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Cloister: Multi-site CMS for a university

A governed publishing platform that consolidates sprawling departmental sites into one accessible, structured content system.

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Sector
Higher Education
Typical client
University with dozens of departmental websites
Typical timeline
30 weeks
Typical team
6 engineers, 2 content strategists
Course page editor with structured fields, approval and multi-site publishing
Site estate overview with accessibility scores and content ownership
Content health dashboard for visits, broken links and pending reviews

About this project

Universities tend to accumulate websites over many years, each with its own design and quality. Prospective students find conflicting information, and accessibility is hard to guarantee.

Cloister consolidates departmental sites onto one governed platform. Departments control their own content, while shared components keep pages accessible and consistent.

Objectives

  • Consolidate duplicated sites and outdated pages
  • Meet public sector accessibility requirements
  • Let departments publish without breaking institutional standards

What’s delivered

  • Structured content model for courses and staff
  • Role-based editorial approval
  • Shared accessible component library
  • Site migration with redirects preserved
  • Content health and review reporting

Target outcomes

-60%

target reduction in site count

AA

WCAG 2.2 conformance goal

<2s

page load target

100%

redirects preserved goal

Technology

  • Drupal
  • Next.js
  • Elasticsearch
  • Azure
  • Cloudflare

Services involved

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