Updates & Redesigns
The Smart Sites Difference
For years, the website lifecycle has looked the same: launch a brand-new site, make occasional updates as your district evolves, and a few years later realize it's starting to feel outdated. That's when the search for "redesign" options begins—a brand-new design, a lengthy redesign process, and a complete homepage overhaul. Then, three to five years later, the cycle starts all over again.
Sound familiar? We don't think your website should have to follow that pattern.
FIND YOUR WHY
Do You Really Need a Full Website Redesign?
Before jumping into a redesign, take a step back and identify what's driving the need for change. Is it a user experience issue, where visitors are struggling to find important information? Is it an aesthetic issue, where your website no longer reflects your district's brand or feels visually engaging? Or is it a combination of both? Understanding the root of the problem is the key to choosing the right solution. Once you've identified whether the challenge is related to content, design, or both, you'll be better equipped to determine the next steps—and you may find that a full redesign isn't necessary at all.
Redesign Options
You’ve identified the issue: your homepage needs a little TLC. Maybe it feels too basic, lacks cohesive branding, needs more visual impact, or has become cluttered over time. Whatever the challenge, we’re here to help! Explore solutions tailored to your needs, skill level, comfort with making updates, and budget.
Some design updates can be completed by our Design Team at no additional cost, including:
Header Updates: Switching to a newer header design.
Footer Updates: Updating an older footer to a newer version.
Color Updates: Refreshing your site’s color palette or modifying colors for universal elements, such as the header, footer, links, subnavigation, and component headings.
Font Updates: Updating your site’s fonts.
Component Updates: Replacing retired or deprecated components with newer alternatives.
We offer several tools to make refreshing your homepage quick, easy, and completely free. Designed for users of all skill levels, these tools make it possible to create a polished, professional-looking homepage without needing design experience, coding skills, or expert-level knowledge of Smart Sites.
Page Pro Catalog: The Page Pro Catalog features every design in our Design Library, making it easy to give your homepage a fresh start. Simply choose a homepage design you love and import it into your site. The components will initially be hidden, giving you time to customize colors, content, and imagery before publishing. When you're ready, unhide your new components to make them live. You can keep existing components that contain important content or remove outdated ones and replace them with your new design.
(COMING SOON!) Component Pro Catalog: Think of the Component Pro Catalog as a style and layout shopping experience for your website. Browse by content type to explore different ways to present information, then copy your favorite components and import them into your homepage to customize as needed. This is a great option if you want to refresh your homepage gradually by adding new content sections and visual elements without disrupting the content you already have.
Short on time? No problem! If you’d rather leave the redesign to our team of design experts, we’re happy to help. Our paid redesign service takes the work off your plate while giving your homepage a fresh, professional look tailored to your needs.
Getting started is easy! Once you've talked to your sales rep and purchased a paid redesign, a project manager will prompt you to complete our Redesign Form with the details our team needs to plan and complete your project. Here are some of the questions we’ll ask:
What are your primary goals? What would you like to improve or accomplish with your redesign?
What content should stay? Are you looking to replace all existing components for a completely fresh start, or do you need to preserve school-specific content on individual sites?
What type of redesign do you want? Would you like us to apply a design from our Design Library, or are you looking for smaller updates, such as adding a new content section across your sites?
Which sites are included? Should the updates apply to all your sites or only select ones?
What’s your desired timeline? Let us know if you have a specific deadline. If not, we’ll complete the project as soon as our team’s schedule allows.
Is there anything else we should know? Share any additional details, preferences, or special considerations that will help us bring your vision to life.
Once we have the details, our team can take it from there!
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Some design updates can be completed by our Design Team at no additional cost, including:
Header Updates: Switching to a newer header design. Footer Updates: Updating an older footer to a newer version. Color Updates: Refreshing your site’s color palette or modifying colors for universal elements, such as the header, footer, links, subnavigation, and component headings. Font Updates: Updating your site’s fonts. Component Updates: Replacing retired or deprecated components with newer alternatives. -
We offer several tools to make refreshing your homepage quick, easy, and completely free. Designed for users of all skill levels, these tools make it possible to create a polished, professional-looking homepage without needing design experience, coding skills, or expert-level knowledge of Smart Sites.
Page Pro Catalog: The Page Pro Catalog features every design in our Design Library, making it easy to give your homepage a fresh start. Simply choose a homepage design you love and import it into your site. The components will initially be hidden, giving you time to customize colors, content, and imagery before publishing. When you're ready, unhide your new components to make them live. You can keep existing components that contain important content or remove outdated ones and replace them with your new design. (COMING SOON!) Component Pro Catalog: Think of the Component Pro Catalog as a style and layout shopping experience for your website. Browse by content type to explore different ways to present information, then copy your favorite components and import them into your homepage to customize as needed. This is a great option if you want to refresh your homepage gradually by adding new content sections and visual elements without disrupting the content you already have. -
Short on time? No problem! If you’d rather leave the redesign to our team of design experts, we’re happy to help. Our paid redesign service takes the work off your plate while giving your homepage a fresh, professional look tailored to your needs.
Getting started is easy! Once you've talked to your sales rep and purchased a paid redesign, a project manager will prompt you to complete our Redesign Form with the details our team needs to plan and complete your project. Here are some of the questions we’ll ask: What are your primary goals? What would you like to improve or accomplish with your redesign? What content should stay? Are you looking to replace all existing components for a completely fresh start, or do you need to preserve school-specific content on individual sites? What type of redesign do you want? Would you like us to apply a design from our Design Library, or are you looking for smaller updates, such as adding a new content section across your sites? Which sites are included? Should the updates apply to all your sites or only select ones? What’s your desired timeline? Let us know if you have a specific deadline. If not, we’ll complete the project as soon as our team’s schedule allows. Is there anything else we should know? Share any additional details, preferences, or special considerations that will help us bring your vision to life.Once we have the details, our team can take it from there!
What to Expect During the Redesign Process
If you purchase a paid redesign, here’s what you can expect throughout the process:
Project Created
Project Manager Outreach
Design Team Review
Design Development
Design Review
Design Implementation
You're All Set! After the redesign has been applied, you’re free to make additional edits and adjustments as needed. Our goal is to make the process as smooth as possible while ensuring the final design meets your needs and expectations!
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Give Your Content the TLC It Needs
Professional Web Services is a flexible, hourly-based solution designed to help clients meet their website goals. Purchase hours and apply them toward instructional sessions with a dedicated consultant to achieve updates and improvements.
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