Comments on: Under construction: behind the scenes of a government website (soft) launch

By: cyberdoyle

cyberdoyle — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:07:01 +0000

yes everything has changed, but if you keep it simple it isn’t that complicated…
you can KISS or you can FLASH, I know which most users prefer…

By: Ferienwohnung

Ferienwohnung — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:51:45 +0000

cyberdoyle , everything has completely changed from that time – everything has became so complicated at present.

By: Bookmarks for March 13th through March 15th

Bookmarks for March 13th through March 15th — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:01:40 +0000

[...] Under construction: behind the scenes of a government website (soft) launch – Great post from Neil on the soft launch of a new site for BIS – which will save money and hopefully be adaptable to any changes ahead. [...]

By: Ian Cuddy

Ian Cuddy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:49:10 +0000

I’m thinking that after all this work, it would really suck if the Tories closed down or merged BIS after the general election!

By: Neil Williams

Neil Williams — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:51:02 +0000

Lars, thanks for stopping by! Much appreciated. I’ll be happy to give more Sitecore-specific feedback offline.

By: Lars Nielsen

Lars Nielsen — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:33:36 +0000

I really like the navigation, search, accessibility features and compliancy. These are the obvious areas where your new web site excels.

I have taken the liberty to discuss the “Fantasy CMS for Government” features with our product development team. Also, feel free to contact me directly, should you have other comments, wishes or ideas.

Again, congratulations with your new web site.

Best,
Lars Fløe Nielsen,
Co-Founder, VP Technical Marketing
Sitecore Corporation

By: Round-up at Helpful Technology

Round-up at Helpful Technology — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:55:01 +0000

[...] to merge the old DIUS and BERR websites into the new site which launched over the weekend. Neil has the skinny. There’s a huge amount of work and care gone into the site, some really clever technical [...]

By: Neil Williams

Neil Williams — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:04 +0000

@John – yes, sorry, should have spelled that out. Will edit.

@Matt – how right you are! We’re ready for whatever comes next, or as ready as we can be.

By: Matt Jukes

Matt Jukes — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:55:17 +0000

Really like the new site – glad to see that Eduserv have got Sitecore kicking out URLs minus the .aspx extension these days – nice.

Very impressed with the level of transparency as well – great stuff. Access to the GA stuff via Stephs latest little project is a nice touch as well.

Congrats – take a moment to enjoy it as I’m sure there will be another big project just over the horizon!

By: cyberdoyle

cyberdoyle — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:27:28 +0000

Animated gifs and scrolling marquee, wow, I remember those days, we thought we were so posh… how times change. Good luck with it all.

By: John Adams

John Adams — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:23:50 +0000

MoG? Machinery of Government?