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latest news from Wolverhampton City Council and showcasing events taking place in the city.</P><P>The new look was designed in-house following a thorough consultation process involving a variety of customer groups and Rakesh Patel, Wolverhampton City Council’s E-communications Manager, said: “Investing in the overall look and user experience of our website will encourage more customers to use our site for online activity and to search for information about our services.</P><P>“We have up to 130,000 unique visitors to our website every month and it’s our most popular access channel with residents, businesses and visitors from both home and abroad.</P><P>“At a time when we’re trying to promote the city of Wolverhampton, it made sense to refresh the look of our website by making it more modern, accessible and easier navigate.”</P><P>The new site includes four navigation options for the council’s various customers, Residents, Visiting, Business and About the Council. Content will be geared towards the particular audience with the aim of making information on services easier to find.</P><P>A rotating carousel, the focal point of the home page, will display up to six news stories about Wolverhampton and events taking place in the city, while areas where customers can perform a transaction through the website will be clearly indicated. </P><P>Additional at-a-glance information, including the latest news headlines and links to the city council’s Twitter feed and Facebook Today page, will also be incorporated into the homepage.</P><P>The redesign is the first stage of a larger project set to improve online services provided by the city council and Rakesh added: “This refreshed website design will be exciting and better reflect the vibrant city that is being promoted to visitors and potential investors across the world.”</P><P>The city council wants to hear people’s views about the new-look site. They can have their say by completing a short survey which is available from the homepage.</P><UL><LI>Issued by the News and Information Team - <A href="http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/news">www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/news</A> </LI><LI>For all our latest news, follow us on Twitter - <A href="http://www.twitter.com/wolvescouncil">www.twitter.com/wolvescouncil</A> <BR><BR></LI></UL></div><br> <br> <br> <br> </td> <td class="rightbackground" vAlign="top" align="center"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="10" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><div id="ImagePlaceHolder01" title="[image]"></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><div id="RelatedLinks1_RelatedLinks"><!-- noindex --><br><table cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="90%" border="0"><tr><td align=left><p class="relatedstyle">You may also be interested in:</p></td></tr><tr><td><hr class="relatedlinks"></td></tr></table><table class="relatedstyle" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="90%" border="0"> <tr><td><a href="/council/news/2011/november/101111c.htm" title="A unique piece of First World War history has been discovered among Wolverhampton’s archives.">Piece of First World War history discovered in city archives - 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