Background
In 2015, Catalyst engaged with the Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) to redevelop their main website in Silverstripe. The TRC wanted to upgrade their Silverstripe site and build a secure, future-proof platform, enabling future growth and expansion in alignment with new business requirements and goals. Catalyst has been supporting and evolving the site and associated web applications since.
Opportunity
The Taranaki Regional Council(external link) helps restore Taranaki’s native wildlife and bush through a range of initiatives, such as the long-standing Self-help Possum and Key Native Ecosystem programmes. In 2019, the TRC approached Catalyst to build a new section on the site for the region's new initiative, Towards Predator-Free Taranaki.
Solution
Using Silverstripe 4, the Catalyst Silverstripe team worked with TRC’s key stakeholders and site users to conceptualise, design, and build a highly user-centric website section for the Towards Predator-Free Taranaki initiative.
The main page layout and styling give the TRC the flexibility to customise and prioritise the calls to action they want to display on the page.
The design was inspired by the highly regarded recently built Regional Gardens section(external link).
Sitting above the calls to action is a live trap count – a custom integration with Trap.NZ API data. The live trap count aims to engage the community by giving them a sense of the number of set traps and encouraging visitors to keep watch as the number continues to grow.
Building upon already present social media features including Facebook and Twitter, the TRC can bring attention to and raise awareness of their latest campaigns through a newly added Instagram feature.
Catalyst is excited to contribute to the restoration of our native fauna in the Taranaki region through the new Towards Predator-Free Taranaki website design.
