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ONTARIO COURT WEBSITE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT

ONTARIO COURT WEBSITE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT. ENVIRONMENT. Legislative – Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 Political criminal reform family law reform. ENVIRONMENT --2. Standards CCCT guidelines Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0 AA) privacy

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ONTARIO COURT WEBSITE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT

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  1. ONTARIO COURT WEBSITE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT

  2. ENVIRONMENT • Legislative – Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 Political • criminal reform • family law reform

  3. ENVIRONMENT --2 • Standards • CCCT guidelines • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0 AA) • privacy • Technical • Web 2.0 • Mobile PDAs • Security breaches

  4. HISTORICAL CONTEXT • Launched June 1998 • Key audiences: judiciary, legal profession and consumers (self-represented litigants) • Partner: Ontario Judicial Education Network • Website redesign 2007 • Ontario Court of Justice (OCJ) enhancement 2012

  5. PICTORIAL EVOLUTION 1998-2012

  6. 2007-2012

  7. 2012

  8. OCJ GOALS • Enhance access to a variety of public audiences • Ensure ongoing value to the legal profession • Promote access to: • Teachers • Media • Consumers • General public

  9. NEW DESIGN PRINCIPLES • One stop access • Consistent look and feel • Visual appeal • Phased in approach • Develop robust processes to keep information current and accurate

  10. WEBSITE TEAM • Judicial Library Services (1 FTE) 2 staff • Judicial Information Technology Office (1 FTE) 3 staff • Content developers • Project manager (OCJ)

  11. PROJECT PHASES • Information audit and consultation • Design (story boards to acceptance) • Technical (selection of CM, plugins, testing) • Content development • Testing – accessibility, penetration • Usability testing of website • Launch and marketing • Documentation • Review / Ongoing enhancement

  12. OCJ IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Going forward Feb-Sept 2011 Nov 2011 Mar 2012

  13. LESSONS LEARNED • Communication, communication, and communication • Translation issues • Technology

  14. GOVERNANCE • Under development • OCJ visual style manual • Documentation

  15. FUTURE • Enhancements for the Superior Court and Court of Appeal • Ongoing review • Ongoing security enhancement to website and back up

  16. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONOCJ WEBSITE • Operating System: Windows Server 2008 R2 EnterpriseWeb Server: Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5Supported  Server Side Scripting languages: PHP, Perl, ASP, ASP.Net • Database: MySQL • Content management: WordPress 3.4 • Search: Sphider 1.3.5 PHP Search engine (driven by PHP 5.4.3 and MySQL 5.5) • Usage tracking: Awstats version 7.0 (Requires Perl: ActivePerl5.14.2.1402)

  17. To manage mobile access, visual interest, support for two languages, security, etc. a number of plugins are employed. • WordPress Mobile Pack • JQuery Mobile Framework • Mobile Analytics • WordPress Multi-Site • Use of Widgets • WP-chgFontSize • Multilingual WordPress • TinyMCE Advanced • Portfolio Slideshow • Maintenance Mode • JavaScript save mail • Captcha

  18. WEBSITE HOSTING • Dedicated server, with a few high-availability features, but not a full HA environment. •  Perimeter protection with intrusion detection and a dedicated firewall • Access via remote KVM (as if we are there at the local keyboard, monitor and even power-on button). • Backup to a local, secondary hard-drive and also to internal storage. • 24/7 call centre support

  19. USEFUL SITES – Court websites • CCCT_CCTJ blog http://ccct-cctj.ca/category/blog/feed • Court Technology Bulletin (US) http://courttechbulletin.blogspot.ca/ • National Center for State Courts (US) http://www.ncsc.org/Topics/Media/Court-Websites/Resource-Guide.aspx

  20. WEBSITE DESIGN LINKS General: • http://uxmag.com/ •  A list apart http://www.alistapart.com/articles/the-infinite-grid/ Usability: • http://www.useit.com/ • http://www.usability.gov

  21. Web Design Training & Tutorials: • http://www.netmagazine.com/ • http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/ • Site Point http://www.sitepoint.com/ • Tut+ http://net.tutsplus.com/ • http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/ • http://wp.tutsplus.com/ • Web Experience Toolkit (WET) http://wet-boew.github.com/wet-boew/index-eng.html

  22. Accessibility • http://www.evengrounds.com/ • http://www.uxbooth.com/view/blog/accessibility/ • http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag.php

  23. Louise Hamel Judicial Library Services Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General Louise.Hamel@ontario.ca 416-327-5750

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