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Project At A Glance

Vance Charter School desperately needed a new website to replace their older outdated one. In their community, Vance Charter is a highly respected school for academic excellence, but their previous web presence did not convey this. It was a must for the new site to have a modern feel, be visually appealing on all devices as well as functional, search engine and user friendly, and also easy to maintain. There was an enormous amount of content that needed to be condensed, rewritten, and entered into the new site.

Vance Charter Demo

New Logo Design

Conceptual Design Samples

Skills Overview

The most important aspect of the new design was user experience. Parents of enrolled students are the main visitors to the school website. It was a must for the website to be designed from the perspective of a parent’s informational needs. Vance Charter technology staff requested a content management system that was well supported and easy to maintain. This made WordPress an excellent choice as the site’s platform. It was also imperative that the site be responsive, look great and function properly across all screen sizes so everyone regardless of device can keep up to date on the latest school happenings. Branding was also an important aspect of the website. Vance Charter is a NC School of Excellence. It was important that the school website portrayed that.

Project and Skills Detail

Installed WordPress
Researched plugins to perform needed functionality. Plugins needed to be actively maintained and have high user ratings
Installed / Activated plugins
Installed WooCommerce for future e-Commerce expansion
Installed Tribe Events for event management
Edited some plugin’s PHP code to suit customer needs
Developed site with main user focus in mind to create the best user experience possible
Used responsive design for theme and plugins so that all users can view

Created and edited graphics using Adobe Photoshop
Integrated social media feeds using their respective APIs
Created apps on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to allow feeds to be streamed to the website
Entered all web content, much of which had to be condensed, re-written, or developed from scratch
Migrated the site from the development server to production
Created documentation and trained new users on WordPress and how to manage the site

Installed WordPress

Installed / activated plugins to perform needed functionality. Plugins needed to be actively maintained and have high user ratings

Migrated the site from the development server to production

Edited some plugin’s PHP code to suit customer needs

User Experience

Developed site with main user focus in mind to create the best user experience possible

Created sketch mock-ups of the new design

Used responsive design for theme and plugins so that all users could get the best experience regardless of device

Branding

Created new website logo

Created and edited site graphics using Adobe Photoshop

Consistently used school’s current colors to emphasize branding awareness

Integrated school’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter feeds using their respective APIs to bring continuity between the website and social media

Content Creation

Entered all web content, much of which had to be condensed, re-written, or developed from scratch

Created website documentation

Trained new users on WordPress basics and site management