Finding the right balance between form and function is one of the things that determines the success of a website. With the flexibility and power of an open-source content management system (CMS) like Joomla, the ability to add extra features to a website quickly and easily at minimal or no extra cost is a relatively recent phenomenon. Over the past years, the addition of website features has become considerably easier and quicker to implement, resulting in lowered costs and increased user satisfaction.
Websites developed for municipalities in Nova Scotia through the Municipal Website Venture will include the following:
- Interactive Event Calendar
- Document Management System
- Manual and Automatic Site Backups
- Search (using the province's Google Search Appliance service)
- Site Map (automatically updates as content changes)
- Interactive Map (Google)
Other kinds of functionality include
- Searchable Business Directory
- Interactive Photo Gallery
- Polls
- Forms
- Currency Conversion
- Article Commenting
- Administrative Access Control
- Internal Access to Server Directories and Files
Beyond this set of functionalities, a CMS like Joomla offers countless other add-ons that are likely, more often than not, to meet your specific requirements.
Cookie Consent Notice
The Municipal Website Venture is taking steps to enable Partners to inform website visitors of downloaded cookies as well as request consent to have them served. This promotes transparency and acknowledges the importance of allowing visitors to exercise control over their data.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are tiny text files that are downloaded onto your website visitor’s device (i.e. laptop or smartphone) when they visit your website. They are used to personalize your browsing experience by tracking and storing your activities.
What kind of data is in a Cookie?
Data stored in a cookie may include login details, session information that acts as bookmarks, shopping cart details on an Ecommerce site, analytic data, user preferences, for example, choosing a certain layout.
What is the GDPR?
In May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. It is a regulation in European Union (EU) law designed to protect the rights of EU citizens by allowing website users to maintain control of their data.
According to this legislation, if a website serves cookies to a device that accesses it and the user is based in the EU, or if a citizen based in the EU may interact with your site, you’re required to obtain user consent. The regulations surrounding cookies make it very clear that a user must take an action which indicates the acceptance of, and consent to, the use of cookies.
