We were delighted to help them re-develop their website, making
it easier for both their audience to read and use, and their
internal teams to manage their ongoing updates.
Built upon the Umbraco CMS web content management framework, we
were able to design and develop the system around the principal
maintenance tasks. Mostly these tended to be updates on various
development projects taking place around the town, but also the
inclusion of important documents for download.
The site uses validated X-HTML and includes an accessible text
version of the site for use by screen readers and other
accessibility software.
Social media functions are made available, where users can share
specific pages with social networking sites such as Facebook and
Twitter. Where further integration with Twitter provides a
micro-blogging format, where announcements are displayed on the
site's homepage and provides the means for users to follow these
updates directly from Twitter.
The site is tracked by Google Analytics, and we hope to see an
increased readership over the next few months due to these
improvements.
*Update*
Unfortunately Renaissance Southend was wound up in December 2010
as part of the Government's spending review.
However, we have been given permission to maintain a preview of
the website at the following URL. (Please bear in mind this is
obviously not a live version of the website and is not maintained
by Renaissance Southend):
rs.teampoint.co.uk