What is Convivial for GovCMS?

Convivial for GovCMS is a starter site developed by Morpht and is based on CivicTheme. It incorporates many of the patterns and components Morpht developed by over the years. Specifically, Convivial for GovCMS extends the CivicTheme functionality with these out of the box features:

  • Useful content types
  • Extra components
  • Extra view modes
  • Personalisation

How can Convivial for GovCMS help?

Convivial for GovCMS is a starter site with thousands of hours of knowhow built into it. When a new project starts with such solid foundations, development is rapid. We concentrate on solving the unique problems of your site rather than reinventing the wheel.

What is CivicTheme?

CivicTheme is an open source theme(Opens in a new tab/window) and design system aims at solving the needs of Australian government agencies. CivicTheme is based off pre-existing patterns an approaches found in the former Australian Government Design Systems and earlier versions of starter themes for GovCMS. CivicTheme has been developed to fill a gap where government agencies had no natural design system to rely on after the AuDS was discontinued.

Morpht supports CivicTheme

The development of the CivicTheme is seen by Morpht(Opens in a new tab/window) as a positive development in the GovCMS community. CivicTheme fills the gap left by the Australian Government Design System. It provides a complete system of components, design assets, theme and Drupal starting point. Morpht has therefore taken the time to learn CivicTheme and has extended it with its own knowhow.

Who is Morpht?

Morpht(Opens in a new tab/window) is a Drupal development agency specialising in UX, GovCMS, personalisation and AI integrations. and Drupal. We are very strong supporters of the GovCMS ecosystem and have been active members of the community for the past 5 years. Morpht is a leading supplier on the Drupal Services Panel and has built and maintained sites for: AGD, DOH, DOF, TGA and many others.

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