Squarespace may be the answer!
I just discovered squarespace.com. They are a website publisher with a blogging service. They have packages that range from free to "pro" ($12/month). There is a free 30-day trial I signed up for today. My squarespace site is http://adolescent-vct.squarespace.com/ This site allows you to build a webpage with a blogging service embedded in it. Today I set up a blog and figured out how to set "audiences." There is a "public audience" that I have restricted from seeing or accessing the blog. I also set up a "youth and service provider audience" that can access the blog with a universal username (VCT Blog) and universal password (to be provided to people once they have consented. I believe this setup will allow only those people who have received the password to see, access, or use the blog. The other thing I did today was put down some preliminary text for the consent process. It is the first page you see when you access the site, and I have added in abbreviated text. I need to determine how I can have users click through to the next page where it says "NEXT," check off boxes where the bullets are listed, and receive the username and password upon completion of consent. I know squarespace allows you to directly put in HTML code to design the site. Perhaps we can hire someone to do this within this squarespace website I have begun to build. I also need to check out the blogging application and ensure it is adequate and user-friendly.
