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EnviroFest & NParks website redesign

Toddycats - Marcus (by acroamatic)

The photo above shows Saving Gaia winner and fellow Toddycat Marcus Tay talking to kids about Pangolins this morning at EnviroFest.

The pangolin was there, among other animals specimens, at the Toddycats booth. Most visitors to our booth are surprised to find out that all the specimens on display can be found in Singapore!

The booth is definitely a hit among the kids, who drag their parents along sometimes. The location of EnviroFest – in front of Toa Payoh Community Library – lends itself to being a kid-rich environment. Heh.

Check out the photos here.

While annotating the photos of the respective organisations’ booths, I found out that NParks has redesigned its website.

NParks website redesign (by acroamatic)

Much nicer than the old one. I was going to pan the navigation though, as there seemed to be more steps to get to the individual park pages. Parks > North/South/East/West/Offshore Islands (or use the embedded Google Map!) > then click on the park.

Then I realised there are quick links to the parks if you scroll down. Hmmm… that should be right above on the website!

One more thing, if you’ve ever linked to anything on their website, it is quite likely that the link is now broken.

Oh, anyone recognise the lady in the photo on the website?

UPDATE I’ve been exploring NParks use of Google Maps. The Green Map is quite nice. The Park Connectors can be improved though. It doesn’t show the full connections, especially for the Eastern Coastal Park Connector.

And get this, they’ve linked to my Google Map from their Southern Ridges page!

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