Written by Jon Webb on September 25th, 2009, Posted in New Projects, News |
Content Management, css, Wordpress, xhtml
We’re pleased to announce the launch of a new website for the Greenwich Action For Voluntary Service (GAVS), in association with Firefly Creative.
Our Role
Firefly approached us to provide the technical consultancy and build of the GAVS website, and when we saw the initial designs we knew that Firefly certainly pushed the design boundaries with an attractive translucent feel to the website. From design to complete content managed solution – we delivered a solution which allows GAVS to: update almost all content on the website; create new sections, and; optimise their website for search engines.
On-top of all this we also:
- Integrated Yahoo’s Upcoming Events service. This service drives their events management section, and allows GAVS to broadcast their events and training seminars to a wider, world-wide audience.
- Provided a custom, secure membership section which gives members of GAVS the ability to subscribe and download essential content. We gave the GAVS Editorial team the power to approve, suspend, delete and generally manage all their subscriptions.
- Provided key editorial control over various accessibility features, such as the “accesskey”, Allowing GAVS to meet their minimum requirements for accessibilty.
The site was delivered on time, and above spec.
About GAVS
GAVS exists to provide a strategic leadership role to support the development of voluntary, community and faith organisations, within the borough of Greenwich, London.
Visit the new website: Greenwich Action for Voluntary Service
Written by Jon Webb on March 24th, 2009, Posted in Advice |
Content Management, ecommerce, magento, Wordpress
Even if we’re not the providers of your new content managed website or ecommerce solution here is some free advice to stop you from making the wrong decision:
1.) Make sure you do not buy a solution which is developed “in-house” because you may lock yourself into using that vendor for the rest of the life of your project. Make sure your solution can be supported by a 3rd party by ensuring that your solution is built on the foundations of Open Source, or Commercially available software such as Wordpress, Drupal, Magento, RedDot, or Ektron for which their is an incredible 3rd party support base.
2.) Make sure that you own the rights to the graphic design, software, and bespoke developments which are written by your solution provider – if they will not give you ownership of those components, or at least grant you a non-exclusive licence to be able to use, modify and give to a 3rd party to manage, then you should look elsewhere.
3.) On completion of any project you should, for example, be handed a CD which contains all the source code (including database schema, and data), original design files (e.g Photoshop and illustrator files) and documentation onboard which can serve as a backup for you incase things go wrong, contractually, or financially with your solution provider.
Firefly Creative needed to refresh the existing “news” section on their website, making it more dynamic allowing them to add pictures, photo’s and to enhance the way in which the publish their press releases.
We gave them a helping hand by installing a fully customised Blog in place of their existing news section and helped them transfer their existing news and press releases across to the new system.
Firefly are now able to enjoy feature rich blogging through the installation and total branding of our Wordpress Content Management Services
Written by Jon Webb on February 26th, 2009, Posted in Press Releases |
Content Management, Wordpress
Finally, after a few hectic months of working on our client websites & web applications – we’re very pleased to be able to announce the launch of our official web presence, rather than just a holding page.
We hope you like it – feedback is always welcomed at info@digitaltonic.co.uk
