Recent updates to Convivial for GovCMS bring substantial improvements to accessibility, mobile responsiveness, and overall user experience. We’ve also focused heavily on reducing technical debt and empowering content editors with more flexible components.
A GovCMS site with the plumbing already done
A typical GovCMS build starts with a theme, a component library, a content model, and an accessibility pass, before anyone touches the content that actually matters to your agency. Convivial ships with all four already in place, tested across dozens of live government sites.
That means your budget and timeline go toward what's unique to your organisation: your content, your integrations, your campaigns, not rebuilding foundations every other GovCMS site also needs.
What you get:
- A faster path to launch. Components, content types, and accessibility are solved before your project starts.
- No-code design and personalisation. Editors and marketers configure colour, campaigns, and targeted content without a developer.
- A platform built for GovCMS. Optimised for GovCMS SaaS, procured through the Drupal Services Panel.
Built for the people who use it every day
Built for editors
Editors get a full library of ready-made content types, components, and view modes, plus AI tools that suggest image alt text, summaries, and introductions. Pages are built and maintained without touching code.
Built for marketers
Marketers can launch campaign pages with no-code layout tools, apply on-brand skins for a campaign or sub-site, and structure content so it's ready for search engines and AI answer engines alike.
Built for site owners
Site owners get panel-approved procurement, WCAG 2.2 AA conformance by default, and editorial dashboards that flag content needing review, missing descriptions, or weak alt text, so governance holds up as the site grows.
Personalisation that respects privacy
Convivial Profiler, a lightweight, client-side personalisation engine, tailors promotions and content to a visitor's interests and stage in their journey, without authenticating users or standing up a customer data platform. For deeper recommendations, we integrate Recombee.
Accessible by default
Every page targets a Lighthouse accessibility score of 100. Skip links, correct heading order, keyboard navigation, media transcripts, and a built-in contrast checker are part of the build, not an afterthought.
No-code design and theming
Colour palettes, skins, light and dark modes, and layout options are all configured through theme settings, on a foundation of Tailwind CSS and daisyUI. Most day-to-day design changes don't need a front-end developer.
Ready for AI
Convivial's AI Augmentation features help editors generate image alt text, summaries, and introductions from existing content. Convivial for GovCMS AI Edition extends this further for agencies on GovCMS PaaS.
Panel-approved supplier
See it before you build it
Visit the live demo to explore Convivial for GovCMS for yourself: components, personalisation, and the full feature set, running on a real GovCMS site.
We also provide a comprehensive Figma starter file that mirrors Convivial's components and colour palette variables. It lets you see your site take shape before development begins, and keeps design and build aligned from the first handover.
Frequently asked questions
Convivial for GovCMS is a Drupal theme that extends the standard GovCMS Starter theme with a comprehensive no-code theming layer, a library of accessible components, campaign tools, AI augmentation, personalisation, and content recommendations. The Starter theme gives you a compliant baseline. Convivial gives government and enterprise teams a more capable platform for managing complex digital communications, without waiting on a developer for every change.
Yes. Convivial for GovCMS conforms to WCAG 2.2 AA and targets a Lighthouse accessibility score of 100 on every page. It includes keyboard accessibility, skip navigation, correct heading hierarchy, media transcripts, decorative image handling, a sticky table of contents for long pages, and a built-in contrast checker for colour palette configuration.
Convivial Profiler, a lightweight, client-side personalisation engine, tailors content based on factors such as browsing history, device, location, time, and user intent, without authenticating users or standing up a customer data platform. For deeper recommendation capability, we can integrate Recombee, a Recommender-as-a-Service, to surface content based on individual behaviour.
Built on Tailwind CSS and daisyUI with Single Directory Components, Convivial lets editors and site owners configure colour palettes, colour schemes including dark mode, skins for campaigns or site sections, and background effects such as image, video, or gradient, all through theme settings, without writing code.
Yes. The no-code page layout tools, component library, and skin system let content and marketing teams build visually distinct campaign pages within the guardrails of the design system, including branded colour treatments, hero imagery, and promotional blocks, without developer involvement for routine builds.
No. Convivial's components are built to be themed and configured to your organisation's visual identity. The reuse happens at the functional and structural level; the visual layer is still yours.
Through Morpht, an endorsed supplier on the Drupal Services Panel. Eligible Commonwealth and state government agencies can procure implementation, configuration, and support directly through the panel and BuyICT, with no open tender required.
A hands-on session where we configure a working GovCMS site using Convivial's out-of-the-box features, components, design settings, personalisation tools, and content types, in a single, intensive day. It gives your team a concrete sense of the platform and the editor experience before you commit to a full build.
Case studies
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AER embarked on a transformation journey, where Morpht rolled outa rigorous approach that encompassed extensive discovery phases, detailed content modelling, and the migration of numerous data sources.
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Morpht was approached by the Department of Defence to look at overhauling its Decisive Action Training Environment (DATE) website. We refocused the design and content around audience needs and pain points.
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Morpht was able to provide IPEA with a new website on the GovCMS SaaS platform, upgraded to Drupal 9 and allow site editors to import all reporting data without the need of external help. The site also has a greatly improved page speed and a new design and interface which maximises the findability of Parliamentarian expense reports.
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The TGA are now celebrating a brand new site on GovCMS. With a contemporary look and feel underpinned by consistent structures and familiar patterns, this site is now the foundation for the next stage of the digital transformation the TGA is undergoing.
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