David Flores-Condezo presented insights from various government agencies, highlighting how they tackled common but complex GovCMS requirements at the DrupalSouth Community Day, held in Canberra on Thursday 14 November 2024.
Why agencies choose Morpht for GovCMS
Start sooner
Engage us directly through the Drupal Services Panel or BuyICT. Security-cleared staff mean no clearance delays.
Build faster with Convivial for GovCMS
Our starter site gives you accessible components, editor tools, and personalisation from day one.
Award-winning results
Our GovCMS sites for the Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) and the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) won GovCMS Community Awards in 2025, and the National Office for Child Safety site won Best in Show at the 2024 Splash Awards.
GovCMS Drupal DXP Panel
Morpht was announced as one of the initial suppliers on the GovCMS DXP Panel. We provide a range of Drupal DXP services to Australian government agencies. Content recommendations, personalisation and AI services can now be easily procured through Moprht, offering an on-ramp for agencies to make their sites smarter and more adaptive to user needs.
Content recommendations
Powerful machine learning algorithms are used to make content recommendations to users based on their browsing behaviour. Morphjt has partnered with Recombee SaaS to bring these tools to GovCMS, GovCMS sites can now be their own Netflix or Spotify, adapting content for a better user experience. See the GovFlix case study or read the playbook on content recommendations. This feature is available for GovCMS SaaS and PaaS.
Personalisation
Smart websites try to predict what their users want to do next. What is the next best step at any point in time? The Convivial Profiler personalisation engine is able to keep track of user affinity for content, user intention and current active campaign or stage in user journey. All of these combine to deliver personalised content recommendations to keep the user engaged on the site. See the Convivial for GovCMS site for more details and a demonstration. This feature is available for GovCMS SaaS and PaaS.
AI Augmentation
Generative AI has swept to the fore and is having an impact on content workflows in government agencies. Morpht has partnered with NLP Cloud to provide a range of different AI models for augmenting content, making editor's lives easier. Sites can tap into this service via the Augmentor NLP Cloud module and a subscription available through the DXP Panel. This feature is available for GovCMS PaaS only.
GovCMS Drupal Services Panel
Morpht provides the full range of GovCMS services. Please get in touch with us for a pricing sheet.
New site builds
Out team of UX designers, architects, site builders, themers and project managers are here to work with you to make your new project a success. Morpht is a leading GovCMS supplier and has worked on some of the largest transformational projects on GovCMS.
Support & Maintenance
Morpht provides ongoing support, maintenance and feature development services for all of the clients we build sites for. We believe that it is important for a client to have continuity in the development team as it ensures that internal knowledge is not lost and future features can be developed in a consistent way.
Website Assessments
Morpht offer site assessments to help you understand where your site is currently at and where you might like to go with it. Assessments range from the providing basics ideal for the initial planning phase through to expert advice to address the current challenges of your website, potential solutions/options and provide a rough budget to assist you with the procurement process.
GovCMS resources
The following resources will help you get up to speed and connected with the GoVCMS community.
The GovCMS website is an important resource providing information on the platform and upcoming events. This site was recently rebuilt by Morpht to include extra information on pricing and a gallery of current GovCMS websites..
An advanced starting point for GovCMS projects providing an easy on ramp for to the GovCMS platform. Convivial should be a serious consideration for any agency looking for a modern, clean implementation of the Australian Government Design System in GovCMS.
The open source repository for the GovCMS project. See the GovCMS modules and what is at the foundation of the project.
Frequently asked questions
Look for a supplier on the GovCMS Drupal Services Panel with a track record of SaaS builds, so they know how to deliver within the platform's limits. Check they can meet WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility, work with the Australian Government Design System, and support the site after launch. For federal projects, ask whether their team holds Baseline security clearance.
Morpht has worked on GovCMS since the platform began. We were one of the first members of the original Drupal Services Panel, built the GovCMS UI-Kit starter theme for the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) in 2018, and created Convivial for GovCMS. Our GovCMS SaaS rebuilds include the Therapeutic Goods Administration, the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority, and Reef Guardian Schools. Our Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) site won the Innovation Award at the 2025 GovCMS Community Awards.
Australian Government agencies can engage Morpht directly through the Drupal Services Panel on BuyICT, with no open tender required. Morpht is on the panel across all three categories: site builds, support, and digital experience platform (DXP) services such as personalisation.
Convivial for GovCMS is Morpht's open-source starter site for GovCMS. It gives you tested, editor-friendly components and an Australian Government Design System theme from day one, and it has passed an independent WCAG 2.2 AA audit. Starting from proven components shortens build time and lowers cost. For example, we delivered the Defence and Veterans' Service Commission site in six weeks.
GovCMS SaaS suits information-rich sites that need strong content, search, and discovery. You cannot add your own modules, and it is not suited to user logins, private data, back-end integrations, or intranets. An experienced supplier can still deliver advanced features within these limits. For the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority, Morpht built a SaaS site that imports datasets of more than 30,000 records in a single process.
Yes. The majority of our team holds Baseline security clearance, so federal projects can start without onboarding delays. Every engagement also has an Australian-based account manager and project manager.
GovCMS maintains the platform and codebase for SaaS sites. Morpht supports the configuration and theme layer, delivers new features, scans front-end libraries monthly for vulnerabilities, and updates sites for machinery-of-government changes. Where possible, the same team that built your site supports it.
Latest insights
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GovFlix is a website showcasing video content for government and web development. A “behind the scenes” presentation was recently given at DrupalSouth Community Day 2024.
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A guide that covers several options for how users can receive site updates from a GovCMS SaaS website.
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A guide to a creative solution for setting up editor notifications on GovCMS SaaS.
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A guide to how GovCMS SaaS can be configured to handle the collection of data for safe transmission and storage.
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A guide to incorporating business intelligence visualisations into a GovCMS SaaS website.
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A guide to setting up search autocomplete on a GovCMS SaaS website.
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A guide on how to set up content workflows on GovCMS SaaS to improve the quality and security of content.
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A guide on how to configure GovCMS SaaS to avoid the creation of outdated, forgotten files which may lead to erroneous content being bookmarked and served.
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A guide on how to set up content migrations on GovCMS SaaS where the requirements fall outside what is usually handled by the Migrate module.
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A guide on how to structure and present a site which contains many sub sections which need to be themed different on GovCMS SaaS.
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A guide on how to roll out a self-contained module of content (HTML, CSS, JS) on GovCMS SaaS.
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A guide on how to manage files on GovCMS SaaS where the files need to be hidden from the public until a specific time.
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A guide on how to deliver time-sensitive, embargoed content on GovCMS SaaS automatically and accurately.
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A guide on how to start up a greenfield GovCMS site which requires a complex migration from a legacy site.
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An introduction to a series of “how to" guides for common but tricky requirements on GovCMS SaaS, covering the implementation for various scenarios.
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Morpht audited and enhanced the Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2024 website before launch, improving accessibility, performance and SEO on GovCMS SaaS.
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This article explores what the policy means for agencies and the key changes it brings to the development of government digital platforms.
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Combining content design with components and modifiers allows you to improve your user experience.
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GovFlix is a proof of concept demonstration in a GovCMS SaaS website, showcasing the content recommendation abilities of Recombee.
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Morpht delivered a new World AIDS Day website for the Department of Health and Aged Care in under three weeks, with an events map and improved search.
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Morpht built the National Immunisation Catch-up Calculator, applying 80 rules across 75 vaccines and checked by 391 automated tests after every change.
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Morpht redesigned the National Office for Child Safety website in under three weeks for a national campaign. Page views then rose 745% in three weeks.