Creating a site, be it a microsite, regional or rethinking gwp.org should be approached methodically. This section provides some best practices and some very basic tools to help you through this proccess.
After you have identified your audience, and the content you know you must include it's time to design your site map.
(1) Assemble a library of all your key documents
(2) A report containing a list of all important documents and pages people link to on your current site
(3) Create a keyword report so you know what search terms people are using to find you
Researching your audience is critical when it comes to designing your website. You need to know who you are aiming to attract and what they are ultimately going to get from your website.
A Page Template, is a pre defined page layout with set functionality in EpiServer. When you create a new page you wil usually (if there is a choice of more than one) be given a list of page templates to choose from. Here is a list of each page type and a general description of how and when to use each one.
Redirects is the name given when a user lands on one page but you want them to be taken to another automatically.
Inbound RSS feeds allow you to share articles posted on other websites. tehse could be news organisations, other GWP websites or streams from your social media platforms such as Flikr, Twitter, your Blog or Facebook.
At the request of the countries, a mission from GWP West Africa visited Gambia and Sierra Leone 19-28 September 2011, to follow up on the will expressed in 2009, during the development process of the IWRM roadmap, to set up GWP Country Water Partnerships. Exchanges on the importance of transboundary waters and their management mechanisms such as the UN Convention on International Water Courses were also discussed.
GWP knowledge and expertise was shared with an IUCN-Asia delegation that visited the Nile Basin Initiative Secretariat in Entebbe, Uganda, on 12 September 2011. GWP Eastern Africa presented its work on IWRM processes.
GWP knowledge and expertise was shared with an IUCN-Asia delegation that visited the Nile Basin Initiative Secretariat in Entebbe, Uganda, on 12 September 2011. GWP Eastern Africa presented its work on IWRM processes.