The University of Mary Washington (UMW) wanted a new website that would appeal to the young potential student population while remaining appealing to parents, faculty, staff, graduate students, alums, and more. They also wanted their department heads to have extensive control over their own sites while ensuring that the final result would have a consistent look and intuitive navigation. It was a tall order but we love a challenge.

Working closely with UMW, we designed their new website based on the cutting-edge WordPress MultiNetwork codebase, which allows fine-grained access to be granted to the dozens of admins maintaining their sites. We created a variety of custom widgets which allow them to organize their pages as they wish while maintaining a cohesive look for the site as a whole. And we used AJAX and custom illustrations to make the site interactive and personal.