A Guide To Creating The Best Online Memorial Website

By Dorothy Hayes


Losing a friend or loved-one is a painful experience. Everyone struggles to keep the memories because of the great impact people have on our lives. Acceptance and healing are made easier by creating an online memorial website. This site allows you to share about the person with friends and family who could be in different cities around the world. It is also a platform to keep the discussion going about the deceased.

Identify a perfect host for your memorial. You have the option of creating an own domain or being hosted by larger public networks. An own domain offers a feeling of personalized space. However, it is expensive since you have to cater for development and maintenance. On the other hand, there are many public platforms where you can create an account and only worry about the information to upload.

Gather the materials you would like to include on the site. People who have interacted with the departed, places they have been, activities they have engaged in and such factors will help you in gathering materials. Include the communities they have worked with because they will play a part in remembering your loved one. Do not include everything. However, you can be thematic in your presentation.

Collect biographical data of the diseased to be shared on the remembrance site. Some of the crucial information that needs to be shared includes date of birth, name, parents, siblings, family and associations. You should be precise about the information you gather. You may ask for such details and ideas from people who have come into contact with the deceased. This prepares the ground and gives you a foundation on which to build your site.

Include pictures and videos capturing the life of your departed friend. These pictures tell an incredible story that words cannot manage. Videos are also effective in preserving voices and memories of events. Since you are unlikely to access all photos your dead friend or relative has taken in life, ask friends to assist by uploading. You will be amazed at the memories people have. Open the images and videos to comments.

Include a tribute on the website. The tribute should be written by a person who knows the diseased better than any other. The tribute may take different formats including a personally written memorial, poem or even the funeral eulogy. Visitors should be allowed to share their memories of the departed. You will learn a lot that would not have been revealed by the small circle of people you know. Quotes by your departed or favorite words can be included. Make the tribute personal and unique instead of being what everyone knew.

Organize the website in a way that makes it easy to find information and any other material. Leave room for comments, uploading images, dates, friends, workmates, family, and such other groupings. When everyone is not put in the same group, information flows easily. It is also easy to search for this information and follow discussions when the platform is segmented.

Websites allow you to connect people around the world and capture their condolences and sympathies. Leave room for their comments and uploading of relevant materials. Feedback from visitors will also make your website easier to run.




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