One of the most important aspects of your Park District's web site is updating and maintaining it! We offer a wide variety of services in this area to ensure your web site is always fresh and up-to-date so your customers will return again and again.

Content and Web Maintenance Agreement
Sometimes the simplest way to keep your web site up to date is to arrange a maintenance agreement where you submit your changes on a regular basis and we make all the updates for you. We offer our maintenance services in blocks of time or on demand as you need them.

Content Management Systems (CMS)
In order to gain more control over your web site, without becoming an HTML expert, you may wish to consider a Content Management System (CMS). A CMS will allow you to make changes to the web site using a simple web interface while preserving the overall web design, file structure, etc.

While there are a wide range of CMS options available, one of the simplest and most economical is a relatively new product from Macromedia called Contribute. Currently in its third version, Contribute is easy to set up and learn to use. It can provide powerful web editing features that satisfy the needs of most Park Districts at an affordable price. We can help you procure, install and learn to use Contribute with our on-site training sessions.

In addition we offer our own CMS solutions and can also help you with 3rd-party solutions from companies like Ektron and Microsoft. Upon review of your unique situation we can recommend an appropriate CMS as well as assist you with deployment and training.

In-House Web Maintenance
If you need more control than CMS provides and you have adequate staff to dedicate to your web maintenance and updating you can equip them with state-of-the-art commercial web design tools and training. The main tools needed are an HTML editor, image editing software and an FTP application.

This option can be highly effective if you are willing to make the investment in the required tools and the training necessary to learn to use them. Web design and production, while relatively easy get started in, can be quite difficult to master. The web designer must be aware of the way people use the web, what browsers they use, their type of computers and a myriad of other factors and consider all of these when designing and implementing the web site. And, the professional designer has the benefit of doing this day-in and day-out alongside other designers so they are always at the cutting edge of the web, understanding its possibilities and limitations.

We can help you with strategy and planning and we can help with procurement of tools and training on their best use in maintaining your web site. After an initial meeting to discuss your goals, we can help you lay out your plan of attack!