Website Design for St Margaret's CE Primary School
Warrington, Cheshire
The school accepted our offer to redevelop their old Joomla! CMS website several years ago when they subscribed to WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Support.
They wanted to continue using the Joomla! CMS whilst making their website more accessible and mobile friendly.
Their website uses a customised version of our unique WYNCHCO Template.
This case study outlines our approach to creating a website design to meet the school's needs.
Ask about our Template and Website Design Service when you subscribe to WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Support.
Our Approach
Our focus is the creation of mobile-friendly responsive website designs that are accessible to the widest possible audience.
Our Template and Website Design Service is offered to academy schools which subscribe to WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Support.
Where? In Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and North West England, UK.
The WYNCHCO Website Design Process
Our offer of Template and Website Design Services is restricted to Customers who subscribe to our Joomla! CMS Support Services.
Stage 1: Customer Consultation
First we consult with you to determine your Template and Website Design requirements.
After carefully considering your requirements we invite you to subscribe to our Joomla! CMS Support Service.
And draft our Joomla! CMS Support Service Level Agreement for you to consider.
The Service Level Agreement comprises our proposed schedule of design works (including cost, payment terms and delivery date) and details the extent of Joomla! CMS Support including:
- Daily, Weekly and Monthly Joomla! CMS Website Maintenance,
- Priority Personal Email and Telephone Support,
- Unrestricted access to our JOOMLERS.UK User Guides, and
- Use of our unique WYNCHCO Template with your Joomla! CMS Website.
WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Support includes a non-exclusive limited licence to use our unique WYNCHCO Template with your Website.
Stage 2: Template and Website Design
This is when we make the Joomla! CMS work for you and your organisation.
First we install the latest available version of the Joomla! CMS on our development server (with visibility restricted to you and us).
Next we configure its Content (categories articles and modules) and Navigation (menus and menu links) to meet your needs.
We then populate its Content with the initial text, images and any other other media you provide, ensuring compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA. This is a legal requirement for public sector bodies in the UK.
Then we customise our unique WYNCHCO Template to ensure that your website reflects your brand.
Throughout this process we will ask you to review and comment on the changes we make.
Stage 3: Review and Publication
When you are ready to publish your website, we install it for you on the web server of your choice.
We then continue to provide WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Support for the remainder of the agreed subscription period, regardless of where your website is hosted.
What happens if you choose not to renew your subscription?
We stop providing support.
You keep your template and Joomla! CMS website.
We do not sell ties!
Our unique WYNCHCO Template
WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Support includes a non-exclusive limited licence to use our unique WYNCHCO Template with your Website.
Our unique WYNCHCO Template Design comprises:
- three Style Sheets,
- dozens of Custom Styles organised into groups,
- each of which can be changed in an instant via the website Dashboard,
putting you in complete control of your website's Look & Feel.
A WYNCHCO Template Design makes it easy to change the appearance of your website with just a few mouse clicks.
And makes websites look great regardless of device and screen size.
It's easy to change your website's Look & Feel with a WYNCHCO Template
A WYNCHCO Template Design enables you to change your website's Look and Feel in just a few simple mouse clicks.
Or if you prefer, a few simple dabs of your smartphone screen.
Simply sign into your website's Dashboard and follow these steps.
Select a WYNCHCO Template
Example: 4-3-0-95.
Select a Custom Style Tab
Example: Site.
Change a Custom Style
Example: Website Width.
Toggle between Fixed Width and Full Width to change the width of your website in the browser of large screen devices.
We show you how to change the Look and Feel of your website in our Joomla! User Guide.
Read more: How you can change the Look & Feel of your website.
A WYNCHCO Website Design before we begin customising
Click the tabs below to view screenprints of our Demonstration Website (opens in new tab)
They illustrate the flexibility of our WYNCHCO Template across a wide range of screen sizes and devices.
Landscape View
Large screen devices and tablets.
