The new FSB website has been long in coming: With well over 2,000 pages to completely overhaul we've been working night and day on the recent conversion which finally came to fruition in the first week of November 2008 and which will continue throughout 2009.
The new top menu is now fixed throughout the site with a context-sensitive sidemenu - and don't forget the sitemap (bottom of ever page). We hope you like the look and feel of the site, designed to be easy on the eye and to make a large site such as this as easy to navigate as possible. In every region of the FSB, staff look after their own section of the site and so we have something like 50+ contributors in all. Managing this is no easy job but with new guidelines in place we hope to provide a better experience for all our viewers.
"I visited the new FSB website for the first time yesterday and was really impressed. Aside from looking great I found the site simple to navigate and information easier to find. At last, the FSB has a website that truly reflects the professional and effective nature of their work."
All but a small percentage of our 215,000+ members are now connected to the Internet and something like 70% have their own websites. They join well over a billion people who use the Internet worldwide.
Web 2.0 has had a profound effect on website development - according to the BBC, 50% of under-30s users expect to walk into work and use such technologies to interact with business colleagues - and customers - yet many businesses are run by people who don't understand the benefits and look only at the downside. If you're one of the latter, I strongly recommend listening to this BBC broadcast. Also, if your interested in IT trends, read this report
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