Case study

Every site is different because each organisation we work with will have different needs. Here are some case studies to show you some of the possibilities.

The Working Together Project

About the Working Together Project

An established provider of training and accredited learning to staff, volunteers, community activists and members of management committees.

The brief

The Working Together Project wanted a site that:

• They could update themselves
• Was easy to use and accessible
• Used affordable software owned by the client for ongoing maintenance
• Was designed with future expansion in mind, e.g. adding extra site sections
• Had training built in as part of the overall site development package
• Came up in search engine listings

In addition, they wanted the site to:

• Be useful to someone who was part of or running a community group or voluntary organisation
• Provide clear information about their organisation
• Allow people to view and download training materials and programs, book a place on training events online and suggest new training courses
• Allow people to sign up to receive their newsletter by email or post and view old newsletters online
• Provide links to other useful sites

What the site has done for Working Together Project:

 

"It has provided a virtual learning presence 24 hours a day so that people from community groups can book training online at their convenience. It has also helped us to further define the four different aspects of our organisation and keep an archive of past courses and learning materials."

 

How Working Together Project sees the future of their site

"We'd like to develop it into a database driven website which allows for more efficient administration of booking and place confirmation."

SCIP's solution

SCIP designed a site with a clearly defined content area and a simple, clean design. HTML for the general page layout and content were separated into different files. This allowed the client to update their own content without any risk of affecting the design templates. Further separation of template files allowed their staff to add site sections to the design templates. SCIP initially set up areas of the site which the client was not skilled in, e.g. web forms.

Training

The entire client staff team was trained by SCIP to use Microsoft Front Page, an HTML editing software package, to update site content and add new site sections. The package writes HTML for the client enabling them to concentrate on content. It was chosen because it is an affordable package which does not require extensive training. They were also trained to upload site changes to the web using a free FTP program. The training included a follow up session a few weeks later after staff had practice in updating the site.