Objective Interface - Official Website of Howrah District

E-Governance at Howrah
PORTAL FOR THE DISTRICT OF HOWRAH
( http://howrah.gov.in)
Our Society has benefited in many ways from the Information
Technology Revolution. However, not everyone can reap the benefits of
this technology change. In context of this age of Internet , A website is
the world's most effective order to reach to the masses . The Internet functions 24
hours a day, seven days a week, with no labor costs and has the most inexpensive
and widespread capabilities ever seen.
The users , with the help of Internet and the available resources of hardware
with them , whether be it at their offices , homes or Internet Cafes can view the
Information and as well as Utilise the relevant Information(s) as per their
requirement and need . What is Important is that , the Users should be able to View
a WebPage , the way they wish to View it with the equipment that they have
available.
It was a long felt need of the District Administration to hoist a Official Website
for the District of Howrah . With the keen interest and initiative of the District
Administration for Website , a War-Footing Level of Data Collection from various
Government Departments started in the month of January,2007 onwards so that a
shape could be given to the website in the shortest possible time. National
Informatics Centre, Howrah was entrusted with the job of design , development and
hoisting of the website at GOV Domain.
However , merely designing a website is not sufficient enough . It
needs to be re-structured, re-modified at several point of times. And, most important
of it is continuously updating and populating with the latest information(s) .
The following Basic Needs , in terms of Hardware and relevant
Infrastructural support are required to keep a website lively and updated.
Website Design: Since the design part was entrusted to NIC,Howrah . a
dedicated Computer was used which would specifically cater to the need of Website
Designing , where all the relevant in formations could be stored , the Web -Designing
software could be loaded , and a IP permanently allocated so that FTP could be done
through the particular terminal. This assignment was taken up by NIC, Howrah
For, this licensed Version of Macromedia Dreamweaver 8.0 (DTHML) was used
as Website designing tool and applications of Java was also used.
ISP: Internet Service Provider is required through which connection to the
Internet would be provided. Since the website is an Official Website, NIC was chosen
to be the ISP
Domain Name: This is www.yourname.com; the address or home page on the
Internet. It was thought that , being official website of Howrah and to be hoisted in
GOV Domain , the URL was finalised as http://www.howrah.gov.in
Hosting: An Internet presence provider. This is where website is stored for
the world to view. Being in the GOV Domain, the website of HOWRAH is hosted in
NIC server centrally located at New Delhi.
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