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The Smart Sites Resource Center is your one-stop destination for everything you need to build, launch, and get the most out of your website. Whether you’re a prospective customer exploring what Smart Sites has to offer or a longtime client looking for helpful tools and resources, you’ll find something here for you!
Design Library
Explore fully responsive, ADA-compliant website designs created specifically for districts, schools, and educational organizations.
Client Examples
Explore real-world Smart Sites for inspiration and ideas for navigation, imagery, layouts, and more.
Design Resources
Get the most out of your Smart Site with helpful design tools, resources, inspiration, and best practices.
Awards
Celebrate the dedicated, passionate customers who go above and beyond to create exceptional, award-winning websites.
Our Team
Meet the talented, dedicated team behind every Smart Sites design and implementation.
Component Library
Explore examples of every component, along with the configuration and styling options available for each.
Page Pro Catalog
Browse pre-built page templates designed to make creating polished, engaging content easier than ever.
Onboarding Resources
Get everything you need for a smooth implementation with helpful guides, resources, and best practices.
Modular Design, Unlimited Possibilities
Mix and match fully configurable components designed to adapt seamlessly to your content needs.
Choose from multiple styles and utilize colors and background images to make your calendar stand out.
Highlight quick links, key facts and figures, schools, staff, core values, programs and so much more.
Display in multi-column cards, highlighted carousel banners, or compact text feeds with a single click.
Toggle full-width, contained, or two-column layouts with dynamic carousels and bold text overlays.
We transitioned to SmartSites this past summer, with the focus on our website and communication platform being connected. The websites provide our system with a clean look and easy usability while ensuring they are ADA compliant.
Edward Hooper
Director of Public Relations and Communications
Jackson County Schools
Built with Smart Sites
See how districts across the country are creating engaging, accessible online experiences.
Middlebury Community Schools
Middlebury Community Schools brings their brand to life using the Yosemite design paired with eye-catching custom graphics. The homepage builds immediate engagement with a feature video, dynamic news feed carousel, and embedded YouTube links. Using the icon matrix, the district presents key stats and profiles in a sleek, structured layout—delivering an intuitive experience that clearly highlights everything the district has to offer.
School District of Altoona
Built on the Glacier design, Altoona places striking campus imagery right at the top, paired with three high-priority action buttons to instantly guide visitors to key destinations. The site showcases clean red and black district branding, crisp layout borders, and a custom image collage that scales flawlessly across mobile devices for a fast, user-friendly experience.
Spring Hill School District
Spring Hill puts a dynamic spin on the Arches design, pairing a high-impact hero banner video with featured imagery directly below. Bold headings and vibrant blue and yellow branding anchor the site, while modular components like the calendar feed and icon matrix prominently showcase the daily resources and information their community relies on most.
Did You Know?
With new releases and improvements happening every day, it’s easy to miss some of the latest additions to Smart Sites. Take a look at this roundup of helpful tools, resources, and enhancements you may have overlooked, and make sure you’re getting the most out of your Smart Site!
Counting Animations
If you’re using Icon Matrix to showcase statistics, you can bring your numbers to life with an engaging counting animation. Simply enable Animate Numbers under Advanced Options, and your statistics will automatically count up as users scroll into view—stopping at the designated final number.
Scrolling Animations
Want to add a little more movement and visual polish to your content? Scrolling Animations can help. Under Administration Options, you can enable animations on the homepage only or across all pages. Once enabled, content will gently fade into view as users scroll, creating a more dynamic and engaging browsing experience.
AI Alt Text Generation
Tired of writing descriptive alt text for every image? We’ve got you covered! Under Administration Options, you can enable AI-powered alt text generation for administrators only or for all users. Once enabled, AI alt text fields will appear in components where alt text is required, making it quick and easy to create meaningful, descriptive alt text with just the click of a button.
Additional Footer Fields
In addition to standard contact information like your address, phone, fax, and email, the Smart Sites footer now offers even more flexibility with Attendance Line and Contact Note fields. Use the Contact Note to add an additional phone number, email address, important reminder, or any other information you want visitors to have access to on every page of your site.
Page Preview Options
Previewing content before publishing is always recommended, and Smart Sites makes it easy with flexible preview options. From any page, use the Preview dropdown to view Visible Components, All Components, or Hidden Components. This allows you to review exactly how your content will appear before making your updates public.
Banners & Design Accents
When using a one-column layout within the Columns component, you can turn any image into a full-width banner by selecting Display Image as a Banner. This option also lets you Remove Padding and set a custom height for the banner, giving you greater creative control. Use this feature for practical purposes, like an “Under Construction” announcement, or add a decorative design accent to your page. Simply create your graphic in a tool like Canva, upload it as a banner, and set your desired height.
Hide the Footer Line
By default, every Smart Site includes a subtle line at the top of the footer to create a clear visual separation between the footer and the rest of the page—especially when using a white footer. If you’d prefer a more seamless look, you can hide this line under Administration Options. This is particularly useful when you want a design accent or component to flow naturally into the footer without a visible divider.
Condense Content Feature (coming soon!)
The Condense Content feature, found within Page Settings, allows you to combine selected components into a large, expandable accordion. This is especially useful for organizing lengthy content into more manageable sections. By grouping content into accordion bars, visitors can quickly scan what’s available, expand only what they need, and spend less time scrolling through long pages.
Outline Boxes (coming soon!)
Within the Columns component, you can add a 2 or 4 pixel outline box to give your content a polished, eye-catching treatment. The outline can be customized to your selected color, making it a great way to highlight important information, add a pop of color, or bring a little extra visual flair to your page.
