ODPDS Professional Design Solutions - stepping into the future

The kenfig.org website was established by its owner Mr Rob Bowen in March 2003 - its initial concept was devised in the year 2000 during a course of study in Web Publishing at Cardiff University.

The website was turned into a not for profit making organisation known as Kenfig.org Local Community Group in March 2004 due to the impact the site was having on the immediate local communities.

The website project is funded by The Welsh Assembly Government and Bridgend County Borough Council and is fully supported by Bridgend Library and Information Services which is part of Bridgend County Borough Council's Education Department.

Kenfig.org Local Community Group have been awarded monies through Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations (BAVO) Community Grants Scheme which is funded by the Welsh Assembly Government's Community Facilities and Activities Programme (CFAP) and Bridgend County Borough Council's Special Regeneration Fund (SRF). Its aim is to help community and voluntary organisations provide facilities or carry out activities which will promote the regeneration of communities.

The Kenfig.org website project is pleased to announce its association with the management at Kenfig National Nature Reserve, local historical socities, local community groups and the general public at large, who are all involved in some capacity with the project.

The website www.kenfig.org.uk has been formally recognised by The National Library of Wales as 'An important part of Wales' documentary heritage' whereby the National Library has requested the archiving of the site which will subsequently form a part of the library's permanent collections.

The Kenfig.org website has also been selected by The National Library of Wales to participate in the UK Web Archiving Consortium's pilot project to determine the long-term feasibility of archiving selected websites.

The consortium consists of 6 leading UK Institutions namely:

Since October 2003 the Kenfig.org website has been listed on Wales on the Web and in 2004 the Kenfig.org website was listed as an e-Resource on Wales on the Web Curriculum Cymreig Guide.

Wales on the Web is a bilingual subject gateway to validated websites offering dependable information relating to Wales and all aspects of Welsh life, it is maintained by The National Library of Wales.

The Kenfig.org website project aims to encourage the learning of local history by one an all, especially the younger generations who have to learn aspects of history, ICT and Internet skills that form a part of the National Curriculum. The website is constantly visited by local schools, colleges and Universities across Wales along with other academic establishments and government departments worldwide, together with that of the computer giants Microsoft and IBM.

The online website project has had an unprecedented impact not only on the immediate local communities but also on a global scale with emigrates and expatriates and even serving as an inspiration to the morale of British forces serving overseas especially with the present military conflict and peacekeeping missions in Iraq and Afghanistan from the coverage of a charity event known as The Gambo Race where coverage is exclusive to the Kenfig.org website. Documenting the Annual Gambo Race has provided the main marketing strategy to the website project as a whole.

The Kenfig.org website dominates the Internet Search Engines and web directories with a 1st place position when local search queries are made and attracts as many as 60,000 visitors a day on a global basis - the site attracted a 1.5 million worldwide visitors throughout 2007 and is proving a popular website in general with the elderly and young alike.

Pioneered by Mr Rob Bowen in March 2003, the Kenfig.org website project had its origins back in the year 2000 during a web publishing course at Cardiff University. Inspired by a passion for learning about local history and wishing to research and document local historical facts for all to learn from through the medium of the Internet, the Kenfig.org website project was established.

In the knowledge that others, especially the younger generations, will benefit through this website project in the long-term, has and remains instrumental towards the continued development, design, growth and success of this ongoing project.

Construct website to W3C standards ensuring good usability and cross browser scalablity.

(X)HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, ActionScript, PHP, MySQL Database, (Video /Audio Streams .mpeg, .wmv movie files), Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Macromedia Fireworks MX, Macromedia Flash MX, Adobe Photoshop, Fuji Film S7000 digital Camera. The development of this website has been completely hand-coded using Dreamweaver software as a background tool.

Website: www.kenfig.org.uk / www.cynffig.org.uk

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