Introducing the new generation of the Digital Commons platform, upgraded to the latest Drupal technology, with benefits for North Carolinians, state agencies and content creators who update their websites.
The Digital Commons platform is a centralized, modern web platform on open-source and cloud-based technologies that provides a more consistent state government web experience for North Carolina.
More than 80 state websites websites currently run on the platform, including the NC.gov state portal.
Launched in 2015, the platform provides a cohesive approach that enables state government agencies to deliver services, resources and information to key audiences in a more streamlined, consistent manner. The N.C. Department of Information Technology’s Digital Solutions team has developed and maintained the Digital Commons platform since inception.
In addition to a standardized look and feel, Digital Commons offers best practices for website management, putting content in the hands of communicators and subject matter experts. The team has embraced a collaborative approach and encourages leveraging analytics, user survey research and related user-centered approaches to meet end-user needs.
The most recent and significant upgrade in 2022, brings further improvements to an accessible, secure, user and mobile-friendly interface that does not require web coding skills. Modern responsive design in Bootstrap 5 enables websites to be easily accessed and automatically rendered on any device.
Benefits
- Open Government: Promoting and supporting information that enhances trust and understanding
- Design: A uniform look and feel to help understand and trust state government websites
- Accessibility: New features built into the platform core that help people with disabilities navigate and understand our websites
- NC.gov: Enhancing and supporting the website that pulls all North Carolina government together
- Future-Ready: We're positioning the state for future technology
- Efficiency: Avoiding duplication of efforts and wasted capacity
- Security and Privacy: Incorporating security and privacy awareness at all levels
- Integrations: New interoperability that enables websites to incorporate payment engines, mobile applications, social networks, live chats, conferences and much more
- Better Authoring Tools: A simplified back-end that helps authors create better web content
- Mobile-First Architecture: Website editing from a phone or tablet
- Performance: Faster websites
- Accessibility: New features built into the platform core that help people with disabilities navigate and understand our websites