As a government entity, we need to give close attention to the ‘accessibility’ of our websites. This ensures that the content of our websites can be consumer by people who have a visual impairment. We’re held to an international standard known as the Web Content Accessibility Guidlines (WCAG). We’ve been doing some work recently to…
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The Art in Adelaide online database
Still working on this one. There are 48 art pieces that are currently ‘live’ in the database. We’ve just imported data for the remaining 170 art pieces and the Public Art team is going to be busy adding the photography and descriptions over coming months. Visit: https://explore.cityofadelaide.com.au/see-and-do/arts-entertainment/art-in-adelaide/
Happy 1st birthday, City of Adelaide website
Launched on 27 June 2019, the City of Adelaide is now 1! Liz cooked an awesome baked cheesecake and threw a surprise party.
UniSA students share the stories of the city in a content collaboration with City of Adelaide
In addition to our content collab with Wakefield Press, we’ve also entered into a collab with UniSA, too. Back in 2019, Jeanmay H got in touch with Dr Ben Stubbs at University of SA. Ben is the author of ‘The Croweaters’, a book of stories about South Australia (it’s a great read BTW), and he’s…
City of Adelaide content collab with Wakefield Press
We’ve been working with Wakefield Press on a little content collaboration for our online storytelling platform, Adelaide Living. Wakefield Press is a proudly South Australian-owned and operated independent book publisher, based in Adelaide. Many of their publications are inspired by Adelaide local identities, events and places, which makes them a great fit for Adelaide Living. Since…
Context statements added to the City of Adelaide website
As the City of Adelaide website is a series of ‘destinations’ – different subdomains intended for different audiences – it’s important to provide some distinction between them, and some understanding of context for users when they first arrive. So we’ve made a small change to provide context through some on-page statements that have been baked…
Easy English Guide for COVID-19
The sheer volume of COVID-19 information out there makes it difficult for most people to absorb and comprehend, let alone those members of our community who have low English literacy, or have vision or cognitive impairments. To help, we’ve just published an “Easy English” guide on our website that explains which City of Adelaide services…
Nobody’s booking, so it’s the best time to work on our Adelaide accommodation options
We’ve done a bit of work on our accommodation listings on the City of Adelaide website over the past couple of months during the COVID-19 situation. These listings are powered by data from the Australian Tourism Data Warehouse. We’re trialling affiliate bookings through Booking.com to see if there’s a revenue source for the council. We’ve…
Digital and marketing support for City of Adelaide’s COVID-19 effort
The City of Adelaide is continuing to provide essential services to the community during COVID-19, including public cleansing, waste management, horticultural care, business support and customer service. Rundle Mall and the Adelaide Central Market remain open, with the latter offering a fantastic drive-through pickup service. Our car parking business UPark is offering $8 capped parking…
The old buildings of Adelaide
My latest heritage piece on the City of Adelaide website. This one is based on a State Library photo album containing photos of buildings that have mostly been demolished in the city, like the wonderful Exhibition Building that used to stand on North Terrace…see below. A bit of a travesty. The full heritage piece is…
The Heritage Places of Adelaide: 2,400+ places in our online database
Delve back into the past with our new Heritage Places of Adelaide online database, containing a comprehensive listing of all 2,400+ heritage places in the Adelaide CBD and North Adelaide. Check it out here: https://explore.cityofadelaide.com.au/heritage-places/ The database has a user-friendly map user interface; it is filterable by Local, State, Commonwealth and National Heritage Places; and…
New City of Adelaide website video
We created a quick video to promote the new City of Adelaide website.
New TAFE SA website
Over the past eight weeks, I have been working with a small cross-functional team to deliver the new TAFE SA website. I’m pleased to say that it is now live at https://www.tafesa.edu.au. Due to a variety of circumstances, the project team found itself with about ten weeks to deliver a brand new site, complete with…
It’s not me, it’s you: build websites for your customers
I’ve helped build websites for various organisations, including some very large, monolithic organisations. There’s one thing that sticks out as the most important thing that you must not do if you hope to have a successful website. It’s a thing that many senior executives don’t quite understand. And here it is. You must not build a website…
The Six Rules for Choosing the Right Domain Name for your Business
One of the first things that aspiring business owners need to do is to come up with a name for their business. One of the major factors is the availability of the associated domain name. Indeed many businesses look for available domain names first, and then name their businesses based on the availability of an…
New Rundle Mall website live in time for Christmas
I’ve spent the last 5 weeks working feverishly on the new Rundle Mall website and it has now gone live just in time for Christmas. Take a look at http://rundlemall.com. Faced with the prospect of keeping the old site in place until mid-2016 (due to a variety of factors), I convinced the Rundle Mall Management Team that…
Use UTM tags to understand the quality of your website traffic sources
Ever heard of Urchin Tracking Module, or UTM, tags? It’s probably quite likely that you’ve come across them, but most people don’t really know what they’re for. They’re the funny little parameters that you sometimes see tacked on the end of website addresses. What do these tags do? Basically, these tags allow you isolate and analyse your…
How to brief a digital agency – and why doing it properly is critical
I’ve worked at a couple of places where there has been ‘bad blood’ between the client organisation and their outsourced digital agency. These client-vendor disputes are costly, time-consuming, energy-sapping and just plain bad for business for both organisations involved. Having worked extensively on the client-side, I know that client organisations are inclined to lay the blame firmly at the…
Why your website is still your most important digital asset
Whilst we live in the era of social media and mobile apps, it’s important to understand that your website remains your most important digital asset. Here’s why… You ‘own’ your website and it’s enduring. You have complete control over your website. You own the domain. You control where it is hosted. You have the ability…