Town Website Gets a Makeover

A redesigned town website debuted Friday.

The site features new menus, a customizable links section, and a dynamic new trending section.

The site’s former design was about eight years old and information could have been better organized, said Scott Pasternack, the township’s director of information technology. The site received good marks from a ranking of municipal websites by Mommouth University.

“When we came up with the new design, we took that study and used it to help us with the redesign,” Pasternack said. “Now we’re able to present much more relevant information to users using this new organizational structure.”

The site has been de-cluttered. The quick links menu contains eight items of particular importance to residents, including one to open public records and another to the town budgets dating back to 2006.

A dynamic menu containing six links to sections and information that users are viewing and searching for on the site.

“The top six things that people are looking for or viewing on the site will be displayed,” Pasternack said.

The latest postings from the town’s Twitter account are near the top of the page. Th

A new top menu contains links to various town government personnel, town offices, and information relevant to businesses, Wayne residents, and visitors.

There is also a calendar and links to sign up for the town’s emergency notification system and online bill paying service.

Menus, headers, and the framing graphics are now blue. Five photos rotate being displayed at the top of the page. These photos will change with the seasons.

The site also automatically resizes based on the size and shape of a user’s browser window and what web browser and computer operating system he or she is using.

Pasternack’s team spent 10 months redesigning the site. The site is now hosted in another location outside the township. The township pays a $117 fee for the off-site hosting.

“If there’s a localized natural disaster, we still want to maintain our internet presence to our residents so they can access the site from their laptops, cell phones, and tablets,” Pasternack said.

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