OFLA Online History

Our First Website

The Ohio Foreign Language Association first met the World Wide Web in the mid-1990's. Charles Conway created the first site using his own Home Page. He demonstrated that it was possible to get OFLA's message out to a large audience using this new technology.

Although the site was "unofficial," it did generate enough traffic and interest to justify the creation of an official web presence for OFLA.

Now We're Official

The first official Ohio Foreign Language Association website was sponsored by the Foreign Language Department of The University of Toledo. Barbara Andrews was the Webmaster.

Our Own Domain

The website moved to ofla-online.com in the latter part of 2000; it was first announced in December, 2000 issue of The Cardinal.

In September 2003, the domain ofla-online.org was also acquired. As the .org domain more accurately reflects the Association's nature; it remains the official website address for the Ohio Foreign Language Association, OFLA.

Joomla!

The current implementation of OFLA Online uses the Joomla! Content Management System.  A link to this open-source product is available at the bottom of every page.

In Memorium

The transition of OFLA Online to the Joomla! Content Management System is a gift from David Sherrod to Ohio Foreign Language Educators in memory of Charles E Conway.