October 14, 2008

Atomic Agrees: Winning is the Pitt's!

We here at Atomic are never ones shy to pass on good news.  While we might agree with the idea that you shouldn't blame the messenger for bad news, we also think that you should give the bearer of good news a pat on the back and a donut every once in a while.  As so we are extremely happy to announce that one of our websites recently took home a top website honour!

The City of Pitt Meadows received the Best Practices award for its website development at the Union of BC Municipalities Community Excellence Awards. The awards were presented at the UBCM annual convention in Penticton in September, 2008.

The site was selected ahead of some stiff municipal competition for its ability to innovate, establish new partnerships, challenge conventional ways of doing business, and pioneer new customer-focused practices.  We think the City did a great job to earn this honour and we're very happy to be a part of the win.

Donuts for everyone!

October 14, 2008

Today the LGMA, Tomorrow the World (Wide Web)!

Atomic is very happy to announce that with our latest website win we have added to our ever-expanding list of municipal websites.  Our latest website project is for the Local Government Management Association of BC - the LGMA.

The Local Government Management Association of BC is a professional organization representing municipal and regional district managers, administrators, clerks, treasurers and other local government officials in the Province of British Columbia. The Association is dedicated to promoting professional management and leadership excellence in local government and to create awareness of the local government officers' role in the community.

For this project, we are providing the Association with a sparkling new design for their website.  As well, after the LGMA's comprehensive study of content management systems, our all-powerful system - ElementCMS - was selected to replace the LGMA's current CMS.  ElementCMS was selected for its flexibility, dynamism and robustness.  The CMS will feature a seamless integration with the new design, allowing the LGMA to easily and quickly update their new website themselves.

New release early 2009.

October 14, 2008

Atomic's Latest Web Success Is No Accident!

We here at Atomic do a lot of things randomly.  We arrive in the office in random order in the morning, we flip a coin over where to eat lunch, and we randomly select Kelvin to get us coffees every Friday.  Heck, if you've ever met us, you'd know we pick our wardrobe randomly!  But with our latest website release, we've figured out a much better thing to do at random:  Help people out.  Our newest website is for the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation.

The Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Foundation is a private charitable foundation that provides assistance to people who are sincere about substance abuse recovery, but who have encountered financial barriers that could jeopardize their continued progress.  With their terrific organization and admirable mission, the RAK Foundation is making a difference in peoples' lives, today.

With so many great charities out there from which to choose, getting yourself noticed is of key importance.  With that in mind, RAK realized they needed a new, stand-out design for their website.  On top of a great new design, their new website will feature improved site architecture, online application functionality and a customized login section for counsellors.

We also have integrated Paypal into the site, allowing for donations - and thereby promoting random kindness from more people than ever before!

http://www.rakfoundation.org  

September 29, 2008

Atomic steps up to the (Nanaimo) bar with new website

As summer draws to a close, we here at Atomic are doing our best to fight off the oncoming autumn season.  We're playing outside, wearing our new pair of jams, and working hard on websites that allow us to hang out in beautiful harbour cities.  And with that, we're pleased as punch to announce the unveiling of what might just be our most comprehensive project yet: the new website for the City of Nanaimo!

With many months of development for application integration and over 450 webpages to create, Nanaimo's site was always going to be a big project.  But those were just a small part of the project as a whole.  From strategy to development to design to accessibility, this site has every angle covered.

The City of Nanaimo - "The most desirable, livable small city in North America" - has made a concerted and highly successful effort to be on the forefront of web technology, as a municipality.  The City wanted to provide quality information and services to Nanaimo citizens online and to make those services available 24/7.  And they wanted to do it with a stylish new website that shows off their forward-looking ethos.

On top of a clean, contemporary and colourful new layout, our work with Nanaimo included a replacement of their previous content management system with ElementCMS, and comprehensive training.  It also included the integration of 21 custom applications - including up-to-the-minute weather, property taxes, photo submissions, and more - and of course Sharepoint, to ensure that all the City's documents and information are current, thereby improving the site for their constituents.

The site was also honed for accessibility, allowing for font-resizing and enhanced accessibility for those using mobile devices.

There's a lot more, too.  But you'll have to check it out for yourself; we're hitting the patio!

http://www.nanaimo.ca

September 25, 2008

Atomic is a bunch of NRRDs!

It's true. We here at Atomic are computer people. And with that, we have long endured the jabs of "geek", "dweeb" and "dorkstick". But now, after our latest website win, we can fight it off no longer: we are indeed, in league with NRRDs. But this is a good thing! That's because we are more than happy to announce another great municipal client joining the fold: We have recently been selected to re-design the website for the Northern Rockies Regional District (NRRD) and the Town of Fort Nelson!

After some stiff competition and a serious bidding process, we won the right to re-develop the site for the Town of Fort Nelson and the NRRD. The new and improved version will feature a foxy new design, a content management system (with subsequent integration and training), and content migration, too. Information from the District and Town's current site will be moved over to their new site, and new information will be added, so we will use our scintillating, erudite and pretty darn good writing skills to help produce new content where necessary.

We're putting on our fanciest pocket protectors and getting down to business! New website coming live early next year.