Project Overview
- The City of Edina worked on the redesign, development and implementation of its employee website, Edinet, over the course of nearly one year. Work on the project began with a request for proposal on Feb. 1, 2023, and the new site launched Jan. 16, 2024.
- The new Edinet was redesigned in SharePoint, a web-based Microsoft platform, allowing the site to integrate with other Microsoft tools the City uses. Prior, it had last been redesigned in 2018 in WordPress.
- There were five members of the internal project team, including the City’s Digital Communications Coordinator, who led the project. Additionally, every department appointed an Edinet representative, who liaised with the project team throughout the redesign and provided feedback and project input.
Vendor partners were Creative Arcade and Blue Net, who led the design and development. - The project had a $50,000 redesign budget.
Features Of The New Homepage
- Enhanced site search capabilitie
- Reorganized main naviga
- Featured news that can be easily swapped out
- Custom quick link tiles for most-frequently used site resources
- Newsfeed that automatically pulls news from our public website and color codes by employee and public news
- Calendar allows staff to add employee-only events and automatically pulls events and meetings from the public website and color code
- “My Favorites” section where employees can save links that are important to them
- Accessibility tool that allows employees to change the size of text, colors on the site and other custom changes to best fit their need
- Dynamic directory that syncs with Active Directory and allows employees to call, email or send a Microsoft Teams message to another employee right from the site; The directory also shows a mini-org chart of a staff member’s reporting structure
- Celebration modules that can showcase birthdays, anniversaries and new employees
- allery that can be easily swapped out
Up-close Look At Some Features / Pages
New Site - Newsfeed:
Utilizes BindTuning’s News webpart
New Site - Directory
Utilizes BindTuning’s People webpart to connect to Active Directory
New Site - Department Sites
Before And After Screenshots
Old Site - Homepage
Old Site - Homepage
Old Site - Photo Gallery
New Site - Photo Gallery
- There is a dedicated page for photo galleries where about one year’s worth of employee photo galleries are stored; Photos can be clicked and expanded to view full screen and save them
- Utilizes BindTuning’s Image Gallery webpart
- Pagination to be able to cycle through multiple pages of photos within one screen
Old Site - Birthdays/Anniversaries
In footer
New Site - Birthdays/Anniversaries
- Moved out of the footer to a dedicated content space on the home page
- Utilizes BindTuning’s webparts; Modules automatically loads based off information in SharePoint and Active Directory
- If an employee has a milestone anniversary (5, 10, 15 years and so on), a message shows up on their employee card
- On an employee’s birthday, you can send a “Happy Birthday” message right from the module
Old Site - News Post
New Site - Interior Page Example
- Ability to add banner image
- Size is now default to full screen width
- Main menu navigation and accessibility tool stays present at all times
Old Site - Employee Handbook
New Site - Employee Handbook
