Website Update

Hello Everyone!

As some of you likely know, Weebly has just updated its API!  We are now running this website off of Weebly's new Carbon editor.  All of the basic functionality is still here, but you'll be seeing some changes coming as we work implement Weebly's new functions.  Here's some of the things that'll show up in the coming weeks:

• More pictures!  Weebly now allows for a Flickr ID to be linked with the site, so we're working on getting a lot of our images uploaded there.  Then we'll link the galleries to youngengineers.us.  This will provide a much easier way for the team as a whole to get their pictures on the website.  It also saves the trouble of formatting galleries in HTML to fit them to website pages. 
• Better directions!  There is now native Google Maps support in Weebly, so instead of having to click through to Google Maps, you'll be able to interact with the map in real time on the website.  Blog posts giving directions should be a lot more user friendly.
• Cleaner event planning!  The event calendar will remain as a good visual indication of upcoming meetings, but event planning is coming to the blog in an interactive form.  Weebly's new RSVP Form and Survey presets will allow for fundraising and outreach events to be organized from the website, rather than by email.  This should help us centralize our team communication.
• Videos and animations!  HD video was already supported by the Weebly API, but the system has been improved and added to.  The native Weebly player has been optimized for HTML5 and no longer runs off of flash.  The tradeoff to this is flash animation support.  While a FIRST themed flash game is still pretty far away in the development plans, FIRST flash animations are a serious possibility!  Additionally, the YouTube embed auto-scales based on display size now, even on mobile.

We are pretty stoked to bring these updates to everyone in the coming weeks, and we hope you enjoy the changes!

Thanks,
​Grayson
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