Virtual Town Hall LLC Over 200 municipal clients Founded 1998 Over 200 municipal clients 13 states – Maine to Florida to California Full service web design, development and application services.
Virtual Town Hall Website We design your website to your specifications
Virtual Town Hall Website We design your website to your specifications Site design is fixed throughout the site for branding and ease of navigation
Virtual Town Hall Website We design your website to your specifications Site design is fixed throughout the site for branding and ease of navigation We build web pages based on content provided by you
Create a custom website using the VTH content management system Create a custom website using the VTH content management system. Standard development includes the following: Department Pages (home page, staff listing, FAQs, mission statement, fees, downloadable forms and miscellaneous pages) Town Board (home page, bio for each member, postable agendas & minutes folders, & individual minutes pages posted for up to 2 years Boards & Commissions (home page for each board with description of duties & responsibilities, members & terms of office, and email postable agendas & minutes folders for each). Minutes for up to 5 boards for up to 2 years
Create a custom website using the VTH content management system Create a custom website using the VTH content management system. Standard development includes the following: One Online Citizen Comment form with archiving One Service Request form with archiving One Online Board Volunteer Application form with archiving Town Newsletters in PDF format Town Ordinances Zoning Ordinances Recreation Rules & Programs Two photo slide shows or "Powerpoint-like" web presentations with up to 20 total pages Emergency Management Plan with postable emergency banner on home page
Create a custom website using the VTH content management system Create a custom website using the VTH content management system. Standard development includes the following: Additional development is available and would be charged at a rate of $125 per hour. The project expense can be estimated upon review of the scope of the project and the specific files and formats involved Content should be provided in electronic format (Word, Excel, JPG, PDF) via email to content@virtualtownhall.net Content should be provided within the next 2 – 3 weeks.
Virtual Town Hall Website We design your website to your specifications Site design is fixed throughout the site for branding and ease of navigation We build web pages based on content provided by you We train you on how to manage your own content
Content Types “Static Content” – web pages that will occasionally be edited, such as staff members, fees or procedures descriptions “Dynamic Content” – web pages that are constantly being created, but seldom, if ever, edited; council agendas, planning board minutes
Managing Static Content
Managing Dynamic Content Create a new email message Type a newsworthy headline into the subject Address it to the proper web page email address Copy text from your Word document Paste it into the body of the email Send it to your website! DONE
Content Send to: content@virtualtownhall.net with attached files Content formats: Word documents Excel spreadsheets Acrobat PDF files JPG or GIF image files
You must provide the content! Content Development We will build your content/web pages. You must provide the content!
Your web pages become your checklist! Content Development Your web pages become your checklist!
Content Contact information Candid photo of department staff Mission statement/service description Frequently Asked Questions Fees Policies & Procedures Downloadable forms
if we are to meet our goal of Final Deadline for content November 21 for content if we are to meet our goal of January 1 live date! January 1 Final Deadline for content
If the area is blank content is still missing If the link is not active the content is still missing
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