PutBoard vs Google Sites for community information
Compare a general website with a ready-made community Board, including shared editing, restricted access, domains and ongoing upkeep.
Guides from PutBoard
Choose well. Keep information useful.
Compare approaches, work out what your community needs and make everyday information easier to find.
Choosing the right approach
Compare options, understand the trade-offs and decide what your community needs.
PutBoard vs Padlet for community information
Compare visual collections with structured community publishing, including contributor controls, password links and custom domains.
PutBoard vs Notion for community information
Compare a flexible workspace and published site with a defined community Board, focusing on reader access, maintenance and handover.
PutBoard vs Facebook Groups for community information
Compare public access, private groups, lasting information and community branding, with a practical workflow for using Facebook and PutBoard together.
PutBoard vs Facebook, WhatsApp, Notion and other alternatives
Compare community information tools by reader access, organisation, upkeep and branding, including domains and home-screen access.
How to choose online noticeboard software
A practical buying checklist covering publishing, viewer access, search, shared management, branding and ongoing cost.
Community website or online noticeboard: which do you need?
Decide whether to improve your existing website, add an online noticeboard, or use both for different jobs.
Using WhatsApp and an online noticeboard together
Keep community conversation in your group chat while giving notices, documents and agreed information a dependable home.
Free vs paid online noticeboards: what is worth paying for?
Work out when shared management, password protection, branding and your own address justify a paid noticeboard plan.
A noticeboard or a full community-management platform?
Separate information publishing from payments, bookings, member records and other operational requirements before choosing software.
Making information useful
Examples, templates and simple routines for information people can find again.
“Where was that posted?” Why community information gets lost
Follow an everyday community update from announcement to repeated question, and give important information a place people can find again.
How to keep your community informed without sending more messages
Decide what needs an announcement, what needs a lasting home and when a reminder will actually help.
What every new community member needs to know
Build a useful welcome guide with first steps, contacts, practical information and a familiar place to return to.
Your community website shouldn’t depend on one volunteer
Share responsibility for everyday updates, give publishers appropriate access and keep information moving when a volunteer is unavailable.
Group chat etiquette: what belongs in the chat, and what belongs elsewhere?
Keep conversation welcoming while giving confirmed arrangements, useful documents and important notices a dependable home.
How to reach people who don’t use social media
Make community information easier to access through a shared web address, useful printed details and a clear route for personal help.
Does your community really need its own app?
Separate easy access to community information from bookings, messages and other app features before deciding what to build or buy.
How to write a community notice people can act on
Turn vague announcements into useful notices with clear titles, dates, locations, actions and contact details.
What to put on a community noticeboard
A starting checklist for community notices, lasting information, events and useful contacts, with a worked residents’ example.
Community notice templates you can copy and use
Adapt five practical templates for maintenance, closures, meetings, service changes and completed work.
How to organise community documents so people can find them
Give community documents clear names, context, a current version and someone responsible for maintaining them.
How to hand over community information to a new committee
A practical handover checklist for publishing access, important documents, upcoming notices and responsibility for updates.
How to keep community notices current
Use dates, owners, review points and a short maintenance routine to stop outdated notices becoming the answer people find.