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New City of Nanaimo website gives ease to accessing city information
NEWS RELEASE - Distributed August 8, 2017 9:30 AM
Summary
The City of Nanaimo is officially unveiling its new website with a presentation to Nanaimo's City Council on Monday, August 14, 2017.
The new website is designed to be a helpful improvement over the current website, which is now showing its age. The current website was released in 2008, prior to the smartphone revolution.
Key features include: both desktop and mobile friendly interface, scale-ability for various screen sizes, vertical or horizontal orientation and a user-friendly experience with easy-to-read text and a clutter-free design.
Link to Strategic Plan: The new website supports the City's commitment to communicating its governance and supports a healthy corporate culture.
Key Points
- The new website replaces an aging, older website with a modern, mobile friendly design. The most commonly accessed information will be a simple one-click find from the homepage.
- Although designed to be a fast website, users should expect a slow-down in access time over the weekend and during the first week, as user-traffic may be high upon launch.
- Once the new website is brought online at www.nanaimo.ca, a Google Index request will be sent. It may take upwards of a week for Google to complete its indexing process, and make www.nanaimo.ca fully searchable.
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- Public beta testing of the new website began on June 7, 2017. Public feedback has helped to improve the website and to get it ready for launch.
- The website will be live and online at www.nanaimo.ca on Saturday, August 12, 2017, and will be officially announced on Monday, August 14 at Nanaimo's city council meeting.
- Between 5pm-12am on August 11 http://www.nanaimo.ca may be down for maintenance.
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