Site address: http://www.communitydevelopmentalliancescotland.org (opens in a new window)
CMS: WordPress
Project Goals: Categories and tags, event registration, enewsletter integration
CDAS is a coalition of professionals working in the community development field. Its web site acts as an information base for news stories, publications, and consultations. The organisation also releases a monthly bulletin and stages conferences and events.
The organisation was running its web site on Dreamweaver, its events manually, and its bulletin through Outlook. The end result is that the wealth of information within the site was impossible to search through and read, and vital time was being spent on basic administration.
We put the site on WordPress and transferred all of the site’s information – over 500 posts, 215 documents, and 2400 links – into a clearer format, making full use of WP’s categories and tags functionality.
An events module now permits easy online registration for conferences.
An e-newsletter module allows bulletins to be distributed to members with one click – rather than with many, many clicks as in the old Outlook setup.
All of the site’s functions – events, newsletters, and information – rest within one login and control panel, making the Director’s job much easier than before.
