{"id":90099,"date":"2025-12-20T03:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T03:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/90099\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T03:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T03:01:21","slug":"cape-coral-launches-redesigned-website-to-enhance-accessibility-engagement-ease-of-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/90099\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral Launches Redesigned Website to Enhance Accessibility, Engagement, Ease of Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/121825-website-redesign.jpg\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"website redesign\"\/>December 18, 2025<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">The City of Cape Coral has launched its newly designed official website, featuring improved navigation, enhanced accessibility, and better compatibility across mobile phones, tablets, and other smart devices.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">The website refresh was designed to make it easier for residents, businesses, and visitors to quickly find information, access city services, and stay informed. Key improvements include a cleaner layout, more intuitive menu structure, improved search functionality, and updates to ensure compliance with accessibility standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">The project was spearheaded internally by the City\u2019s Website Specialist and completed using the City\u2019s existing website platform, allowing the City to avoid the cost of a full website platform replacement. The total cost of the refresh was approximately $12,000.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">Additional enhancements focus on improving readability, simplifying content organization, and supporting future updates as the City\u2019s digital needs evolve..<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">Highlighted content now includes:<\/p>\n<p>Mobile-friendly design, responsive for phones and tablets.<br \/>\n\u201cLive, Play, &amp; Work\u201d quick links for residents, businesses, and visitors.<br \/>\nExpanded recreation pages for events and programs.<br \/>\nBuilt-in accessibility features support users with visual impairments and assistive technologies such as screen readers.<br \/>\nCeCe the Manatee, your virtual AI assistant.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">New tools and resources:<\/p>\n<p>The Development Services Map enables residents to quickly locate common permits and guidelines in a mobile-friendly graphical interface.<br \/>\nAn improved Emergency Management &amp; Resilience page, providing critical information in a fast, easy format for urgent situations.<br \/>\nA dedicated City Project Updates section, featuring ongoing improvements for the community.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">Cape Coral encourages everyone to explore the new website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoral.gov\/index.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CapeCoral.gov<\/a>\u00a0and discover improved access to city services, updates, and community news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"December 18, 2025 The City of Cape Coral has launched its newly designed official website, featuring improved navigation,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-90099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}