1. Virtual Town Hall LLC Over 200 municipal clients
Founded 1998
Over 200 municipal clients
13 states – Maine to Florida to California
Full service web design, development and
application services.

2. Virtual Town Hall Website
We design your website to your specifications

4. Virtual Town Hall Website
We design your website to your specifications
Site design is fixed throughout the site for branding and ease of navigation

5. Virtual Town Hall Website
We design your website to your specifications
Site design is fixed throughout the site for branding and ease of navigation
We build web pages based on content provided by you

6. Create a custom website using the VTH content management system
Create a custom website using the VTH content management system. Standard development includes the following:
Department Pages (home page, staff listing, FAQs, mission statement, fees, downloadable forms and miscellaneous pages)
Town Board (home page, bio for each member, postable agendas & minutes folders, & individual minutes pages posted for up to 2 years
Boards & Commissions (home page for each board with description of duties & responsibilities, members & terms of office, and postable agendas & minutes folders for each).
Minutes for up to 5 boards for up to 2 years

7. Create a custom website using the VTH content management system
Create a custom website using the VTH content management system. Standard development includes the following:
One Online Citizen Comment form with archiving
One Service Request form with archiving
One Online Board Volunteer Application form with archiving
Town Newsletters in PDF format
Town Ordinances
Zoning Ordinances
Recreation Rules & Programs
Two photo slide shows or "Powerpoint-like" web presentations with up to 20 total pages
Emergency Management Plan with postable emergency banner on home page

8. Create a custom website using the VTH content management system
Create a custom website using the VTH content management system. Standard development includes the following:
Additional development is available and would be charged at a rate of $125 per hour. The project expense can be estimated upon review of the scope of the project and the specific files and formats involved
Content should be provided in electronic format (Word, Excel, JPG, PDF) via to
Content should be provided within the next 2 – 3 weeks.

9. Virtual Town Hall Website
We design your website to your specifications
Site design is fixed throughout the site for branding and ease of navigation
We build web pages based on content provided by you
We train you on how to manage your own content

10. Content Types
“Static Content” – web pages that will occasionally be edited, such as staff members, fees or procedures descriptions
“Dynamic Content” – web pages that are constantly being created, but seldom, if ever, edited; council agendas, planning board minutes

11. Managing Static Content

13. Managing Dynamic Content
Create a new message
Type a newsworthy headline into the subject
Address it to the proper web page address
Copy text from your Word document
Paste it into the body of the
Send it to your website!
DONE

15. Content Send to: content@virtualtownhall.net with attached files
Content formats:
Word documents
Excel spreadsheets
Acrobat PDF files
JPG or GIF image files

16. You must provide the content!
Content Development
We will build your content/web pages.
You must provide the content!

17. Your web pages become your checklist!
Content Development
Your web pages become your checklist!

18. Content
Contact information
Candid photo of department staff
Mission statement/service description
Frequently Asked Questions
Fees
Policies & Procedures
Downloadable forms

19. if we are to meet our goal of Final Deadline for content
November 21 for content
if we are to meet our goal of
January 1 live date!
January 1
Final Deadline for content

20. If the area is blank content is still missing
If the link is not active the content is still missing

21. e-Government: A Value Proposition
Today’s “best practices”
Improve Customer Service
Improve Citizen Communication
Empower Citizens
Improve Staff Productivity