Gravity. We create web applications from our Belfast, Northern Ireland based office. We are a creative consultancy for the digital age. We hand craft digital experiences for forward thinking brands.

Company Overview

South West College delivers Higher and Further Education courses in the counties of Fermanagh and Tyrone across 5 campuses covering many district councils, covering the largest geographical area of the new colleges, with an even more impressive 18,500 students studying each year at SWC.

Project Brief

A new website was required, a website that would take what was accomplished previously and set the bar even higher. With the new academic year fast approaching, Gravity were commissioned to deliver the Content Management System that powers the current site, but there were two weeks to the college was open for full time students enrolling so we had to act fast. They also required a solution for students to be able to access course information from a mobile device.

Our Solution

Our solution was devised of an enterprise content management system, powered by asp.net and sql server. Upon commencement, we drew up a list of widgets that made up the website pages, such as galleries, videos and forms, and created controls that allowed users to place these on any page that required them, this allowed us to pull together a team of content authors that filled the website with the required content with only days left before going live. We also developed a web based app that was mobile friendly. Upon accessing the website from any mobile device, the end user is presented with the option to view a mobile friendly version of the course finder that essentially works like an App but without the requirement for a download.