Surfing on to a new site!

If you type in www.buffaloredcross.org today, you'll see something completely different:

That's a quick screen-shot of our new local landing page on redcross.org. Pretty sharp, isn't it? Take some time to surf around and you'll see that the newly redesigned site still has all the same information about your local Red Cross, but in a new format that will hopefully make it easier to find what you are looking for. Because this landing page is part of the American Red Cross website, you'll find not only local information but regional and national news as well. And even if you don't know the local landing page's web address (it's www.redcross.org/buffaloniagara), the site uses new technology to customize your browsing experience using both location and history. That means someone looking for disaster information in Buffalo will see a different redcross.org home page than someone searching for a First Aid class in Southern California.

The old web address will automatically forward to the new landing page for a while, but to make sure you're always up to date, please update your bookmarks to the new address: www.redcross.org/buffaloniagara. And make sure you're following us on Twitter (@buffaloredcross) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/greaterbuffaloarc) for the very latest on what your local Red Cross is doing to serve the Western New York community. And of course, following this blog's not a bad idea, either!

Looking sharp!

If you visit our national website, www.redcross.org, today, you'll notice something different. The entire website has been redesigned, the first step in making it quicker and easier to engage with the Red Cross online.

The biggest change you'll see is the way the website looks--crisp, clean, modern, and hopefully easy to navigate. But this makeover wasn't done just for looks! Using new technology, the site will highlight content based on your location and history, meaning someone searching for CPR courses in Chicago will see a different home page than a visitor in Tampa looking for hurricane relief information. This should make it quick and easy for you to find exactly what you are looking for.

As we said, this is just step one in making redcross.org a one-stop shop. In the coming weeks, our Chapter website (www.buffaloredcross.org, if you didn't know) will "migrate" to the new website. Don't worry--you'll still be able to find all the information about what we're doing in Erie & Niagara Counties and how you can help in one place. In fact, we'll have our very own section of redcross.org that will look just as sharp as the national site, and thanks to the new technology, some of our local content will even show up on your national homepage! And of course, we'll continue to constantly update this blog as well as our Facebook and Twitter pages with news about the Red Cross in Western New York as well. (Spoiler alert--the new website will also include links to all of our social media pages!!).

So take a look at the new redcross.org, and leave a comment letting us know what you think. And stay tuned--www.buffaloredcross.org's makeover is coming soon!!