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content management projects

Senator

Client: Operating from its manufacturing facilities in Accrington and Darwen and showrooms in London, Senator are the UK's largest office furniture manufacturer with a turnover in excess of £100M and over 1000 employees.

Solution: The new website we have developed for Senator incorporates a full content management system with a large product catalogue housed in one product database but publishes filtered information to several sites - the main Senator site, Torasen and Allermuir branded sites and the US site which sells all products under the Allermuir brand. The CMS means that changes are made only once and then published to all the sites. The site is also fully and truly multi-lingual, again using the one database with variants filtered across the sites. The site incorporates a larger resource of brochureware provided online as Flashbooks and downloads.

The site is hosted and supported by bd2 with continuous development work and technical support.

Wigan Council

Client: 'Way to Work' is a Wigan Borough Partnership initiative designed to make it easier for local people to access work, training, education or volunteering opportunities, and for local businesses to access the support they need to grow. The program incorporates a range of specialised services which have been developed to help people improve their employability chances, address any barriers to work and increase job prospects. These services are delivered by a series of Agencies and Partners across the Borough.

Solution: The 'Way to Work' website has been developed to help people find the appropriate services for them and is, essentially, a large directory fronted by a very user friendly 'Way to Work pathway' which guides users through a simple series of questions to lead them to the relevant information.

The site has been developed around a comprehensive content management system which allows the Council to add and edit all content which is constantly expanding. The site is fully DDA compliant.

Boroughcare

Client: Borough Care is a not-for-profit organisation based in Stockport, with 12 care homes providing facilities for elderly people including those with more serious physical and mental disabilities. All their care homes are registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Solution: A full content management system for inhouse management of all content, including vacancies, individual home information, news and documentation. The CMS is updated by editors in each home as well as head office and incorporates an extranet function with secure login for internal users.

The site features a strongly branded look and feel within a bright and friendly style using people imagery.

The site is hosted and supported by bd2 with continuous development work and technical support.

Allermuir

Client: Allermuir was acquired by Senator, the UK's largest office furniture manufacturer, in 2006 and manufactures furniture predominantly for the leisure sector and targets interior designers, architects and specifiers.

Solution: The new website we have developed for Allermuir incorporates a full content management system with a large product catalogue housed in one product database but publishes filtered information to several sites - Allermuir, the main Senator corporate site, branded sites and the US site which sells all products under the Allermuir brand. The CMS means that changes are made only once and then published to all the sites. The site is also fully and truly multi-lingual, again using the one database with variants filtered across the sites. The site incorporates a large marketing resource library of brochureware provided online as Flashbooks and downloads.

The site is hosted and supported by bd2 with continuous development work and technical support.

Bolton Council

Client: Bolton Council. Following an exhaustive tender process, involving over 160 agencies at the PQQ stage, bd2 was appointed to Bolton Council's Supplier Framework in 2009.

Solution: We were commissioned to develop a bespoke online directory for all the suppliers in the framework for internal users. The site includes the ability to search suppliers by all 'Lots' in one screen, with click-through for full details. Users can also search suppliers database and Council team database by keyword or alphabetically. The site includes access to a materials archive with resources such as images and brand collateral with rollover preview, there is also a news function. Admin privileges and functionality are defined by role with several levels and the site is restricted to users by secure access.

Orbium

Client: Orbium provide a range of specialist services to source and supply furniture for a variety of corporate and leisure environments. Working alongside architects, interior designers and specifiers, Orbium can project manage the entire process and contribute to selection or are equally happy sourcing and supplying a single item.

Solution: Having created a new brand identity for Orbium, we took the brand into a stylish new website which has been developed using bd2's CMS to create a site in which all content - categories, case studies, images, corporate information, news - can be updated in-house. The site uses latest technologies to provide a sophisticated admin area with slicker grids and image handling which allows full editing of all content. Custom "pretty" URLs - using cutting edge features from ASP.NET 4.0 - provide SEO friendly URLs. Embedded Shockwave Flash animation to create a strong branded feel and a stylish user experience.

Strategy Office

Client: Management Consultants Strategy Office work with a wide variety of organisations, including a Police force, chemicals manufacturers and housing associations to help them deliver their objectives using the 'Balanced Scorecard' principle as devised by Dr. Robert Kaplan of Harvard Business School in the early 1990s.

The solution: Strategy Office commissioned bd2 to develop an online 'dashboard' to provide an instant visual of how an organisation is performing against its strategy by gathering performance data. Information is presented within a top-level, single view which shows how an organisation is progressing by displaying traffic lights against each objective. Each area can then be clicked-through to drill down into all levels of information such as specific action plans, targets and actual performance data. Key to the success of the dashboard is the administration system which uses automated emails to report performance against their target. The information is then automatically displayed in the site. Users also have the ability to add comment, update action plans or attach documents.

The site is hosted and supported by bd2 with continuous development work and technical support.

Sixteen3

client: sixteen3, located in Warrington in Cheshire, is a specialist designer and manufacturer of high quality furniture ranges for business, commercial and leisure environments.

Solution: A full content management system for inhouse management of all content, including a product catalogue, product information/specs, images, case studies, news and company information.

The site is hosted and supported by bd2 with continuous development work and technical support.

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