Provision and Management of Conference Websites
Techniques are described to provision and manage conference websites. In one or more implementations, a website is provided for each of a plurality of conference attendees. Each of the websites includes a respective copy of materials related to a conference, which may be modifiable by respective conference attendees.
1 . A method comprising:
receiving one or more unique identifiers that correspond to a particular conference; and
when each said unique identifier is received, creating and provisioning a respective website with materials related to the particular conference.
2 . A method as described in claim 1 , wherein the conference-related materials are promotional materials related to the conference.
3 . A method as described in claim 1 , wherein the conference-related materials include executable code that is modifiable by a user having access to the provisioned website.
4 . A method as described in claim 3 , wherein a modification made to code in a first said website does not affect the code in a second said website.
5 . A method as described in claim 1 , wherein at least one said website is configured to accept code uploaded by a conference attendee that was assigned a corresponding said unique identifier.
6 . A method as described in claim 1 , wherein the unique identifiers are received via a login page.
7 . A method as described in claim 1 :
further comprising obtaining one or more domains for the conference; and
wherein the creating includes portioning hardware and software resources of one or more servers to provide each said website.
8 . A method as described in claim 1 , further comprising:
creating the one or more unique identifiers by a host of the conference; and
providing the one or more unique identifiers created by the host to attendees of the conference.
9 . A method as described in claim 8 , wherein the one or more unique identifiers are provided via email sent to respective said attendees of the conference.
10 . A method as described in claim 1 , further comprising receiving an input to customize a domain name of a respective said website.
11 . A method as described in claim 1 , wherein at least one said website is created from an existing domain of a respective attendee of the conference.
12 . A method as described in claim 1 , further comprising consolidating a website for the particular conference with another website from another conference.
13 . A method comprising:
providing a website to each of a plurality of attendees of a conference, wherein each said website includes materials related to the conference; and
receiving inputs from at least one said attendee to modify the materials in a respective said website.
14 . A method as described in claim 13 , wherein each said website is provided on demand to respective said attendees.
15 . A method as described in claim 13 , wherein the materials include executable code that is modifiable by respective said attendees.
16 . A method as described in claim 13 , wherein:
each said website is configured such that when a change is made to a source of the materials, the change is automatically propagated to each copy of the materials included in the respective said websites; and
a change made by a respective said attendee to the materials of a first said website is not propagated to the materials of a second said website.
17 . One or more computer-readable media comprising executable instructions that, when executed, direct a computer to:
provide a website for each of a plurality of conference attendees, wherein each said website includes a respective copy of materials related to a conference; and
when a change is made to a source of the materials, make the change to each said copy of the materials included in the respective said websites.
18 . One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17 , wherein the copies of the materials are configured such that when a change is made to the copies, the changes do not affect other copies of the materials.
19 . One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17 , wherein the materials include executable code that is modifiable by a user having access to the respective said website.
20 . One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17 , wherein each said website was created and provisioned in response to receipt of one or more unique identifiers that correspond to the conference.