Online unites thousands of pages on one platform
The web development of the Canton of St. Gallen combines a large number of individual websites into a user-friendly interactive platform. With this innovative website, the Canton of St.Gallen offers a great deal of convenience and simple dynamic navigation.
The canton of St. Gallen is part of Eastern Switzerland, consists of 75 political municipalities and has an area of almost 2000 square kilometers. That is around five percent of Switzerland’s total area. The capital of the canton is the city of the same name, St. Gallen.
We have developed a web platform for the canton of St. Gallen that brings together a large number of individual websites under one roof. The website presents information and services from around 50 cantonal offices on over 10,000 pages of content. These websites are managed and maintained by around 300 editors. In addition to the portal www.sg.ch, 12 other independent websites of the canton are managed on this framework architecture. The websites are characterized by a user-friendly design and an efficient search function, giving users quick access to the most important content at all times. The modular concept of the framework architecture enables the cost-efficient and rapid implementation of additional office-specific websites, allowing the Canton of St. Gallen’s website to play a central role in digital communication and service provision.
Our solution
- A modular concept enables the targeted expansion of office-specific websites.
- Thematic portals offer quick access to the most important content.
- Dynamic navigation tiles enable users to find the information they are looking for efficiently.
- Contact details are available on all pages for queries.
- Automatic adaptation to different screen sizes ensures a user-friendly presentation on all end devices.
- More than 100 pages in plain language increase accessibility for various target groups.
- A news application provides up-to-date information, including an RSS feed and subscription option.
- Individual newsletters can be created with the newsletter application. It contains RSS feed and subscription function.
- The form application supports the independent creation of HTML forms.
- Various specialist applications such as the entry of claims in bankruptcy proceedings, tax calculators and a job exchange for teachers enrich the offering.
- 15 highly available servers ensure that the service runs reliably.
This is how users and the canton benefit from web development
- The central platform on sg.ch simplifies efficient searches and navigation through various offices and institutions by allowing users to access topic-specific information quickly and easily.
- Thanks to the quick search function, users can find the information they are looking for quickly and easily.
- The optimized adaptation for various end devices such as PCs, tablets and smartphones offers versatile use and guarantees a user-friendly experience on every device.
- Editors save time when updating and managing content, which significantly reduces maintenance work.
- An intuitive filter function supports the search for specific content. Search results can be refined according to various criteria such as categories, offices or other specific features to quickly find exactly the information you need.
