Common Site Features

For all of these websites, the backend Joomla! CMS enables staff members of the relevant organisations to have full control over all aspects of the website, including text, images and menu items – and the CMS control panel is easy to use after training is provided even for those with limited IT knowledge.

Maintenance and updates can be carried out from any remote location by secure login, and workflow system allows designated people to contribute material and others to edit and publish it.

The robust MySQL relational database provides very quick searches and a powerful search engine for site users.

The use of the Joomla! CMS also enables the sites to make use of customisable and easy-to-maintain interactive features such as members-only sections, discussion forums, document libraries, photo galleries, multimedia presentations, and so forth.

Web Development Portfolio

Here is a small selection of the large number of content-managed websites that Avec Solutions has developed.

Bryson Recycling


www.brysonrecycling.co.uk

The website of Bryson Recycling, part of the Bryson Charitable Group, and one of eight matching websites developed for the group as part of a corporate rebranding.

The website includes a customised web application for looking up recycling collection days by postcode or street name.

UCIT


www.ucitltd.com

The website of UCIT, provider of affordable loans to community enterprises.

The overall site harnesses the flexibility of the Joomla! CMS to offer a separate section for Northern Ireland and the Republic Ireland, without needing to duplicate content in the backend.

CO3


www.co3.bz

The website of CO3, an association of third sector chief officers.

The site has an extensive members' only section, including a membership directory, a discussion forum and an integrated database of books available for loan.

Antrim and District Communities


www.antrimdistrictcommunities.com

The portal website for the community and voluntary sector within Antrim Borough Council.

In addition to news and an events calendar, this portal hosts mini sites for dozens of local groups, who have all been trained to maintain their content using the CMS functionality.

GEMS


www.gemsni.org.uk

The website of GEMS Northern Ireland, a not-for-profit organisation delivering employability services.

The site incorporates an innovative navigation system based on GEMS' colourful logo.

McBurney and Co


www.mcburneyandco.com

The website of McBurney and Co Solicitors, featuring a rotating image header with scenes from the locations of the company's offices, as well as an extensive image gallery of company activities and artifacts.

Community Places


www.communityplaces.info

The website of Community Places, featuring a horizontally scrolling image bar on the home page.

Hanna's House


www.hannashouse.ie

The website of Hanna's House, an activist feminist community based in Dublin.

The site includes several image galleries highlighting the activist work of Hanna's House, as well as its historical roots in the early Irish feminist movement.

Social Economy Network


www.socialeconomynetwork.org

The website of the Social Economy Network, an umbrella organisation of community businesses, social firms and cooperative organisations.

The site features a trade directory with entries that network members can update themselves.

Lifestart Foundation


www.lifestartfoundation.org

The website of the Lifestart Foundation, a charitable body offering a parent-directed child-centred learning programme.

The site uses a split-menu system to make it easy to navigate information about Lifestart's work in the UK, Ireland, Zambia and Macedonia.