I built our first SS site in 2014 to serve as the primary web site for our U.S. 501c3 non-profit. Current template is “Sonny.” I am seeking feedback on existing site and what I should change if I rebuild in a new SS version. I’m told I can’t migrate to a higher version of SS from my existing site. What advantage would their be to changing to a higher version?
What template(s) would one recommend if we change?
Critical components needed:
1. As described on existing site, we support 4 primary NGO’s in Uganda. Primary ministry areas are children's rescue home and education. All income is donation based.
2. Child sponsorships: I use SS blogs to store/present each child's bio, sponsorship link and photo by children's home (we have 3). I use tags and categories to track groups and subgroups of children. As you can image this is laborsum given that we support 150+ children and growing. This has worked ok but there must be a better way. I don’t like the limitations of how to present blogs in summary blocks. I am limited to I think 30 but if I have more than 30 children I can’t present them unless I subgroup them using categories. Example page: https://www.sonriseministriesinc.org/ch-children/junior-nicolus-kibuka
3. Would like to simplify the site as much as possible. I’m sure we can thin the content.
4. I wish we had a few more text styles than few that are offered under Sonny.
5. I am an army of one. No help and I’m not rich.
5. All the photography on the site is mine.
6. We do not sell products.
7. I need advice on how to direct more people to the site when all our news and social media posts highlight most of the news.
Thank you
Art
