A college website is its digital soul, the heartbeat of its brand, and often the deciding factor for prospective students exploring their next step. SUNY Alfred State College, a hybrid 2-year, 4-year and trade college, approached us to redesign its website. Our recently launched website design exemplifies how a modern, student-centered digital experience can elevate […]
Every trade college tells a story of transformation: a student walks in uncertain, and walks out with a skill, a trade, a future. A website should capture that story with clarity and simplicity. For us, it’s not about decoration; it’s about creating a place where the values of craft, grit, and opportunity are made visible […]
WordPress and Cascade are both content management systems (CMS) that power higher education, government and institutional websites. As an agency we have been using both platforms for more than a decade and have built dozens of websites with each CMS. This is a quick primer on when to choose one over the other. But first […]
”The web is the great equalizer and new opportunity creator for all” was my response to our very first website client back in 1995. Thirty years later, the web has moved from the margins to heart of modern life. Now, it’s the digital soul of an institution. All roads lead to it. For us, a […]
Colleges and universities are akin to a small town and serve a vast plurality of people. A college website, being its digital soul, serves a multitude of functions for its many audiences: prospective students, current students, parents, alumni, faculty & staff, donors, employers, research partners, foundations, media, financial institutions, and nearby communities at large. In […]
Olds College of Agriculture & Technology sits in the center of Alberta, at the northern edge of North America’s Wheat Belt, a vast swath of the Great Plains. The school’s Smart Agriculture Ecosystem — with labs, 3,600 acre Smart Farm and researchers — plays an outsized role in advancing a range of digital agriculture innovations […]
Elliance, a higher education website design and SEO marketing agency, helps universities with redesign and SEO projects. Here is a glimpse of our recent work for UNC Charlotte which resulted in top rankings in North Carolina.
Elliance has grown enrollment, endowment and reputation for over 100 colleges and universities including 10 medical schools and healthcare institutions. Samples.
We understand that there are numerous other content management systems for higher education, but Hannon Hill Cascade CMS remains the top ranked CMS in this space. As a web development agency, we have partnered with them because we are committed to offering the best solutions to our clients.
Occasionally we are asked to make a recommendation to build the higher education website in Drupal or WordPress. Here is our take on this pivotal question