isleofavalon.co.uk

I have run this town portal since 1998 - it was founded in 1996 by my early web-mentor, Barry Hoon. It features the traditions and modern life of Glastonbury, an interesting place to serve. It has a significant impact on the economic turnover of the town.

The IsleofAvalon is a vast site with many sections to it. It has taken years to build up. About 40% of the writing and 25% of the photos are done by me, and the rest is contributed by a host of local residents.

The site has several sections presenting tourist information, but other parts act as online resources serving people whose interests are reflected in Glastonbury, or as simple public interest material. The site attracts quite a few researchers.

This is a picture-rich site. Each section has different colours and background graphics.

The Out and About section is almost entirely made up of picture collages.

The site's complexity makes navigation a crucial issue. Each section has its own navigation bar on the left, but at the bottom, there are small links to the other sections of the site.

IsleofAvalon works alongside glastonbury.co.uk, run by Glastonbury Online, which provides comprehensive information listings. The Avalon Connections site has sorted links to all Glastonbury-connected sites that exist - over a hundred.

A team of about ten of us collaboratively run the public service web facilities for Glastonbury, and I'm the PR and outreach man, and I create the interesting content exposing the unique creative wealth of the town.

That's enough for now - there's far more! Click here to take a look through the site.