Forensic Science Society - Content Management and Systems Integration
The Requirement
The Forensic Science Society commissioned a new website to encourage prospective members to join the society and provide enhanced interaction with existing ones.
The key requirements for the site were: A refreshed design communicating the professionalism of the society; Easy to update content; Secure Access to member-only information; online registration and payment of subscriptions and most importantly the protection of their confidential membership database.
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Ap 16 has provided us with a website which is interesting, dynamic and functional. They have developed an integrated package which addresses our needs and delivers on a day-to-day basis. Their work has been excellent throughout.
Unnecessary difficulties and niggles, no matter how small, can be very frustrating as well as taking time and effort to resolve. We are relieved that this has NOT been our experience with Ap 16. On the contrary, they have listened to us and their expertise has given us a quality product which has enhanced our profile and which we are delighted with. I cannot recommend them enough.
Dr Carol Ostell, CEO, Forensic Science Society
Our Approach
Working with Kariba Creative Media, the Forensic Science Society's selected design house, we mapped out the various user journeys within the site along with the constraints that needed to be in place to protect sensitive member details.
Kariba produced a flexible and scalable design and HTML framework that then allowed a technically led implementation phase to deliver a tightly integrated solution across multiple sites, applications and technologies.
Our Solution
The front end website is powered by apCMS, our Flexible and Scalable Content and Catalogue Management System providing a structured and simple to use interface for non-technical users to author professional web content with minimal web knowledge. The website also provides eCommerce functionality allowing the collection of Membership subscriptions as well as the sale of products and events via SagePay integration.
The Forensic Science Society operates a bespoke Member Management System that manages offline member details, subscriptions and payment records. Our solution avoids duplication of data and the exposure of sensitive information to the web by facilitating real-time communication between the website and remote databases via XML Web-Services.
The Results
The Forensic Science Society website now provides an up-to-date portal of information for prospective and established members of the society alike.
There is no duplication of data or effort when managing online and offline memberships and renewals and all data is held securely within the Forensic Science Society’s environment.
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