The farming town of White River is situated between Mbombela and Hazyview in Mpumalanga, where a small community includes artists, artisans, farmers – and the expansive grounds of Uplands school.
Uplands approached Flow towards the end of 2017 with a brief for a “clean, updated website”, representative of the three phases of the school: pre-preparatory, preparatory and college.
By combining elements such as short navigation panels, colour coding, bold imagery and breaking up lengthy text into more manageable sections, Flow created a user-friendly, modern and responsive site, which recently went live.
The new Uplands site is easier to navigate and less cluttered than the old one, and integrates the school’s social media platforms.
“Changing the website for Uplands was exciting and challenging. We’re proud of the completed product and believe it is user-friendly and inviting. We received great creative ideas and sound content advice from Flow Communications. The back end is easy to use, and we believe the effort of changing websites will pay dividends in years to come,” says Phil Hemus, business manager for Uplands.
The site is fairly complex as it comprises three school phases, in addition to two mini-sites for the school’s Outreach wing and alumni.
“We were excited to deliver a site that is user-friendly. A fresh layout combined with an intuitive content management system will allow the site administrator to update and publish content with ease. We’re proud of the final product and look forward to receiving feedback from users,” says Flow developer Klaus Alusa.
- Flow has produced a variety of work in the educational sphere for more than 10 school-based clients including St David’s Marist Inanda, Dainfern College, St Peter’s College, St Stithians, Kyalami Preparatory School, St Martin’s School, Beaulieu College, Beaulieu Preparatory School, Pridwin Preparatory School, St John’s College, Dominican Convent School and St Mary’s School in Waverley. In the tertiary education sector Flow works closely with various departments at the University of the Witwatersrand, University of Cape Town, University of Johannesburg and the University of Pretoria.
