About this demo
Alderwick is a fictional city. Antoxmedia designed and built this concept site to show how we approach city websites. Nothing here is a real government service, and no form sends any data.
What the RFP asks for, and where to see it
| Requirement | Where it is in this demo |
|---|---|
| WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508 | Every page: skip link, keyboard focus, landmarks, contrast, reduced motion, error summaries on forms. See it |
| Task-first navigation | The “I want to” list on the home page and the Services index. See it |
| Online forms and service requests | Report a problem (3 steps plus review), pay a bill, trash day lookup. See it |
| Translation | English and Spanish switch in the top bar; the choice is remembered and the page language is set for screen readers. See it |
| Emergency and service alerts | Dismissible notice under the top bar, editable in one place. See it |
| Agendas and minutes in HTML | Meetings table and agenda pages, readable on any phone, not only PDFs. See it |
| Site search | Searches services, departments, news, events and meetings. See it |
| Department pages with direct contacts | Every department lists its lead, phone, email and services. See it |
| Mobile-friendly | Every layout is built for small screens first. See it |
How we would build yours
- 1.
Discovery and content audit. Interviews with staff, analytics review, a page-by-page inventory of what to keep, merge or retire.
- 2.
Structure. A sitemap built around resident tasks, tested with real residents before design starts.
- 3.
Design. Two rounds of design on the key templates, checked for accessibility before a line of code.
- 4.
Build. WordPress block theme when the RFP calls for WordPress (every section of this demo maps to an editable block), or a headless setup when it does not.
- 5.
Migration and testing. Content moved and cleaned, automated and manual accessibility testing, keyboard and screen reader passes.
- 6.
Training and launch. Recorded training for editors, a written guide, and 30 days of close support after launch.
- 7.
Care. Monthly hosting, updates, backups, security monitoring and content help on a fixed plan.
Under the hood
This demo is a static site: every page is prebuilt and served from a global CDN, so it loads fast on rural connections and old phones. Type is Manrope throughout. The map and city seal are hand-drawn SVG, so they stay sharp at any zoom and weigh almost nothing. The photographs are AI-generated pictures of a town that does not exist; a real build uses the city's own photography.
Measured, not claimed
Google Lighthouse, mobile profile with a throttled connection, run on October 17, 2026 across the home, meetings, report a problem, contact, news and government pages:
- Accessibility
- 100
- Best practices
- 100
- Performance
- 96 to 100
The search score is low on purpose: Alderwick is not a real city, so the site asks search engines not to index it. Automated checks are a floor, not proof; on client projects we add manual keyboard and screen reader testing.