Category Archives: Web development

Sharing and flexibility

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Dave

Nice post from BIS’ Neil Williams on deciding up on a commenting system for the department’s website. Go read the whole thing, but he summarises: So what have we learned? People blogging about what they are up to is dead … Continue reading →

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Works starts on skills framework for web professionals

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Vicky Sargent

Vicky, from Boilerhouse and Socitm, pops by to tell us about the latest developments with the public sector web professionals network. On 27 November, Socitm will be holding a workshop as the first stage in a project to define a … Continue reading →

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The decent council website – top 5 so far

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Dave

There has been a great response to the What makes for a decent council website? experiment. Here’s the top 5 at the end of the first day: Plain english – Jargon and acronyms should be kept to the absolute minimum, … Continue reading →

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What makes for a decent Council website?

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Dave

After the kerfuffle over the Birmingham City Council website, as expertly documented by Paul Canning, there has been a considerable amount of discussion about what a Council website should look like, and what it should actually do. This isn’t just … Continue reading →

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How to make websites work

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Dave

From Google’s LocalGov event today, Alex Nurenberg talked us through the steps you can take to make sure your website works – in other words that visitors find what they want quickly, especially when they come in via a search … Continue reading →

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