the launch

myherefordshire.com is a county-wide community portal focused on serving communities by bringing together the information they want in a trusted environment. The public services emphasis for the portal is key to building the relationship with people living in, working with and visiting communities in Herefordshire. The portal has been gradually building those relationships, and developing in response to feedback from them, since it entered the public domain at the end of March 2006.

myherefordshire.com was officially launched on the 20th June 2007 at the Left Bank Villlage in Hereford. The launch brought together stakeholders and public to publicise the successes so far and encourage further innovation and take-up, for example around the event and search feeds that are available for other websites or through mobile devices.

View the official press release (28Kb PDF) about the launch

The following year will see post-launch publicity engaging the public though road shows at community venues, and targeting specific communities of interest such as website owners, event organisers, photographers and Herefordshire Partnership content owners.
Herefordshire Matters is a publication which goes to 80,000 households in Herefordshire and is a particularly good vehicle for county-wide publicity so there will be regular articles detailing new feature sand functionality on the site. We also intend to run digital photography competitions for Jessops vouchers and also a competition to encourage the takeup of the event and search feeds so keep your eyes open and if you have any comments or feedback, please get in touch.

download the launch video

Please use the links below to download or view the film. Right click with your mouse on the link, and choose 'Save target as' to save the film to your computer. Note that you can choose either Windows Media format or iPod format for the films. There are high bandwidth (broadband), medium and low bandwidth (modem) versions available.

High bandwidth version - Windows Media WMV - 30Mb - 640x480

Medium bandwidth version - Windows Media WMV - 8.5Mb - 320x240

Low bandwidth version - Windows Media WMV - 2Mb - 160x120

Watch this video on your iPod !!
High bandwidth version - iPod Video MP4 - 30Mb - 480x480

the story behind the film

Creating this video took a dedicated team of editors, producers and videographers. You can read the full story behind the video. Where the ideas came from, how the script developed, and where the various sections where shot.