Posted by kattekrab on September 10, 2015 at 5:23am
Last updated by darvanen on Wed, 2015-09-16 05:02
Last updated by darvanen on Wed, 2015-09-16 05:02
SERVICE PROVIDERS - PLEASE DO NOT MAKE EDITS AT THIS TIME
READ THIS IF YOU ARE A GOVERNMENT AGENCY
If you are interested in the govCMS program, as a first step, please contact the govCMS team at govCMS@finance.gov.au
This page is a list of Service Providers who offer govCMS services. Service Providers can edit this page directly, so the responsibility is with you to verify skills and capability. The govCMS team strongly recommends that you:
- Engage Australian-based agencies to develop a strong local community
- Request Acquia Drupal Certification certificates for the named developers working on your project
- Validate your selected partner with the govCMS team
You can engage with a Service Provider following your standard procurement rules (RFQ, procurement panel etc..)
Your alternatives are to build your govCMS site with an internal development team optionally using a govCMS Jumpstart engagement, or to engage Acquia and their govCMS delivery partners for full site delivery under the govCMS Deed. You can procure these outside of an RFQ. Please contact govCMS@finance.gov.au
READ THIS IF YOU WANT TO OFFER govCMS SERVICES
This is an open list of Service Providers. Please edit the page to add your organisation's details.
Please observe these rules:
- Provide your company name as a H2 tag with a link to your website homepage or relevant govCMS page
- Keep your company name in alphabetical order
- Provide a list of completed govCMS builds
- Provide 2 examples of non-govCMS Drupal builds
- Provide a list of services relevant to govCMS from Design/IA/UX, Development, Content Migration, Technology Add-Ons, Service Add-Ons like WCAG checking
Sample
govCMS Builds
- Department of SAMPLE
Non-govCMS Drupal Builds
- SAMPLE site 1
- SAMPLE site 2
govCMS Services
- Design / Information Architecture / User Experience
- Development
- Content Migration
- 3rd Party software for Marketing Automation
Comments
Confused
I have to say I'm a little confused by this page and GovCMS in general.
The idea of GovCMS is a good one, but as a small business that has developed websites for Australian government clients previously (outside of Drupal - mostly Wordpress).
I'm starting to learn the Drupal way of doing things but it seems small players like me seem to have been cut out of the loop completely. I've downloaded the distribution and tried it out, but there's not much documentation out there to get me going as novice GovCMS developer.
Ideally I'd think I'd like to be a GovCMS partner, but I don't know what this means or what I have to do.
https://www.govcms.gov.au/partners suggests Acquia and AWS are the only GovCMS partners.
https://www.acquia.com/govcms suggests that Acquia are in control of the GovCMS partners, as partners have to be subcontractors to Acquia, Acquia certified or on a 'preferred partner list' - who is on this list and how do I get on there?
Can somebody direct me to some good hands on GovCMS documentation/resources? GovCMS on Github is overly complex and the project page doesn't seem to have anything.
aGov
I can only add to your confusion by adding aGov to the list of options to explore.
https://agov.com.au/about
aGov
Hi Peter
govCMS was forked from aGov and, following development of both, the two should now be considered different. If you want to deploy on the govCMS platform, you must use the govCMS distribution.
The govCMS program is more than a distribution as it checks all the compliance boxes for a government agency, and also offers an easy procurement channel to start projects. They are the tangible benefits on top of a program that manages the coordination of development effort across government to minimise duplication of effort. Every government agency we've talked to finds this attractive.
Thanks, Chris
Hopefully clearing up your confusion
Hi Petanaque86,
We've spent the time since inception setting up the program and now looking to answer those questions and misconceptions about the program. We consciously didn't want to wait to get everything completed before launch. We'd still be waiting on launch until next year if we'd taken that route.
I haven't seen your request for partnering come through the govCMS website. We've responded promptly and directly with everyone who's contacted us.
Anyone can build a govCMS website. There are certain audits and checks before launch, and we ask that any government agency considering a govCMS project talk to the govCMS team at Finance first to understand the program as many sites will be built on the cloud platform rather than in isolation of a dev server.
We are working on building out the distribution details on GitHub. Furthermore, govCMS is a community project and we welcome everyone's input and documentation, yours included.
If you've been along to a Drupal meetup, I'd encourage you to talk about govCMS there to answer your Drupal development questions. They are held in most major cities. If your meetup wants a presentation on govCMS, let me know. We are organising these, but happy to shuffle resources where needed.
Thanks, Chris
thanks for your reply
thanks for your reply christopher.harrop.
No I haven't applied to be GovCMS partner as I didn't know what that actually means, or how it all connected up. I will contact Acquia when I am ready to become a partner, I'm really just finding things out at the moment.
I am building my first GovCMS CMS site now - it is really just a test, but I will put it live can I use my Dreamhost shared hosting for this or do I need to use to GovCMS cloud? How do I get my site audited and checked if I have to use the GovCMS cloud?
I've been to a few Wordpress User Group meetings. but no Drupal ones as yet, I plan to go to the next one in Brisbane.
Thanks again for the reply.
The aGov Roadmap
Hi Peter and petanaque86,
As Chris from Acquia mentioned, aGov 7.x-2 (aGov 2) was forked for govCMS to ensure the Department of Finance has control of the distribution for use on Acquia's hosting platform. Having been the maintainers of aGov before its use on govCMS, our company PreviousNext provided our full support for this fork.
For aGov 2 documentation, there's a range of video screencasts at https://agov.com.au/download and a full day training course for site builders and content editors based on aGov.
As there's been more than 60,000 downloads and now 550+ sites running aGov, our commitment to aGov users is to ensure the distribution keeps pace with the rapid changes happening in Drupal whilst providing maximum flexibility and choice in how it's deployed.
The first step has been to release aGov 7.x-3 (aGov 3), where the focus has shifted to providing a framework for easier customisation of Australian Government websites rather than the one-size-fits-all approach of aGov 2.
In aGov 3, this is facilitated through the adoption style guide driven development to make front end customisation and workflow significantly more efficient. aGov's default install is audited for compliance by independent accessibility and security experts, and can be self managed and hosted with the provider of your choice.
For cloud hosting aGov is now a free install on AWS Marketplace, Acquia Cloud, will soon be available on Microsoft Azure and can be backed by a managed services plan if necessary. This approach means that aGov users have full access to the code base, allowing the addition of any Drupal 7 modules or custom integration with other platforms.
The next big step for aGov will be the Drupal 8 version, which has already commenced development and is scheduled for release in late October, allowing aGov users to take advantage of the new architecture and features in Drupal 8 in a standards-compliant distribution. We're aware that many sophisticated government organisations are holding off on bigger projects until Drupal 8 is released, and the aim is to quickly provide these users with a Drupal 8 starting point in aGov 8.
Let us know if you need more info!