As a web design agency, we strongly recommend the use of CMS systems to our clients. CMS’s – or “content management systems” – provide a good way of empowering our clients with the ability to manage their own web content, while retaining our design, SEO and developer experience. We provide CMS development using the popular Drupal & Joomla platforms, which are available as Open Source Software under the GPL license.
As a Drupal Developer, we produce bespoke templates to our clients’ requirements, integrate modules and code snippets to rapidly solve clients’ problems, and where required produce new bespoke modules to extend the function of existing CMS’s. This way, our clients get all the benefits of bespoke web application development tailored to their problems, and all the benefits of security, stability and breadth of features provided by established, proven CMS systems.
Acting as a Drupal CMS Developer for White Rose, a Leeds - York - Bradford based consortium working with the Yorkshire universities, we produced a site to act as a corporate brochure website to showcase their work. Using a combination of modules and a bespoke Drupal theme, we have produced a distinctive original design that the White Rose staff enjoy using to extend their web presence.
"We have worked with Spiral on a number of projects and have found them to be reliable and flexible. We have come to consider them trusted suppliers who are always prepared to go out of their way for us." - Jo Hutchings - White Rose Consortium
White Rose recommend our web development services to the many inter-university groups and projects they sponsor. Based on this we have recently developed a Drupal-based multi-site solution which allows us to cheaply host, develop and maintain Drupal sites for White Rose. These range from budget development using open source themes, such as the White Rose Association of Political Philosophy to rapid development for the Centre for Low Carbon Futures, which was developed in less than one week by re-imaging existing bespoke design.
While we have an excellent track record in Academic Website Design, we also pride ourselves on being in tune with many different markets and areas. Working as Joomla CMS Developers for Orion Homes, a Yorkshire-based property developer, we have produced for them a searchable sales-orientated website designed to allow their staff to manage presenting their many developments – using photos, virtual tours, Youtube video and googlemaps – using the Joomla CMS system. As part of a 6-year relationship with the client, we have over the last 18 months constantly refined the site for SEO, staff usability and excellent user experience.
"Spiral are meticulous, creative and reliable, and the high-quality work they do for us has been instrumental in our excellent sales record." - Dianne Reynolds, Sales & Marketing Director - Orion Homes