Friday, December 28, 2018

The Best Online Memorial Website

By Dorothy Hayes


It is sad to lose a person you so much desired to live with forever. Sit could be a friend, family member, colleague or associate who had great impact in your life. To preserve these memories, an online memorial website is an excellent idea. It allows you to celebrate the moments you shared and prevent them from fading. Since this is a unique project, how do you accomplish it?

Find an appropriate host for your site. The options available include creating a website with own domain. The domain captures the name of the dead and is therefore personalized. This option is attractive but comes with expenses that include developing the site and maintaining it. The other option is to use a public platform where only an account is created. Such platforms are already prepared such that you only worry about content 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 about the dead. This information includes birth date, details about the parents, family members and other people they are associated with. Such details give an idea of the origin of the person and the relations that have been left behind. These details are unique and therefore will define your deceased in a special way.

Collect the videos and pictures available for the departed. Photos tell stories in a way words cannot. They capture moments that are impossible to describe. Look for photo albums from childhood to extract as much information as possible. Visitors can also upload photos since you cannot have all the photos. Open these photos to comments and sharing.

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.

Develop a site or platform that is well organized. The best approach is having segments for friends, family, workmates, and any other group that a person was involved with. Other ways of organizing is creating dates. Further, you may allow searches using names of people connected to the deceased. With an organized platform, it will be easier for people to follow.

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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