We have considered the development of the Budapest XII. District homepage as a challenge regarding page design, contents and multilevel, interactive functionality as well.
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| Homepage of the Local Government of the XII. District of Budapest – Main Page |
Main features of the Portal:
- Bulletin board for fresh news articles that are rotating according to a preset, but configurable timing. News articles have a big lead image (which is shown on the bulletin board), title, introduction, and an automated page turning.
- Video gallery with inbuilt Webra video player application: the content management system converts uploaded videos automatically, according to timing. (www.hegyvidek.eu/videotar)
- Event calendar
- Integrated Google Map showing location of schools, pharmacies, nurseries, health centers etc.
(www.hegyvidek.eu/terkep/oktatasi-intezmenyek, www.hegyvidek.eu/terkep/egeszsegugyi-intezmenyek) - Interactive Office Map (www.hegyvidek.eu/terkep-5011713)
- www.hegyvidekujsag.eu domain: content- and multidomain administration with the very same Webra Administration system
- Immovable Property Tax calculator (www.hegyvidek.eu/ingatlanado-kalkulator)
- Forum with registration and posts
- Integrated weather forecast
- Photo galleries
- RSS
- Search
- SiteMap
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| Nurseries and Elementary Schools appearing in an integrated Google map |
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| Interactive map of the Local Government’s Office building |
Intranet
The aim of the intranet is to share current news and regulations besides facilitating internal communication of the local government. The solution makes office processes more transparent, traceable and available for every contributor by integrating web based applications that are familiar to everyone.
Main properties of the Intranet solution:
- Webra 3.0 Content Management System, Windows Server, MS-SQL environment
- Phonebook directory (Active Directory) integration
- Helpdesk system
- Conference timetable management
- Batch processing (zip extension files) in image gallery upload facility
- Playing of embedded videos
- RSS
- Forum with registrations and posts
On behalf of the Active Directory integration, employees do not need to mark another username/password combination. The system logs them in automatically by asking their Windows account data besides checking users’ access and authorization for the intranet.
Modifyings of the Phonebook done by the Human Resource Managers on the administration interface will be synchronized automatically with the Active Directory. As a result, current data (extension, room number, fax, e-mil address, etc.) of all co-workers can be viewed in the global contact list of the Outlook application. New accounts can be generated without the help of system administrators by using predefined rules and user groups. All further intranet applications are based on the PhoneBook, thus the continuous synchronization and maintenance of the personal database can be skipped.
The Helpdesk system enables easy reporting of malfunctions, errors, claims, tasks and development suggestions regarding hardware and software infrastructure (servers, workstations, network devices, operation systems, applications etc.). Progression and required working time for reported and initialized processes can be monitored easily, thus the quality assurance actions are simple to be taken as well.
The Helpdesk is also suitable for serving coordinative tasks of general (not necessarily web-based) software development or even non-informatic system-based project coordination as well.
The Conference timetable manager enables contributors to registrate new conference dates including the entire conference agenda and its items. Conference initiator persons can be selected from the PhoneBook. Initiators or their commissioners are able to upload entire proposals that can be read by all employees having proper access and authorizations. Themes of former Conferences can be retrieved and read anytime.