- By Christopher Grant
- Business & Technology
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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County asked GORGES to redesign their web presence and develop a long term content management strategy. GORGES created a website that comprehensively addressed the needs of the entire organization. In order to empower the staff to contribute to and maintain the web site, the website was implemented within an extensible and easy to use content management platform.
Environmental Program Leader Sharon Anderson added this: "We are getting rave reviews for the new GORGES design both from visitors to our site and from our staff. It easy for visitors to find information and, through the related resources and event features, they are introduced to the breadth of information we offer. The content management system lets our staff focus on content without having to have expertise in design. The flexibility built into the design allows staff to be creative while still keeping a cohesive look to the website."
Due to the size of Cooperative Extension, it was critical to develop a system that allowed each division and subject area to manage their own sections of the site independently. GORGES worked with the web team to develop a simple and intuitive content management workflow that empowered the 80+ content contributors, while still giving editorial control and final publishing rights to the core web team. The result was an accessible system that everyone could use with a publishing process that gave the web team the ability to enforce quality control.
Across the site, users have intuitive tools to generate compelling content with a range of media from text to video to graphics to flash. GORGES built a comprehensive resource library with document uploading and video management, inline photo galleries, and interfaces for featuring and promoting any content across the site.
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