The Virginia Education Association (VEA) is dedicated to improving education and the lives of education professionals in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Through advocacy work, VEA’s goal is to unite members to fulfill their vision of high-quality public education.

VEA came to us with a website that was difficult to update and not mobile responsive. The site was in an outdated CMS and had outgrown the original format, making it hard to find information as there were pages within pages, dead links, and the site search didn’t work.

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What we did:

Virginia Education Association website design detail

The Solution

Our work with VEA focused on a common goal: Create a site that focuses on expanding membership and engaging existing members.

They felt their previous site didn’t speak to all of their members equally, so we began with an overhaul of their navigation and content to make the site structure clearer and more concise.

VEA’s goal was to update the site in-house and utilize dynamic content. We built various flexible content blocks to give them the ability to create and design new pages as needed, and the ability to tag information to multiple pages allows VEA to engage multiple visitor groups.

The final website also has various custom features such as a login area for their members and an interactive map of Virginia to showcase local associations and encourage involvement at the local level. The login area includes exclusive access to news and resources, increasing the value of membership.

VEA’s various new site tools effectively communicate to members and potential members alike.

Member Login Areas

Member Login Areas

Add value to members by restricting premium or private content behind a password wall.

Members can update passwords, while editors can create and disable accounts, creating a streamlined management system.

VEA uses their members only area to post exclusive information to add value to becoming a member.

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Announcement Bar

Announcement Bar

Post breaking news or an important announcement using a site wide announcement banner.

As a member organization with several educational and advocacy events, VEA updates the announcement banner to highlight their biggest upcoming events.

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Drag-and-Drop Editing

Drag-and-Drop Editing

Style new website pages quickly, easily, and confidently.

All of our website designs are created with custom flexible content blocks (aka advanced custom fields repeaters) to ensure clients can perform updates with ease- and ensure the design stays consistent and mobile responsive.

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Complex Migrations

Complex Migrations

Does your site have thousands of pages? Do you need to transfer years of information out of your CMS?

We have years of experience handling complex migrations out of proprietary CMS systems, as well as Drupal and WordPress migrations, accurately and efficiently.

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Photo & Video Galleries

Photo & Video Galleries

Showcase events and information in an organized and thoughtful manner.

Create a place for important visual content that’s easy for visitors to access. Add filtering and search to narrow results and to create a better navigation experience.

VEA created a specific feed to keep their event photos and videos organized and easy to find.

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Random Content Generator

Random Content Generator

Keep your site fresh by loading facts, testimonials, or other interesting soundbites that load at random each time the page is refreshed.

Not only does this keep the site interesting for visitors, it’s also a positive ranking factor on Google.

VEA uses this feature as a ‘Did You Know’ section on their website.

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After
Before

Creating a More Welcoming Website

With an older site that was heavy on resources but light on help, the focus of VEA was to ensure the design welcomed all members (not just teachers) and made finding information easier than ever.

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