Pitt County Government

Origin

Phase 1 of the Pitt County Web Site was officially dedicated to public service during County Government Week, April 21-27, 1996. This is the fourth major iteration of the site. This version of the site was designed by a committee of County staff headed by Thomas Lynch.

Maintenance

Pitt County Web Site content is managed by the Public Information Office, with technical assistance provided by Pitt County MIS. Updates happen at different intervals, but at least some content is updated weekly.

Technical Details

It is the goal of the County to provide electronic information via the web site to all citizens, regardless of computer platform and browser. We attempt to present data in a format that is reasonably attainable to all citizens. However, due to the amount of resources available, we must set a minimum standard that will be supported. In order to view the County web page, you must have a browser capable of meeting the W3C's recommended HTML guidelines. The current recommended specification is for HTML 4.01. Additionally, the County web site makes extensive use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), in order to minimize the maintenance effort. There is a long-standing published specification for CSS, but not all browsers implement it in the same way. As a result, some content may not be displayed as originally intended, but should still be viewable by any modern web browser.

The Pitt County Web Site is intended to be viewed at 800 x 600 resolution with thousands of colors (or greater), although it should be viewable at lower resolutions.

Web Browsers
We have tested the following browsers, and have found them to acceptably display the County web site.

Firefox 2.0.0.4 and higher for Macintosh.
Firefox 2.0.0.4 and higher for Windows.
Internet Explorer 5.5 and higher for Windows. Note: Drop down menus do not work in 5.5.
Opera 9.10 and higher for Windows.
Opera 9.21 and higher for Macintosh.
Safari 2.0.4 and higher for Macintosh.
Safari 3.0 and higher for Windows.

The following browsers have been found to not acceptably display the County web site.

Internet Explorer 5.2 for Macintosh.

Adobe Acrobat Files
The Pitt County Web Site makes use of documents in Adobe Acrobat format. This is a cross-platform format, and therefore all citizens with computers should be able to view these documents. To download the free Adobe Reader (required for viewing these files), click here. Acrobat files will be identified by these symbols .

Icons
There are some icons courtesy of the Icon Factory.

External Links
The symbol indicates an external link. External links are provided as a public service. A link to an external site does not imply an endorsement by Pitt County Government. Pitt County Government has no control over content on any linked sites. Please report any broken links to webmaster@co.pitt.nc.us.