{"id":20573,"date":"2018-10-23T16:53:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T15:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=20573"},"modified":"2018-10-23T16:53:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T15:53:23","slug":"ihbcs-local-authority-skills-website-now-mobile-friendly-content-updates-anticipated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=20573","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Local Authority Skills\u2019 website now \u2018mobile friendly\u2019: Content updates anticipated"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IHBC_LA_Skills_website_231018.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-20574\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IHBC_LA_Skills_website_231018.png\" alt=\"website\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a>The IHBC has upgraded its specialist website on \u2018Local Authority Skills\u2019 to make it \u2018mobile friendly\u2019, so it is more accessible for anyone using mobile technology such as smart phones and iPads <em>etc.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>IHBC\u2019s past Chair Jo Evans, in her original introduction to the site\u2019s current resources for England, writes: \u2018In order to help you if you find yourself in the position where you have to justify your work as a conservation professional, the IHBC has drafted a statement detailing the vast range of work we do \u2013 notably identifying the statutory functions (so seldom realised). We have laid out how heritage investment supports civil society and economic growth and how it is the overriding reason why people visit this country and our historic towns and communities and the huge contribution made by tourism to wealth and jobs.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You will find on the web site a detailed report on the statutory roles of the conservation professional and other responsibilities. It lists these along with examples of relevant Ombudsman cases and other useful information. There is a brief version with examples headlines and a more full version with further information and references.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>IHBC\u2019s digital adviser Peter Badcock said: \u2018Google analytics warns about non-mobile friendly websites, and these can reflect on search ratings.\u00a0 So we have copied all the material across to the new platform, including all the \u2018Pages under construction\u2019 that await national Branch input.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>See more on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/skills\/\">background<\/a> to the site.<\/p>\n<p>For England see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/skills\/england\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ihbc.org.uk\/skills\/england\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Supporting links and resources include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/skills\/england\/\">Why planning authorities must have conservation skills!\u00a0<em>England<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/skills\/staffing\/\">IHBC conservation staffing research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/skills\/ni\/\">Why planning authorities must have conservation skills!\u00a0<em>Northern Ireland<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/skills\/wales\/\">Why planning authorities must have conservation skills!\u00a0<em>Wales<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/skills\/page\/\">Why planning authorities must have conservation skills!\u00a0<em>Scotland<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/skills\/ombudsman\/\">Heritage advice and the Local Goverment Ombudsman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/prosecutions\/\">Listed Buildings Database Commentary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/skills\/resources\/IHBC-Valuing-Historic.pdf\">Valuing Historic Places<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/skills\/bestpract\/\">Local Authority best practice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihbc.org.uk\/recent_papers\/docs\/Listed%20Building%20Repairs%20Notices%201992%20Text%20(1).pdf\">Listed Buildings Repairs Notices<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more background see the original launch in the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=2326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NewsBlogs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IHBC has upgraded its specialist website on \u2018Local Authority Skills\u2019 to make it \u2018mobile friendly\u2019, so it is more accessible for anyone using mobile technology such as smart phones and iPads etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20575,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20573\/revisions\/20575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}