# Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces website 2004 - 2008 Employer: [Department of National Defence](/en/organizations/department-of-national-defence) From December 2004 to February 2008, I was responsible for web design and content management for official website of the Department of National Defence / Canadian Forces. During this time, I was involved with: - Converting website from table-based layout to standards-based design based on W3C guidelines - Designing web page templates, complying with government Common look and feel standards, and with web standards such as XHTML, CSS, and accessibility - Posting of news releases, backgrounders, feature stories, and other news to web site - Development of ASP based content management system for *The Maple Leaf* newspaper website - Produce weekly online version of DND/CF newspaper The Maple Leaf, adapting from print version - Advising on implementation of emerging web technology to continually improve ease of use and functionality of web site - Working with departmental clients to develop sub-sites, and to adapt other communications products for use on the web - Advising management on best use of internet technology to keep site current with evolving standards, and to improve funcionality and accessibility - Created an image gallery script in ASP/VBScript, whih was used on the Minister of National Defence's sub-site. Tags [CAF](/en/tag/caf) [DND / CAF](/en/tag/dnd-caf) [XHTML](/en/language/xhtml) [ASP](/en/language/asp) [CMS](/en/tag/cms) [design](/en/tag/design) [content management](/en/tag/content-management) [ ![DND/CF home page](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_0180/public/media/image/dnd/2023/forces-home.jpg.JPG?itok=cH14xo6y) ](https://peterhebert.com/sites/default/files/styles/scale_1280/public/media/image/dnd/2023/forces-home.jpg.webp?itok=3aVg0PZ3) [ ![splash / welcome page](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_0180/public/media/image/dnd/2023/forces-splash.jpg.JPG?itok=hN6sO1AS) ](https://peterhebert.com/sites/default/files/styles/scale_1280/public/media/image/dnd/2023/forces-splash.jpg.webp?itok=_Qdwt-s3) [ ![The Maple Leaf online newspaper](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_0180/public/media/image/dnd/2023/mapleleaf-2008-02-13.jpg.JPG?itok=ciI5asDe) ](https://peterhebert.com/sites/default/files/styles/scale_1280/public/media/image/dnd/2023/mapleleaf-2008-02-13.jpg.webp?itok=bA13Z0S6) [ ![Minister of National Defence Gallery](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_0180/public/media/image/dnd/2023/ministers-gallery.jpg.JPG?itok=TnPWmHki) ](https://peterhebert.com/sites/default/files/styles/scale_1280/public/media/image/dnd/2023/ministers-gallery.jpg.webp?itok=SjBhBrhr) Project Links [DND/CF (via Wayback Machine)](https://web.archive.org/web/20070629222923/http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/home_e.asp) - [previous](/en/project/vote-for-climate) - [All Projects](/en/projects) - [next](/en/project/dnd-public-affairs-intranet-website)