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• Multiple search mechanisms. to support a wide range of public access preferences <br />• A template which supports quick and easy updates for departmental data <br />• Streamlined design for quick loading, even for those using dial-up Internet access <br />• Background image support for rotating and/or seasonal images <br />• A foundation on which ongoing website evolution can efficiently be advanced <br />The templates developed by Kelly Marcom, under the County's direction, control the look and <br />feel of the County's web pages. The Information Technologies group developed conversion <br />filters to convert all the County's web pages which use the current template into the look and <br />feel of the new templates, resulting in a website with an increasingly modern, professional, and <br />cohesive appearance and ultimately, heightened appeal and utility to the public. <br />In conjunction with this new website project, the County's Information Technologies Department <br />has implemented an alternative website address (http://www.orangecountync.gov) so that the <br />public can use an easy to remember address to access the County's website. The old address, <br />(http://www.co.orange.nc.us) will still be fully supported. Any webpage in the County website <br />can be accessed with either address. <br />As of today, September 15, 2009, the files for the new County website have been copied over <br />and the new website is now live. Any bookmarks or web addresses saved by the public will still <br />direct them to the information in question. County webmasters and Information Technologies <br />will use the new County website as a foundation for continuing evolution of digital public <br />outreach, as the County adds new interactive services, fine tune web content and implement <br />new ways of serving the public. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: With the significant cross-departmental collaborative effort, the total <br />budgetary cost of the County website redesign effort has been $12,000. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Interim Manager recommends the Board accept this <br />presentation and provide feedback to staff. <br />