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City of Deventer launches new website

Friday, May 23, 2008

On Friday May 23th, the city of Deventer launched its new website. The new site offers new opportunities for visitors to interact and has a greatly improved search function. The site has been optimized so pages are easier to find through search engines like Google. The accessibility for people with visual disabilities or low literacy has been improved with a text-to-speech option.

Compared to the old site, the navigation has been improved by grouping subjects together and by offering extra contextual information in the side bars.

Interaction

New on the site are opportunities to meet other residents and the town council. Comment on articles, discuss in the forums, vote for the poll or create your own blog to tell your Deventer story. Registration is required for these functions.

Technical realization

The brand new site is the result of cooperation between Nedforce and the city of Deventer. Nedforce is expert in Ruby on Rails development. Ruby on Rails allows building light weight, flexible and contemporary sites that meet modern web standards, including government accessibility guidelines.

Work ahead

Included in the new site is an up-to-date map with road constructions. This will be extended with locations of real estate development and planned maintenance.

Nedforce is expert in Ruby on Rails development and hosting. Using this proven technology we deliver first-class Web 2.0 applications with short turnaround times, a flexible mentality and compliant with the latest standards.

You can contact us for more information.