Try LocalGov Drupal on AWS
We've been working with LocalGov Drupal and AWS to create a free 3 month trial for local councils and public sector organisations. As AWS Public Sector partners, we are ideally placed to deliver this excellent, open source content management solution for the public sector on best-practice driven, AWS-backed infrastructure.
There's no commitment to continue if LocalGov Drupal isn't right for you. Try it for 3 months with the option to extend by a further two months. Additionally, you can purchase support hours to optimise your demo.
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Why choose LocalGov Drupal on AWS?
We chose to host the LocalGov Drupal on AWS because it is user-friendly, flexible, secure, cost-effective, reliable, scalable and highly performant.
Plus, we’re Select AWS partners with a specialism in serving public sector organisations. Our hosting team are AWS-certified, so you're guaranteed an undisrupted experience.
Benefits of LocalGov Drupal on AWS
Why choose Code Enigma?
Extend your trial by an additional 2 months
When your 3 month free trial ends we'll schedule a review. If you decide to continue with LocalGov Drupal, you can extend your access for a further 2 months for £295.
What's more, we'll include 5 hours of free support (usually £600) to help with areas of the system you want to get more from.
We're a preferred supplier for LocalGov Drupal. We're also part of the working group and contribute regularly.
With a support block, you get access to our team of talented developers and systems administrators, who are available to help with any problems.
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LocalGov Drupal FAQs
Is LocalGov Drupal mature enough to use?
The LocalGov Drupal teams are both extensive and experienced. They consist of back end developers, front end developers, product designers, interaction designers, content teams, content designers, user experience researchers and more.
There’s no council in the UK or in Ireland that has all those in one team. To have this level of expertise on staff would entail huge budgets that even the biggest, richest councils would not have.
Is it worth pooling resources?
LocalGov Drupal is a public asset that is based on cooperative principles and held by the people of the community. An overall framework comprising common components for all UK authorities was envisioned.
With LocalGov Drupal, councils are able to register for free and have access to the "basics" so that they may focus on developing new, undeveloped features instead of wasting money on what has already been developed and there for the taking.
Can we have a unique website design?
Some worry that all council websites will look the same if they all use the same template. In terms of design, LGD is template-driven and follows the government design system in the UK.
However, it is also a jumping-off point. The template doesn't mean all councils have to use the same method to build their websites. It's possible that councils have a legitimate desire to stand out from the crowd. There is some uniformity in terms of the user experience, but the council has enough latitude to design their own look and feel.
Does LocalGov Drupal support a headless or decoupled system?
Yes. Gatsby has been used to develop decoupled LocalGov Drupal sites.
In 2022, the team is focusing on microsites, which are independent from the main site and where a headless or decoupled front-end strategy can work – perhaps a hybrid approach or one way or the other, working from a base theme that is easy to tweak.