Relaunching with CONTENS: The City of Biel in a New Outfit

Montag, 10. Januar 2005

Right in time for the new year, the City of Biel published its completely updated Web offering for its citizens. The website ensures easy navigation on a site, in three languages, that might otherwise prove hard for its user to orient themselves. A conscious effort was made to present the pages' content with generous illustrations and representations, in order to prevent an abundance of information from irritating users. The tried and true colour coding on the pages tips users off as to which section he or she is currently in, making it easier for inexperienced online users to find their way around. Care was additionally taken to make sure that all important menu options were never more than two mouse clicks away.

Especially helpful for the citizens of Biel is the Online Services section; tips on public authority issues as well as downloadable forms and documents can be found here. A keyword search index helps visitors quickly and systematically find information on the website.

Sandra Oesch, head of City Marketing in Biel, is pleased with the all-around successful relaunch with CONTENS, "We were able to quickly realise our ideal of an even more user friendly city portal for our citizens." An updated version of CONTENS, in action since 2001, now lets editors produce and maintain content much more efficiently. "We can allow a higher level of independence in the content management by updating content, which once again benefits all our citizens," explains Oesch.

Conception and realisation was achieved within three months by the City Marketing Department in Biel, under the direction of Sandra Oesch, and CONTENS' Premium Partner New Impact AG from Bern.

About the City of Biel

Biel/Bienne, the largest bilingual city in Switzerland, is growing again; both the population and the number of jobs in the city continue to grow. The metamorphosis from an industrial city into a centre of some of the most trendsetting service providers is now complete. The city's image was modernized in crucial places and Biel continues to prove that it is financially healthy to the core.

About New Impact AG

The firm has been awarded many times over for its high level of achievement and has made a name for itself that reaches across its own country's borders in the fields of interactive communication and portal solutions as well as web usability. Today they have 18 employees from the disciplines of marketing and media design as well as engineering. The team helps firms realise and integrate online projects from business-concept and communicational design to instruction and operation, all of which is proven by their reference list. Further information can be found at www.newimpact.com.

About CONTENS Software GmbH

CONTENS Software GmbH provides Content Management Software (CMS) for companies with sophisticated online communication needs. Its line of products meets the demands of businesses from small online editors to international firms.

A strong network of experienced partners conceives innovative and customised CONTENS solutions and implements them according to individual demands. With the help of the CONTENS platform independent CMS products businesses can quickly realise and edit extensive online projects without any prior programming knowledge.

Among the well-known businesses that use CONTENS Content Management products are Brose, Concordia Insurance Group, Credit Suisse, Oettinger Davidoff Group, Discovery Channel Germany, Eurocard, Hapimag, HypoVereinsbank BKK, John Deere, Max-Planck, MVV Energie AG, Peri, ratiopharm, Schwyzer Kantonalbank and T-Mobile.