Website Practice - Victoria
Articles and resources about current government website practice within the state of Victoria, Australia.
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Accessibility - Victoria
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Articles and resources about best practice in the implementation of web accessibility on government web sites in the state of Victoria, Australia.
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Content Management Systems - Victoria
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Articles and resources about content management systems use by government in the state of Victoria, Australia.
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Domain Name Registration - Victoria
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Domain name registration policy and information for registering names in the vic.gov.au domain.
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Information Architecture - Victoria
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Articles and resources about best practice in the implementation of information architecture on government web sites in the state of Victoria, Australia.
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Metadata - Victoria
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Articles and resources about the implementation of metadata by government agencies in the state of Victoria, Australia.
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Mobile Web - Victoria
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Articles and resources about how people are using the Web from mobile devices, such as mobile (cell) phones, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and other small devices connected to a computer network in the state of Victoria, Australia.
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Multilingual Websites - Victoria
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Articles and resources about best practice in the development and publishing of multilingual websites in the State of Victoria, Australia.
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Search Engines - Victoria
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Articles and resources about the implementation of search engines and search technology on government websites in Victoria.
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Web 2.0 - Victoria
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Articles and resources about the implementation of Web 2.0 technologies by government in the State of Victoria, Australia.
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Web Analytics - Victoria
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Articles and resources about best practice in web analytics in the state of Victoria, Australia.
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Web Review Group - Overview
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In keeping with changes to whole of Victorian government (WoVG) Advertising Approval Processes, the Web Review Group (WRG) is no longer required to approve websites.
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Developers' Resource Kit from the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
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The Web Development Guidelines cover all aspects of standard web page development as well as the technology areas of Flash, XML/XSLT, mobile phone/PDA, RSS, Java, JavaScript, Blogs, Podcasts and Wikis, which themselves present specific accessibility, usability and logic requirements.
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Government Website Minimum Requirements and Best Practice - Department of Business and Innovation
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Describes the standards required for the basic operation of its websites and other online services in a standards-compliant manner. They are aimed at business users, content owners and web managers. The emphasis is on processes and standards rather than implementation advice or technical guidance.
Each topic clearly describes DBI's minimum requirements – what must be done to achieve compliance – as well as best practice – what can optionally be done to improve the quality of an implementation. Links to additional information are also provided.
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Most Popular Websites in Victorian Government ranked by Visits and Market Share
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Source: Experian Hitwise Australia
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Victorian Government Web Site Management
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Victorian Government web managers will find these resources useful in managing their websites.
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Web Developer Guidelines
- Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, 2008. "Web Development presents all guidelines for developing and maintaining web pages and websites to the required standards of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD). A separate Web Developer Quality Assurance checklist (XLS - 327KB) document is available for download that should be used to check compliance with these requirements and which is needed for manual reporting back to the department's Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration Unit (KSCU) to show compliance to the standards. Web Development comprises an exhaustive list of guidelines broken down by web component focus, each of which individually link to further information on what the guideline is and how to implement it..."
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Building a better Vic whole-of-government intranet
- by Craig Thomler. eGov AU - eGovernment thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Thursday, October 2, 2008. "Yesterday (Wednesday) I was privileged to attend a think tank in Melbourne discussing the future of the Victorian Government's whole-of-government intranet, CentralStation. Being the only state government in Australia I am aware of with such a tool, I was surprised to learn that it had been originally created in 1996. To my knowledge that makes it one of the earliest whole-of-government initiatives in the world supporting public servants across state departments, authorities, local government and other public bodies to collaborate and share information more effectively for the benefit of citizens..."
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Victorian Government Branding Guidelines
- Department of Premier and Cabinet, January 2013
Purpose: To provide guidance to Victorian Government agencies regarding branding of internal and external communications.
Objectives: 1. To increase community recognition, awareness and confidence in the Victorian Government through brand communication.
2. To increase the effectiveness and consistency of Victorian Government branding.
Principles: 1. All Victorian Government communications will carry the appropriate Victorian Government branding device as specified in these guidelines, unless an exemption has been granted by the relevant Senior Communication Officer (SCO) and Secretary CEO.
2. An approved Statutory Agency (Authority and special body) logo/brand may accompany the Victorian Government insignia as a secondary brand..."
[Currently only available on the Victorian Government Intranet]
This category last updated: 12 October 2011