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StarChapter is much more than a website, but the website is the public-facing portion that members and prospective members will see. The website must provide a good first impression for prospective members, a functional and useful resource for members, and a way for your chapter to communicate with both of those groups. This requires engaging content and good organization.

Writing content can be more challenging than anticipated, but it is a very important part of your website setup. If you need new content, consider using an AI tool, such as Chat GPT, to get you started. Chat GPT will allow you to enter some basic information that you want to include and it will put that together in paragraph format. The generated response can be a helpful way to generate ideas, draft articles, or give you a framework to then add your organization’s expertise and tone. You will need to edit what the AI tool provides to ensure that it is accurate and reads well, but editing is typically a faster task than creating the content initially.

What to Write First

StarChapter keeps your website up to date using dynamic content sections that automatically update the website display based on the content you enter into the Admin Area. This minimizes the effort needed by your chapter leadership to maintain the website as it will update automatically when meetings and periodic content such as newsletters and blogs are cycled. Amidst all of that dynamic content, it is important to have some general information available at all times, which may be on custom pages with content you've provided. If you are creating an initial website or starting over with all content, we recommend focusing on the core pages first and then building out any additional pages as you move forward. StarChapter makes it easy to add and edit pages at any time, so your website can evolve with your chapter's needs. 

Your website will include the pages needed by your chapter, but the example below reference some of the most commonly used or created pages. You can add or remove any of these from your own website based on your chapter's needs.

Dynamic Pages

During your StarChapter setup, you may provide information for these pages or just let your project manager know that you plan to utilize them. Typically, these pages don't need much, if any, written content as the dynamic content is based on templates within the system.

Home Page*
Board of Directors
Meetings/Events
Member Application
Member Directory
Job Listings
Blog
Contact Us

Custom Pages

During your StarChapter setup, you may want to provide content for these pages. This can include text, images, and/or documents.

Home Page*
About Us
Membership

*The Home Page typically includes a combination of dynamic and static content. Often, there will be a few sentences of introduction followed by various dynamic content that highlight the most recent activity of the chapter.

What To Include

Every chapter will be different, but below are some ideas of common items included on some of those custom pages. If using AI generated content, such as Chat GPT, you can use the bullet points below to come up with some ideas you want to include. Then, use the AI tool to put that in paragraph format. Be sure to review and edit the generated content. AI tools can help you build out the structure of your content, but it's important to clean it up to ensure that the details are accurate.

Home Page

• Welcome Message

• Mission Statement

About Us

• Chapter History

• Mission and/or Vision Statement

• General Information 

Membership

• Benefits of Membership

• Membership Levels

• Dues Rates

• Link to Application

Example of AI-Generated Content

The following is an example of content generated by an AI tool. This is intended only as an example of the question and resulting response provided by the AI tool and should not be used directly.