ILRT
What We Do - Web Design and Development
Our approach
- Open-source software
- Standards compliant
- Accessible to all users
- User-centred design
The ILRT creates websites that are easy to use, standards-based and accessible to all.
We provide websites and site management tools for a wide range of customers. For improved functionality, security and cost-effectiveness, we usually build our solutions around open-source software.
The tools we provide are usually built around a common core of code but no customer is the same so we expect to customise to specific requirements. For the majority of customers we host and support their application on our servers.
We regularly update our Internet Development blog.
Examples of our work
Content Management Systems
For the University of Bristol we have created a sophisticated Content Management System (CMS) using Plone and Zope. This allows non-technical staff to build their own sites - both intranet and public facing. The main University of Bristol website is published from this CMS and over 100 departments are now using it.
Office for Fair Access
We designed and developed a website for the Office for Fair Access (OFFA). It is managed by a non-technical user using a customised blog tool (Wordpress). As with many of our projects we employed a 'user-centred design' process - interviewing users, task analysis and user testing with prototypes to ensure that the site meets the needs of the target audience.
Church of England
We created a website and CMS for the Church of England that offers full workflow control and ease of use for non-technical staff. We provide hosting and a long-term working relationship with the Church of England for the further development of their site.
For more information please contact:
Pete Walker, Internet Development Manager
peter.walker@bristol.ac.uk, +44 (0)117 331 4395.