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Brand new site for 85 year old organisation
2nd December 2005
Bassac launch a new site with a membership managed directory, full content management and a satellite image!
Bassac are a membership organisation that represents and supports a national network of organisations who provide services, community development support and host smaller community initiatives. They have been operating since 1920 and arose from the Settlements movement that began in 1884.
Working with Bassac, Fat Beehive developed an entirely new design and layout for the Bassac website which presents the innovative and forward thinking nature of the organisation. The existing logo, an outline of the UK, was used strongly and extended upon with further elements to create a dynamic and exciting website design. The top banner background image suggests an organic, interconnected network, a metaphor for the way Bassac work. It is, in fact, a satellite image taken at night showing the lights from towns and cities.
The website is fully content managed, allowing full control of all content including text, images and documents (such as PDF and Word documents for download). The site also features some specific content management:
- a date ordered News System which handles news items from the front page of the site
- a date ordered Press Release area, similar to the news system
- a modular Job Vacancies System that allows job vacancies to be added and removed individually and as needed
- a date ordered Events System for Bassac to promote partner events on the site
The Bassac website has previously been a central location from which to find details of Bassac's member organisations. The new site includes a full directory of members. These members have a facility to input and update their details on the site, allowing the information to be kept up to date and reducing the requirement of resources from Bassac. Any information added or amended in the directory is notified to Bassac staff who approve the changes before the information becomes available to the public on the website.
The Bassac site has been built to be accessible. It features a text only version of the site and a text resizer device which allows users to enlarge or reduce the size of the text on the site.
www.bassac.org.uk
