What is Council Platform?
Council Platform is a service for running local government CMS websites
- It’s an online service which is available immediately.
- It is fully functional from the first day you have access to it, there is no long build phase.
- It is packed with functionality which is likely to be useful to councils.
- Council Platform websites can be fully customised by customers themselves.
- The service is continuously developed and invested in, and new features are shared amongst all customers at no extra cost.
The latest News from Council Platform
News 24 May 2022The 1.8.0 release of Council Platform adds 2 Factor Authentication, bulk editing and the ability to assign Directory Pages to multiple Directories.
News 15 February 2022We're delighted to announce that following a public tender process, Bletchley and Fenny Stratford Town Council have chosen Council Platform for the rebuild of their website.
News 06 May 2022The 1.7.0 release of Council Platform centres on a core upgrade of Drupal, the underlying CMS the product is built on. It also adds a convenience feature whereby unpublished content shows as highlighted in red for content editors.
Get your site online with Council Platform
Batteries included
Includes all the features expected in a best practice CMS website.
Ready to go right now
Sites are ready for content population within 24 hours. No long build time!
Continuously improved
Continually being developed, kept up-to-date with updates, all sites based on a common platform.
Secure as standard
Continually being developed, kept up-to-date with updates, all sites based on a common platform.
Why Council Platform?
Build and run websites without the headache
Council Platform allows you to focus on the service delivered rather than the distraction of how to deliver it.
Be confident your new website can deliver for your citizens
Council Platform is:
- A known quantity which you can demo right now.
- Fully documented.
- Available immediately.
Avoid the pain of a big custom build
These are:
- Hugely time intensive.
- High risk - every site is a prototype!
- A very long time in the making.
Reduce the challenge of keeping sites going
You don't have to worry about:
- Sourcing and retaining expertise.
- Security exploits.
- Legislation changes.
- Technology changes.
Cost savings through economies of scale
- All Council Platform sites share a common core.
- Future improvements are shared with all customers for free.
- Customise your site using your own development resources and share this with others.
Council Platform is continuously being improved
- Council Platform is supported by a dedicated team.
- Your website will always move with the times and have the latest innovations.
- Council Platform's features list will only get longer over time.
Built on the GOV.UK design system.
Benefits from the extensive user research and testing of the Government Digital Service team. 100% accessible and highly usable starting point.
Familiar and comfortable look and feel for end users. Look and feel can be customised as needed.
An intuitive & powerful content editing experience.
Build complex and visually rich pages without requiring developer time using Council Platform's user-friendly drag and drop content editing system.
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