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his web site's mission is to provide guidance, information, resources and tools to Scouting units and leaders to develop highly effective web sites for their troops, packs or crews. Information about tools for developing a scouting web site including: artwork, techniques and templates have been collected, refined and presented in the pages of this web site that will allow a scouting unit to quickly and effectively build and publish a scouting web site. The benefits of a good scout web site are numerous.
Effective communication is always desired, but rarely achieved in Scouting. There never seems to be enough information available at the time someone needs it. Speaking from experience, Johnny Tentpeg's parents did not get the word about the outing this weekend. With a good web site design and development plan, you will improve communications within your scouting unit by sharing information with scouters, scouts and parents quickly and efficiently. Imagine a web site that includes dates and changes to scouting events, other information such as forms, photographs of scouting activities, and the ability to keep the other scouters knowledgeable about the scouting activities, even if they have not been active for weeks. This site provides a step-by-step guide to build an effective Scouting web site is provided. This guide is tried and practical. It is designed to be informative to the novice as well as the experienced scouts and scouters. 
If you follow our methodology you develop a unit web site that is safe and informative. We have included fully functional scouting web sites for your use. You can publish your scouting web site site in less than one hour.
After you bring your scouting web site on-line, you can apply for the Safe Scouting on the Web Award from eScouting.net. Your web site will be reviewed by a knowledgeable Scouter and he will communicate his findings to you.
We also encourage scouters to participate in our weblog, sharing development experiences with your scouting web site in Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venture Scouts. A scouting web site is another of those "One Hour per Week" issues.
