KAFA

한미재무학회 · A guided tour

KAFA now has a modern home on the web — and you run all of it.

A complete rebuild of the association's website — everything your visitors had before, faster and cleaner — plus a real member community and a control panel simple enough to use without ever touching code.

Designed and built for the Korea-America Finance Association by Babak Askary — from the public pages your visitors see to the panel you'll run it all from.

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1991
Founded — history preserved, in full
126
Members, already set up to sign in
13
Pages carried across, page by page
$0
Monthly hosting cost
For everyone who visits

The whole KAFA story, beautifully told.

Every page from the old site is here — refreshed, faster, and easy to read on any phone, tablet, or computer.

mykafa.vercel.app
The KAFA homepage: a serif headline reading Connecting Korean and American finance scholars, with membership call and key stats.

The new homepage — a warm front door for visitors and prospective members.

Homepage

A warm front door

A striking opening with your mission, live highlights of what KAFA hosts, a clear "become a member" call, and your sponsors.

About

Who KAFA is

The mission, the history since 1991, and an at-a-glance panel — the association's story in one clean page.

Officers

The whole board

Current officers and every committee, shown with names, roles, affiliations, and photos.

Archive

Previous officers

The full leadership record, year by year, all the way back to the founding — nothing lost in the move.

Members

How to join

Membership steps, lifetime dues, the join form, and the treasurer's contact — everything a new member needs.

Research

Call for Papers & Seminars

Every conference call for papers and the Brown Bag seminar series, with dates, details, and downloads.

KAFA-Net

Female Initiative Network

The FIN community — its mission, seminar series, and leadership — plus the Ph.D. students network.

Newsletters

Every issue, downloadable

All past newsletters, each one a proper PDF hosted on your own site — yours to keep for good.

Careers

Job openings

Faculty positions with organization, deadline, and a direct "apply" link on each posting.

Resources

Curated links & gallery

Your finance-resource links and an event photo gallery, all carried across and tidied up.

Bilingual

Korean & English

Korean names and text sit naturally alongside English throughout — true to KAFA's two-nation community.

Stay in touch

Email sign-up on every page

Visitors can subscribe for KAFA news in one click — building your mailing list automatically.

mykafa.vercel.app/announcements
The Announcements page listing dated news items such as KAFA-FMA Special Sessions and a joint conference with the Korea Institute of Finance.

Announcements are dated, open for member comments, and posted in seconds — a living noticeboard, not a static page.

For your members

Not just a website — a community.

Members get real accounts, profiles, and a place to connect — and every member account is already set up and waiting. Nothing to move, nothing to re-enter.

Ready to go

Everyone's already set up

All member accounts are in place. A member simply signs in, chooses a password the first time, and they're in — no setup, no forms to refill.

Accounts

Sign up & log in

New people can create an account too; members sign in to unlock the directory, forum, and their profile.

Profiles

A page of their own

Photo, short bio, title, affiliation, and links to their homepage, LinkedIn, or Google Scholar.

Connect

Follow colleagues

Members can follow one another and build their own corner of the KAFA network.

Notifications

Never miss a reply

A bell that lights up when someone follows them or responds in a discussion they're part of.

Discuss

Forum & comments

Start topics, reply to others, and comment on announcements — a real research forum, organized into categories.

Directory

Find a colleague

A searchable member directory that signed-in members can browse — find someone in seconds.

Control

Their own settings

Each member manages their profile, privacy (show in the directory or not), email preferences, and password.

For you — the admin panel

You are in charge of everything.

No developer, no page-builder subscription, no code. Sign in and change anything — with a live preview that shows your edits as you type.

mykafa.vercel.app/admin
The admin dashboard: counts for members, subscribers and pages, plus quick actions. The home-page editor with section tabs and a live preview. The theme and colors editor with presets and custom color pickers.
01 · Dashboard

Your home base

Key numbers at a glance — members, subscribers, pages — and the six things you'll do most, one click away.

Create

Build brand-new pages

Start from a ready-made template, fill it in, and it's live — added to the menu the same afternoon.

Homepage

Edit the front page, block by block

Hero, stats, events, membership call — tweak each section with a live preview of the real homepage.

Menu

Rearrange the navigation

Add, remove, rename, and reorder menu links and dropdowns — no code, effective immediately.

Settings

Site details

Update the site title, tagline, contact email, and footer text in one simple form.

Publishing

Announcements, newsletters & jobs

Post news, upload newsletter PDFs, and list job openings — each with the right fields, published in seconds.

People

Manage members

Search everyone, promote a colleague to admin, or send someone an invite link.

Mailing list

Subscribers & export

See who's subscribed and download the whole list as a spreadsheet whenever you need it.

Campaigns

Send email newsletters

Write a message, send yourself a test first, then send it to every subscriber — each with one-click unsubscribe.

Records

Outbox & moderation

A log of every email the site sends, and the tools to pin, lock, or remove any forum post.

Getting into the admin panel

Three steps and you're in.

1

Open the admin page

Go to mykafa.vercel.app/admin in any browser.

2

Sign in

Use the email and password from your login card at the bottom of this page.

3

Explore & edit

You'll land on the dashboard. Pick any section on the left and start — you can't break anything you can't undo.

A brief tutorial

Your first tasks, step by step.

Six things you'll do most often. Each one is just a few clicks — the panel guides you the rest of the way.

01 Edit a page

Open Pages → click Edit on any page → change the text or swap an image. Your changes appear live in the preview. Click Save (or press ⌘S / Ctrl-S) and it's published.

02 Add a new page

Go to Pages → New page → type a title. It starts from a template — fill it in, set it to Published, and Save. Then add it to your menu (task 05).

03 Post an announcement

Open Announcements → ＋ New → add a title and message (you can pick the date) → Save. It appears immediately, and members can comment.

04 Add a newsletter or job

Go to Newsletters or Job openings → ＋ New → fill the fields (upload the PDF, or add the deadline and apply link) → Save.

05 Change the menu

Open Menu → add, rename, remove, or reorder links and dropdowns with the arrow and ✕ buttons → Save. Navigation updates right away.

06 Send an email newsletter

Go to Campaigns → ＋ New campaign → write your subject and message → Send test to me → then Send to all subscribers. Every email carries a one-click unsubscribe.

When you're ready

Two finishing touches, whenever it suits you.

The site is fully working today. These two are optional and can be switched on anytime.

Optional

Turn on real email sending

Right now, password links and newsletter blasts are saved in the admin "Outbox." Connecting a free email service makes them actually send to inboxes — a five-minute setup.

Optional

Point mykafa.org here

When you're happy, your real domain is aimed at this site so visitors see mykafa.org — and the old subscription can be retired.

You're all set

Step inside.

Here's your live site and the keys to the admin panel. Take a look around — everything you've just seen is waiting for you.

Your website

Live site
mykafa.vercel.app
Admin panel
mykafa.vercel.app/admin

This web address is temporary while things settle in — your real mykafa.org can be pointed here whenever you're ready, and it takes over seamlessly.

Your admin key

Email
admin@test.com
Password
123456789

Log in at /admin, then open Account settings to set a password only you know. Please keep this note private — anyone with it can manage the whole site.

Open the live site → Open the admin panel