Selected work

The work behind the services.

A trade-law publishing system, an advertising dashboard, a subscriber library, a health-sector legislation library and a press release workflow. Each one is a system people use.

Editorial workflow

tralac

Trade-law news and documents for readers across Africa.

  • Documents
  • Registration
  • Trade law
A laptop showing the tralac homepage, with news and the annual conference.

The requirement

Editors need to submit news, documents and trade-law information. Readers across Africa need access to the documents, and funders need usage that can be reported.

Our work

An editor workflow for those submissions, with registration before the full set of documents. The layout is responsive.

What was delivered

Editors can submit the news, documents and related information. Readers register to reach the documents, which is what makes usage reporting for funders possible.

Static site and dashboard

Shutters Cape

Advertising referrals, on a site built for speed.

  • Ad referrals
  • Dashboard
  • Static site
A laptop showing the Shutters Cape homepage.

The requirement

The public site needs to be fast and usable on a phone. Advertising referrals need to be visible in one place, and form entries need to be kept for later reporting.

Our work

A static site on Cloudflare Pages and Functions, built for speed and a responsive layout. Ad referrals are tracked into a custom dashboard. A form saves the submitted data to spreadsheets.

What was delivered

A fast, mobile-responsive site, and a dashboard of the advertising referrals. The form writes to spreadsheets so further reporting can be connected.

Subscriber library

Betweenity

Subscriber content, with search and documents limited by access.

  • Subscribers
  • Search
  • Daily email
A laptop showing the Betweenity homepage.

The requirement

The content is for subscribers, and some of them need access to further areas of the service. Search and the documents have to follow that access. Editors need to add content quickly, and a daily email has to go out.

Our work

Access is subscriber-based, with extended access to several areas. Search uses Algolia and returns only what that access allows. The document repository is restricted in the same way. Editors add content through a short workflow. A dashboard gathers the tools for managing content and for reviewing items that need an edit or an adjustment. That review is automated.

What was delivered

A subscriber library with access-limited search and documents, a daily email, a quick way for editors to add content, and an automated dashboard for content that needs attention.

Legislation library

Health Sector Scans

Health-sector legislation, with subscription access and a weekly update.

  • Legislation
  • Subscriptions
  • Search
A laptop showing the Health Sector Scans homepage.

The requirement

Editors need to add legislation documents quickly and tag each one to the right category. Subscribers need access to those documents, a way to browse them by year, month and item, and a weekly email of the previous week's updates. Users, products and invoices need to stay in step with Xero, and outdated documents need to be reviewed.

Our work

An editor workflow for adding a document and tagging it to a category. Access is by subscription. A view lists the legislation by year, by month and by individual item. Search uses Algolia. A weekly email sends the previous week's updates automatically. A dashboard manages the Xero sync of users, products and invoices. Outdated documents are reviewed automatically.

What was delivered

A subscription library of health-sector legislation, with category tagging, Algolia search and a view by year, month and item. A weekly email of the previous week's updates. A dashboard for the Xero sync, and an automated review of outdated documents.

Publishing workflow

PressPortal

A reviewed release, then the channels that carry it.

  • Review
  • Newsletter
  • Analytics
A laptop showing the PressPortal publisher workspace, with the steps to submit a release.

The requirement

Users need an accessible way to submit a press release, and a review before it goes out. The release then has to reach the feeds, social channels and a newsletter, daily or weekly by subject. Each profile needs to be complete, and each user needs to see how the articles they submitted have performed.

Our work

A customised accessible template, and a submission workflow with a review step. Administrators review the release and the system emails the user. RSS and the sitemap are produced and submitted automatically. Social posts and the newsletter run automatically. The newsletter can be daily or weekly, by subject. User administration checks that profiles are complete. Analytics on each profile show the articles that profile submitted.

What was delivered

An accessible path for submitting a release, with review and an automated email back to the user. Feeds, the sitemap, social channels and the newsletter are handled by the system. Profiles can be kept complete, and each user can see the analytics for their own articles.

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