A static website: no build step, no server software. Upload the whole folder to any web host.

Keep the folder structure as it is. index.html must sit next to styles.css, script.js, data.js and the images folder.

Any of these work. Upload the contents of the folder so index.html is at the top level.

• Netlify Drop (easiest): go to app.netlify.com/drop and drag the folder in. Free. You can attach your own domain later.
• GitHub Pages: create a repository, upload the files, then Settings > Pages > Deploy from branch.
• cPanel or any web host: upload everything into public_html (or the domain's folder).

To test on your own computer, open index.html by double-clicking it. Everything works that way except the Google Sheet sign-up.

Open data.js and find MMGS_NEWS. Each item is a block between { and }. Copy one and edit it.

• type: "event" shows under Upcoming events. type: "news" shows under Latest news.
• Give an event a real date to get a live countdown and Add to calendar buttons: date: "2027-04-17", time: "18:00", endTime: "21:00" (time is optional).
• Without a date, the site shows your dateText instead (for example "December 2026").
• The first event with featured: true becomes the large Next event panel. If none is marked, the soonest dated event is used.
• Once an event's date has passed, it moves to Latest news by itself with the label "Event recap".
• image is a gallery photo number (for example 78) or a path such as "images/news/dinner.jpg".
• Keep the commas between blocks and the quotation marks around text. If the page goes blank after an edit, a comma or quote is usually missing.

The three Proposed/Ongoing events and the five news items in the file are drawn from your action plan and photo captions. Replace them as real dates are confirmed.

1. Put a resized photo (about 1200 px wide) in images/gallery/ named with the next number, for example 122.jpg, and a small square copy (about 260 px) in images/thumbs/122.jpg.
2. Add a line to MMGS_GALLERY in data.js: {"id":122,"t":"Caption here","p":"Iju-Odo","c":"events","w":1200,"h":800} (c is school, events or members).

Out of the box the form works but saves a visitor's card only in that visitor's browser, because a static website has nowhere to keep shared data. To make sign-ups reach you and appear for everyone, connect the free Google Sheet backend:

1. Create a new Google Sheet (sheets.new). Name it "MMGS 2003 Members".
2. Extensions > Apps Script. Delete the sample code and paste in everything from google-apps-script.gs. Save.
3. Deploy > New deployment > type Web app. Set Execute as: Me, and Who has access: Anyone. Deploy and approve the permission prompts.
4. Copy the Web app URL (ends in /exec).
5. In data.js, paste it: signupEndpoint: "https://script.google.com/macros/s/.../exec",
6. Re-upload data.js.

What happens then: each submission becomes a row in the Sheet (name, phone, email, profession, location, skills, willingness to serve, small photo). The public directory shows name, picture, profession, location and skills only. Phone and email are never sent back to the website; only you and anyone you share the Sheet with can see them.

To remove someone from the public directory, change yes to no in the last column of their row, or delete the row. If you change the script later, use Deploy > Manage deployments > Edit > New version.

• Contacts, the action plan and programme text are in index.html. Search for the text and edit it.
• Colours are at the top of styles.css (--green, --gold, --ivory).
• Facebook and WhatsApp links are in index.html (search for facebook.com and chat.whatsapp.com).

• Fonts (Cormorant Garamond and Hanken Grotesk) load from Google Fonts. If a visitor is offline, the site falls back to Georgia and the system font.
• Search engines: the page title, description, keywords and basic organisation data are already in index.html. After you publish, add the site in Google Search Console and put its address on your Google Business profile.
• Favicon and share image are in images/brand/. Replace og.jpg if you want a different preview when the link is shared on WhatsApp or Facebook.
• The crest on the dark green background (crest.png) was cut out of your logo file. If you have the original transparent logo, replace that file with it for the cleanest edges.

Menus. The header now has: About, Strategic Pillars, News, Gallery, Constitution, Members (Member profiles and Excos, Portfolios and assigned duties, Nominal roll, Missing members, Deceased members), Minutes (Minutes of previous meetings), Major Decisions (Summary of major decisions), Financial Report, and More (Action plan, Support, Contact). On phones the menu opens as a full-screen list with expandable groups.

Pages. Constitution, Portfolios, Nominal roll, Missing members, Deceased members, Minutes, Major Decisions and Financial Report open as their own pages inside index.html (addresses such as index.html#constitution and index.html#minutes/general-2026 can be shared). Nothing else needs to be uploaded beyond the files in this folder.

Where to edit (all in data.js)

• MMGS_OFFICES: offices, holders and duties. MMGS_ROLL, MMGS_MISSING, MMGS_LATE: the three name lists.
• MMGS_MINUTES and MMGS_DECISIONS: add a new meeting by copying an entry and changing id, date, title, sub and blocks.
• MMGS_CONSTITUTION and MMGS_WELFARE: the constitution and welfare agreement text.
• MMGS_GALLERY and MMGS_PROFILES: photos and member cards, rebuilt from MMGS PICTURES AND EVENTS.pptx (125 photos). A profile with x: "Treasurer" (or Chairman, General Secretary, Financial Secretary) appears in the Excos strip.
• Financial Report: replace images/brand/financial-report.jpg and edit the figures in the financial-report section of index.html.
• Strategic Pillars: the six cards are in the pillars section of index.html.

Dates. The Reunion and Fundraising Dinner is now December 2026 everywhere (news card, action plan dates, fundraising and flagship items). Phone numbers from the members' location list are not published anywhere on the site.

• Our anthem (index.html#anthem) and Flashback memes (index.html#flashback) are in the "More" menu and on a Heritage band on the home page. Edit the words in MMGS_ANTHEM and the memes in MMGS_FLASHBACK (both in data.js). Meme pictures are in images/flashback/. Select a picture to enlarge it; use the arrow keys to move between pictures.