATES
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Membership openings.
4-22-2022
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Updated Button link on each house's page for "OPEN MEMBERSHIPS" for clarity.
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Updated the main CONTACT form and the Contact form for each house for clarity on applying.
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Updated the "NAME" terminology to be more inclusive by using "PREFERRED NAME" as the field name in all site contact forms.
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Goodlawn listing for room 7 updated to be a single room instead of 2 rooms.
3-26-2022
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Updated room availability layout.
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Updated all house pages with a new layout for house specific information,
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Various graphic changes.
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Additional changes to formatting throughout site.
3-10-2022
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Updated site menu header and footer.
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Search bar has been moved to top of pages.
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Updated "AVAILABILITY" field to be "Currently Leasing," "Reserved through {DATE}," "Leased through {DATE}" and "Sublet {FROM & TO DATES}."
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Cleaned up formatting throughout site.
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Fixed Contact forms which were not sending data due to a field validation error.
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Streamlined the Menu.
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Made format changes to the Search Results page.
2-28-2022
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Back-end updated to include each house's data into a unified houses database.
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Updated houses database to include link to a pop out view of rooms for larger view or a 360 degree view when available for that room.
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Increased the size of the dollar figure under the Cost of Living (Yearly), Cost of Living (Monthly) and NASCO Fee.
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Removed availability rooms listing page.
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Member Room Availability added to main page.
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House pages now include a contact form for that house.
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House pages now include a section for Common Areas, such as Living Room, Dining Room, etc.
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Updated all terminology of rent or room fees to say Cost of Living.
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Added page for Member Options page for additional Cost of Living options schedule.
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Added link on each house's page to Member Options page.
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Other basic formatting changes.
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Combined some pages to realign better with page names and reduce total number of pages and reduce confusion.
12-3-2021
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Removed news ticker from all pages until future updates are needed.
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Moved up the available rooms listing link and newsletter signup to top of main page to give prospective members access to this page from a higher visibility position.
11-7-2021
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New feature: Listing of all available rooms in all four cooperative houses.
10-29-2021
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Updated Affirmative Action Statement.
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Fair Housing
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Affirmative Action Plan and Harassment Policy
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Publication Policy
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Implementing Our Policy
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Grievance Procedure
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Policy Prohibiting Harassment in the Workplace
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Diversity
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Inclusion
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Updated text for October 30, 2021 work day at 921.
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Per Outreach Committee policy, updated social bar to remove Twitter and to focus on Facebook and Instagram (TikTok will be integrated in the future.).
10-20-2021
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Added Community Events card on main page.
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Added disclaimer for third-party links and content in footer of each page.
10-20-2021
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Updated front page 921 Work Days for the October 23rd work day.
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Changed text on the signup form to reflect the October 23rd work day.
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House page room cards will display rooms available first. Filled rooms will display afterwards.
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Moved room availability status to top of each card in house pages.
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Increased font size and marked text as bold on room availability for each room card.
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Header is now static to allow access to the menu at all times.
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Removed return to top arrow in page footers.
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Updated news ticker.
10-07-2021
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Updated Work Days form.
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Changed wording on main page for Work Days at 921.
10-04-2021
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Updated text under JOIN BCL card.
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Updated room availability for each house.
10-03-2021
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Added section on main page about Community Work days at 921.
09-09-2021
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News ticker can now be closed by the newly enlarged "X" button or by clicking anywhere outside the news ticker.
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Moved news ticker to bottom of page and changed color of background and text.
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Updated news ticker news items and changed incorrect links on new items.
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Squashed bugs on Contact page that caused fields to not be shown.
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Adjusted font size on all pages.
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KNOWN ISSUE: Membership Application does not display the Google Forms properly on mobile devices. We are working on this issue, but currently believe this to be a limitation with the multiple choice column layout. Scrolling left or right on many devices causes the browser to go back or forward a page.
09-05-2021
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Released new website to all visitors.
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Corrected a border layout issue on the Which House page.
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Updated widths of text and graphical elements on 921, Goodlawn, Middle Earth, and Which House pages.
09-05-2021
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Deceased cards border size from 3 to 1 pixel.
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Changed border color from bright blue to dark blue.
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Changed form border from bright blue to dark blue.
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Decreased form border from 3 to 1 pixel.
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Changed form input color from background color to light green.
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Decreased search field border from 3 to 1 pixel.
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Changed font colors (background and text) on 404 Page Not Found.
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Removed border and rounded edges from header and footer.
09-01-2021
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Updated wording and corrected grammar on "Contact" form.
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Changed layout of "Contact" page.
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Added "Website Updates" page, accessible from the Last Updated link in the footer.
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Updated menu icons for each page and menu folders.
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Moved "Privacy Policy" from main menu to footer.
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Decreased size of last updated, copyright, and trademark text.
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Corrected "Costs" page text to better reflect all costs for current members.
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Decreased size on each house's page of additional costs and price disclaimers.
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Updated wording on "Which House" page.
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Detail work performed on all pages to reflect a softer blue and green layout on a solid white background and removed page, header, footer, menu, and card background images throughout website.
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Changed the menu icon.
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Changed the return to top icon.
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Removed "FYI Links" sub-menu from menu and created "Bookmarks" menu to link to a detail page for important community websites.
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Updated text on "Locations" page.
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Changed size of FAQ logo on "FAQ" page.
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Implemented a site-wide search engine.
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Updated house room availability.
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Implemented new terminology of "Apply, Interview, Visit" on the "Applying" page and where relevant on other pages.
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Decreased font size on "Privacy" page.
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Updated "Overview" and "Mission" page to reflect 2021 Member Orientation.
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Updated "Mission" to BCL's July 2021 GA-approved organization mission statement.
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Updated organization history from 2021 Member Orientation .
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Fine-tuned the tablet and mobile experience.
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Various other bug fixes.
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Released testing site on Slack.
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Released the testing site for 20% of website visitors.
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Created the following sub-domains:
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slack.bloomingtoncooperative.org -> directs to BCL's Slack Workspace
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apply.bloomingtoncooperative.org -> directs to BCL's membershipping application
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facebook.bloomingtoncooperative.org -> directs to BCL's Facebook
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rent.bloomingtoncooperative.org -> directs to your profile on Apartments.com for cost of living payments
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twitter.bloomingtoncooperative.org -> directs to BCL's Twitter
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mail.bloomingtoncooperative.org -> directs to mail.google.com
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calendar.bloomingtoncooperative.org -> directs to calendar.google.com
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drive.bloomingtoncooperative.org -> directs to drive.google.com
