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With the rising profile of the annual Fair Trade fortnight, in 2006 the Fair Trade Foundation commissioned GN to add an interactive calendar to list events, and make it easy for users to find events in their area. They wanted something quick and inexpensive, and at the same time needed it to integrate seamlessly with their site. The ActionApps CMS provided an ideal solution as it’s designed to enable dynamic elements to be added onto any website.
We created the custom fields required for their events listing, and then used an interactive UK map as the interface for users to select their region.
The calendar was up and running within a week, and has been brimming with events ever since.

Web projects with Drupal

GreenNet’s current CMS of choice is Drupal. It is an open source system for developing websites and publishing content to them. A Drupal website has at its heart a database of the site’s content (articles, reports, profiles, events etc..). The system serves content from the database to the right pages of the site in the appropriate style, as they are called for by site users. Site authors can add, modify and manage their content in that database using simple private online forms.

The advantage of this system for GreenNet members is that their sites can be updated by anyone who has authorised access from any internet connected computer. All they need is an ordinary web browser such as Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari. Once they have mastered the simple art of filling in the Drupal forms, resources and...