The Observer, January 2006

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Council’s online presence given a makeover

By SUSAN SOMMER
Project Manager

If you haven’t checked out the council’s website in a while, now is the time to revisit www.pwsrcac.org. A major overhaul has vastly improved the site, making it easier to find important information.

The general look remains the same, but we’ve improved many features. You’ll find updates, new photos, smoother navigation, and new sections and pages. Favorite features, such as the alphabetical list of projects, are now accessible from even more pages.

And there are many other changes. An enhanced menu across the top of each page lists main topics, and also appears in the left column. The Search feature has been improved and is prominent on each page. Updated project information can be found under the main heading “Projects.” Our Outreach section also has new pages. The About section is now more streamlined for first-time visitors. Observer newsletters dating back to 1991 are now online as PDF files. PDF files are labeled as such and include file size. New photos fill both the main photo gallery and the Outreach photo gallery. Each is enlargeable for easier viewing. A comprehensive Site Map is now accessible from the bottom of each page. And our Help page has been updated to facilitate assistance with downloads, requests for hard copies of reports, or other questions.

Two brand new sections add depth to our Web site: FAQs, or Frequently Asked Questions, and Resources, a compendium of tools for visitors that includes maps, photos, links to other sites of interest, a glossary, a list of acronyms used on the site, fact sheets, and more.

Some page names have changed; so if you’ve bookmarked our most popular pages, you’ll be redirected to the new page. You can also visit the Home page or Site Map to find your favorite pages.