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high quality and effective website for your LIFE with a clearly indicated sub-link (e.g. the website of
project: the NEMOS project was created within the site of
the beneficiary, the Provincia autonoma di Trento
1. Understand the legal requirements; - http://www.areeprotette.provincia.tn.it/europe/
nemos/index.html)
2. Include a core set of content pages;
Your LIFE project website should contain a core This section should contain regular information on
set of content pages which cover the informa- project related activities and achievements, such as
tion described below. Beyond this, there is vir- invitations to workshops, conferences, media pre-
tually no limit to what can be published on a sentations, press releases, project newsletter, etc.
project website. Every project has the potential
to create a very informative and attractive web- Documents
site targeting various groups of visitors, rang-
ing from primary school children to established All of the documents generated by the LIFE project
experts in the project topic. which can be disseminated to the general public
should be made available on the website in acro-
The following core content pages represent the bat reader or word format. These could include
minimum requirements for LIFE project web- downloadable versions of the laymans report,
sites and these should be communicated to progress reports, leaflets, brochures, posters,
all members of the website production team, management guidelines, reports and other project
including sub contractors, as early as possi- related documents.
ble during the preparatory process. Additional
advice about preparing the content of LIFE Photo gallery
project websites is also available in other Com-
munication fact sheets. These provide relevant Photographs, when used properly, can signifi-
reference sources during website design stages, cantly increase the attractiveness and accessibil-
in particular information from the project leaf- ity of your websites information. Photo galleries
let factsheet, project newsletter factsheet and can contain series of pictures of products, peo-
press release factsheet. ple, places, equipment, activities, species, habi-
LIFE Factsheets I Designing a LIFE Project website I p.
http://www.ilm.ee/~uploader/loodus/
?leht=art07engtoonipaevik
The EagleLIFE project (LIFE04 NAT/EE/000072) in Estonia
installed a live webcam in the woods, allowing websurfers to
get an up-close-and-personal look at Tony and Donna, a pair
of black storks and their family.
http://www.rakosivipera.hu/main_en.htm
The Meadow viper project (LIFE04 NAT/HU/000116) has a very
simple layout including species-related pictures and colours. Note
the snakes eye in the left upper corner.
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enerate adequate traffic
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Further information
LIFE advice sources Additional advice sources l etpaint websites provide a
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facility to create wiki websites.
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project websites, visit the Com- sur le web is a practical web- can edit and these are becom-
munication Tools section of the site French laguage with free ing increasingly popular for
LIFE website. information and tips for aspiring groups / partnerships working
F or instructions about LIFE
l webmasters. together to build inclusive web-
logos, visit the logos page. Build Your Own Website includes
l sites quickly.
See other LIFE communication
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