Newlon Housing Trust
Design & build of an attractive website for the Housing Association of the Year 2007
Date: November 2005
Challenge
- A website to meet the housing needs of the diverse community in Hackney.
- Provide key information online; including policies, procedures, & regulations.
- Enable interactive online communication with tenants, prospective tenants, local authority workers & purchasers, key stakeholders, future employees, builders, contractors, & other interested parties.
- Requirement for multilingual functionality.
“An attractive website portraying an exceptionally well-run housing association. Newlon are the Housing Association of the Year 2007.”
Solution
- Development of creative concepts & wireframing.
- Development of engaging website interface, with easy navigation.
- Creation of content management system (CMS) website with templates ensuring a consistent ‘look & feel’.
- Website built using Refresh™ CMS, enabling complete client control.
Results
- A very attractive website which portrays an exceptionally well-run housing association. Newlon are the Housing Association of the Year 2007.
- Extremely positive feedback, as a result Refresh™ selected to create Newlon’s intranet.
- Refresh™ enables non-technical staff to make website updates; providing a flexible, cost-effective & lasting solution.
- Due to Refresh™, site structure enables content indexing, creating a high profile in search engine results.
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