The redesign of the City website includes the aesthetic and organizational structure with the goal of showcasing the City’s brand while improving the user experience. Successful solutions will include:
• Standard compliant design for dynamic and static web pages
• Compatibility for multiple web browsers targeting users in IE 7 & 8 as well as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari
• Compatibility with multiple computer operating systems such as Windows XP & Vista & 7, Linux, and Apple operating systems
• Site design must adhere to ADA standards of usability
• Industry best practices for search engine optimization including, but not limited to:
o Meta-data for each page (i.e. title, description, keywords, etc.)
o XML sitemap for submission to search engines
o Alt tags for images
• All submissions must include content management system with the ability to provide minimally trained members of the City of Brookings staff the capability to:
o Maintain and modify existing content
o Add and remove pages from website
o Add and remove documents from the site including pdf, xls, doc and other files
o Set an archive date for each document to archive automatically