Comments on: How many Directgov sites? http://puffbox.com/2008/02/11/how-many-directgov-sites/ Adventures in government, politics and open source. Mostly WordPress-related. Fri, 11 May 2012 16:17:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Directionlessgov http://puffbox.com/2008/02/11/how-many-directgov-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Directionlessgov Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:52:30 +0000 http://puffbox.com/2008/02/11/how-many-directgov-sites/#comment-77 As someone who has been involved in migrating a stand-alone site into Directgov I believe that while some subdomains may exist to aid campaign promotion I would argue most are actually "white-labelled" externally hosted pages that simply can't be replicated on the Directgov infrastructure at present. Of course with £30m coming Directgov's way this year it may well only be a matter of time if the will or expertise remains post-migration. I'll leave the benefits/efficiencies (or lack thereof) for others to discuss... As someone who has been involved in migrating a stand-alone site into Directgov I believe that while some subdomains may exist to aid campaign promotion I would argue most are actually "white-labelled" externally hosted pages that simply can't be replicated on the Directgov infrastructure at present. Of course with £30m coming Directgov's way this year it may well only be a matter of time if the will or expertise remains post-migration.

I'll leave the benefits/efficiencies (or lack thereof) for others to discuss...

]]> By: Jeremy Gould http://puffbox.com/2008/02/11/how-many-directgov-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Jeremy Gould Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:58:44 +0000 http://puffbox.com/2008/02/11/how-many-directgov-sites/#comment-76 There are plenty of good reasons why sub-domains might exist. For instance for campaigns or specific audiences. Don't think they necessarily exist because of the underlying functionality of the platform, and it doesn't contradict the convergence / rationalisation ethos as far as I can see. There are plenty of good reasons why sub-domains might exist. For instance for campaigns or specific audiences. Don't think they necessarily exist because of the underlying functionality of the platform, and it doesn't contradict the convergence / rationalisation ethos as far as I can see.

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