[Websg Meetup] IDA website revamped

[Vanessa Tan]

I wrote in to the Feedback Unit 2 years ago about how most Govt websites
can't be accessed without a 'www'. I got an automated reply. Wrote in to the
new REACH and they said they'd note my comments. No changes yet...

For my own agency I specially requested all our web addresses to work, with
or without the 'www'. Have to make this 'www' issue very clear when
registering new domain names as it doesn't always occur to our IT people.

On 26/02/07, jim <cynics at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> 4) If you type the URL without the 'www', you can't access the site.
>
> This is a common problem with most .gov site here...can't they set
> redirects ... or something ?
>
> On 2/26/07, Vanessa Tan <vantan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Just got wind of IDA's revamp: http://www.ida.gov.sg/
> >
> > My initial feedback:
> >
> > 1) They're still using tables and font tags.
> >
> > 2) Visually, it's more text-heavy than the previous site.
> >
> > 3) Navigation wise, it feels more well-organised than the previous site.
> > The previous site redirected to something like www.ida.gov.sg/marketing... I know that their Mktg Dept handled the website but the rest of the
> > world didn't need to be redirected to the Marketing folder.
> >
> > 4) If you type the URL without the 'www', you can't access the site.
> >
> > 5) They seemed to have complied with the Govt Web Interface Standards in
> > terms of layout, which is good since they're the ones who wrote it :)
> >
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