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Tag Archives: web design
The decent council website – top 5 so far
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
Posted in Web development
Tagged crowdsource, ideascale, local government, localgovweb, web design, websites
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What makes for a decent Council website?
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
Posted in Web development
Tagged crowdsource, ideascale, local government, localgovweb, web design, websites
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How to make websites work
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
Posted in Web development
Tagged google, googlelocalgov, local government, web design
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