Website Improvements

Ongoing developments to the Chest website

You may already be aware that earlier this year we moved the content of the Chest website onto a new content management system (CMS). This was the first phase of our programme of ongoing improvements to the Eduserv Chest website.

Since the introduction of the CMS, we have been busy gathering information to help make our website better with the ultimate aim of making your lives easier. So far we have undertaken face-to-face interviews with both HE & FE contacts, as well as conducting telephone interviews and workshops to establish your requirements from the Chest website. We have also provided everyone with the opportunity to submit their thoughts via a questionnaire which was on our website during the early part of the year.

The next phase of developments

It’s been a difficult task but we feel we are now ready to start the next phase of developments. Over the next few weeks, the Eduserv Web Development team will be gathering additional systems information which will enable them to work with Chest to produce a full functional specification. It is our intention to keep the site simple, whilst improving on the usability & functionality of the website.

At this time, we are aiming to deliver:-

Simplified site content and navigation around the Chest website
Secure, institution specific pages where sites can view details about their agreements & products
Online ordering of products (this will not include online payments at this stage)
Dynamic listings for agreements enabling you view agreements alphabetically by name, supplier, type as well a new Chest categorisation
Improvements to the wish list and wish process
Improved communication via RSS feeds for latest Chest agreement news

We hope that these changes will improve your experience of the Chest website and look forward to working with you to deliver these improvements.

If you have any questions or would like to know more about the proposals then please email Mike Thompson or call on 01225 403232.