Portrait View
Phones and Tablets.
iPads Portrait View
Customised WYNCHCO Website Design for St Margarets CE Primary School
Click the tabs below to view screenprints of the custom website design we created for our customer.
View website at: www.st-margarets.warrington.sch.uk (opens in new tab).
Landscape View
Large screen devices and tablets.
Portrait View
Phones and Tablets.
iPads Portrait View
Customisation
Here are some of the changes we made to customise our unique WYNCHCO Template and the 'out of the box' Joomla! CMS meet the school's requirements.
Example WYNCHCO Template Customisations
Brand
The school wanted a Site Banner to be displayed on the left side at the top of their website in Landscape View.
And the Site Banner to be displayed at the top in Portrait View.
The school could have instead chosen to display a Site Title in Portrait View on small screen devices.
And they still can, if they toggle the relevant button in the Template Styles screen of their website's control panel.
They might also choose to display a Strapline.
As requested we linked the website's Brand to the Home Page, but the school can easily change this whenever they wish.
For example, link the Site Banner or Site Title to the Contact Us page.
The school followed our recommendation to display a Copyright Statement at the bottom of their website.
The Copyright Statement date can be changed via the Template Styles screen.
Display Format
The school initially opted for a Fixed Width website display.
Their website was displayed in the centre of large screens whilst filling the entire width of small screens.
They subsequently changed their mind, choosing instead a Full Width display, meaning their website fills the screen width on all screen sizes.
Fonts
WYNCHCO website designs include a number of self-hosted Google Font Family Style Sets.
More can be added upon request, and you can even add your own, choosing from more than 800 fonts listed in the Google Fonts Directory.
The school liked the Lato sans-serif font.
Images
WYNCHCO website designs include Image Style Sets to enable you to quickly style any one image when editing an Article.
For example, you might want to display a colour image in greyscale or sepia, or display it as a polaroid photograph, or change the rounding of its corners.
But we also make it possible for you to change Corner Roundings globally (i.e. for ALL images in your website).
How? By toggling a button in the Template Styles screen of the website's control panel.
The school chose to initially display all images in their website with rounded corners.
Screen
The school opted for their website to be displayed in browsers against a white background.
They could have instead chosen a gradient background, a repeating pattern background or one large image background.
They still can whenever they wish.
It is easy to change the screen background image or colour.
Text Size
The school opted not to change the default Text Size and Letter Spacing.
They can adjust this setting any time they wish, simply by toggling a few buttons in the Template Styles screen of their website's control panel.
For example, increase the Text Size.
Example Joomla! CMS Customisations
Cookie Bar
The school asked us to install and configure a Cookie Bar Module for use with their website.
Reason: to comply with UK General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
Google Translator
The school asked us to install and configure a Google Translator module for display at the bottom of their website.
Slideshow
The school asked us to install and configure a Slideshow Module to display images at the top of the Home Page.
Ken Edwards - Website Designer
Ken has more than 10 years experience creating Joomla! website designs for UK business, academy school and third sector organisations in Warrington, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and North West England.
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Our Mission
We help and support managers responsible for Joomla! CMS websites in UK business, academy school and third sector organisations which subscribe to WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Support.
Our Mission is to put you in control of your website.
We enjoy keeping up-to-date with the latest Joomla! developments, trends and best practices and sharing our expertise with you to help you optimise how you use your Joomla! CMS website.
We work hard to develop and maintain long-lasting customer relationships.
For Personal Joomla! CMS Help & Support
The WYNCHCO Customer Care Code
We aim to deliver excellent support to our customers at all times.
We pride ourselves on building long-standing close-working relationships with our customers.
Key words
- Collaboration.
- Flexibility.
- Shared Purpose.
- Trust.
Our commitment
To provide you with:
- accurate and up-to-date product information,
- helpful solutions to support requests,
- transparent invoicing,
- SSL encryption when you visit our website.
To monitor our services to ensure optimal performance.
To safeguard your personal data.
To resolve your concerns promptly and professionally.
To pay our suppliers promptly and in return ask that our customers do the same.
