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Century Trying Again To Find Website Designer, Host
February 8, 2018
The Town of Century is trying again to find a website design and hosting company after a previous attempt came up short.
In early January, the town published a request for legal notice proposal for website redesign, hosting and support in the Tri-City Ledger and the Pensacola News Journal. The proposals were due by 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. By 10:35 a.m., no proposals had been received. Two proposal were received after the deadline and were not opened.
The town council vote to advertise again, this time skipping the Pensacola News Journal due to cost, instead opting to run a cheaper ad Tri-City Ledger and a free ad on NorthEscambia.com. (NorthEscambia.com regularly publishes public notices for the Town of Century at no cost.)
The town has allocated a budget of up to $7,500 for the new website.
Full disclosure: NorthEscambia.com was hired by vote of the full Century Town Council to review the technical aspects of the website RFP. We disclosed at that time that we would not submit a bid on the proposal. Our total bill for services rendered is estimated to be $275.
Pictured: The Town of Century’s current website, which has had no apparent updates since February 2015. NorthEscambia.com image.
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5 Responses to “Century Trying Again To Find Website Designer, Host”
Jill: Submitted too soon. AMERICA.GOV is on Wordpress and WhiteHouse.GOV is on Drupal, for example.
Jill: Some of the most utilized Govt websites use Drupal and Wordpress. AMERICA.GOV
Can’t use WordPress because it is free software written by volunteers and hackers target government websites using WordPress or Drupal. Government websites need extra security. Also the US federal government has mandated by law that all government websites have to be ADA compliant for the vision impaired. WordPress templates don’t have that programming in it.
What’s wrong with WordPress
use the money for.something smarter. create a page on social media for.free. 7500 for a web site is a waste.of. money. use funds for led street lights or.anything.to make century cleaner safer brighter. 7500.worth of.paint could.go.along way to.