Web CMS for Local Authorities

One way communication from councils to citizens is a thing of the past. In order to offer a contemporary service Local Government organisations must have two-way lines of communication. Easysite is empowering local authorities across the country with modules such as ePetitions, which lets stakeholders to have their say, and interactive Blogs that encourage discussion and interaction through all levels of the community.

Current guidelines suggest that local council websites “should be focused on top tasks”. Whether visitors arrive via a search engine or directly access your homepage, Easysite makes creating, managing and integrating your top tasks simple. With a built in taxonomy engine Easysite provides everything you need to implement IPSV, LGNL & LGSL, while ensuring your site meet accessibility and privacy legislation.

Easysite Mapping adds powerful proximity searching for ‘find my nearest’ proximity search functionality. Offices, facilities, leisure centres, libraries, buildings, or any other directory on your Easysite powered website. You can populate your directory location with ‘further information’ such as opening times, lists of services, staff info.

For services, new partnerships and council departments that deserve their own online space, Easysite enables you to create unlimited microsites, all managed from a single installation of your Easysite Web CMS. Don’t settle for free software with limited functionality when building additional websites, create interactive, powerful and user friendly microsites for no additional costs.

For those who have their own in-house technical resource the Easysite API provides a simple and powerful way to extend the functionality of your website with reusable .Net assemblies. The API is very easy to develop and built around the same API that we publish to all external developers. You can be confident that you’re be subscribing to a rich, flexible but simple framework that will let you get the job done.