The push is on for Tourism Pemberton to develop the methods to spread the word about the Spud Valley amid the Olympic hoopla, bolstered by growing interest among local tourism partners.
Custom Fit Online Solutions is presently designing and developing the website. The site is built on a content management system (CMS) that allows Tourism Pemberton members the ability to update content without advanced technical knowledge.
Website Built with Friendly Content Management
"We're using a content management system called Umbraco. We have developed this CMS as an enterprize-level solution meaning this platform has the flexibility and functionality to run a very large and complex website while still being very easy to maintain" notes Roy McClean, Custom Fit Communications Group CEO. "Our CMS provides the ability to maintain content, add news posts, events calendar, photo and video galleries, integrated social media and networking tools, and much more. Our goal is to provide a product on par with larger tourism associations for our local community."
Custom Fit has been developing websites with Umbraco for over two years now. "We work directly with the Umbraco core development team who are based in the US and Europe. The Umbraco team have been very good about taking our feedback and integrating some core features in the CMS based upon our recommendations. And since Umbraco is such a flexible platform we are able to customize numerous features ourselves easily and efficiently" adds McClean.
Other Custom Fit community and tourism-based websites built with Umbraco include Whistler Public Library, Pemberton and District Museum, Snow Valley Resorts and Pemberton Economic Development Commission.
Custom Fit intends to provide a soft launch of the new Tourism Pemberton website in mid-September. The site will go online with basic features and over the following weeks new content, such as photos, video and community features will continue to be added.
A Website Meant to be a 'Living' Entity
"This website is meant to be a 'living' entity.... a continued source of new information about Pemberton and District geared at tourism. New content will routinely be added that provides visitors and residents with all the information they need to know about this amazing part of the world."
An important part of the website will also include web analytics. Traffic data gleamed from the website and other sources will be used to guide the successful development of new website content and features.
For more information visit a recent Question newspaper article outlining Tourism Pemberton news.
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