A goup of Brighton and Hove-based web professionals have collaborated to design and build the web site for the sixth annual Virtual Festival.

The Virtual Festival is co-ordinated by Mark Walker, of the Sussex Community Internet Project (Scip) and runs in parallel to the Brighton Festival throughout next month.

This year a new logo and brand identity was created by designer Nigel Gordijk.

The technical development was by Hove's Jane Dallaway and Richard Dallaway.

The site has a feature that allows people to contribute to a diary using SMS text messages or direct from the site.

The Virtual Festival's other features include live webcams round Brighton and Hove, web logs by residents and the annual web awards voted for by residents.

www.virtualfestival.org.uk