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Client Brief:
The Scindia School, situated on the hill fortress of Gwalior
in Madhya Pradesh, is India's premier residential school for
boys. They asked us to redesign their website in a manner
that would reflect the grandeur and traditions of the school
as well as its strong, positive outlook towards the future.
Our Endeavour:
We created a design that reflects the culture, ethos and spirit
of the school. We created special house pages to give it the
typical boarding school atmosphere. We added to this atmosphere,
by incorporating sound clips and a 360 degree iPIX virtual
tour of the school. The new website gives visitors a very
good idea of the school. Besides accessing generic information,
users can also browse through school archives. They can post
messages on an admin-controlled message board. There is an
online store for Old Boys and other site users to purchase
school memorabilia. Created in PHP, most of the website is
database driven. Parents of students can login and check on
their wards progress in both academic and extra-curricular
activities. They can chat with teachers and e-mail them with
requests for information about their wards. The powerful admin
section allows the administrator to easily display, maintain
and archive records and images of different school events.
Its powerful auto-archiving and auto-expiry features further
minimise regular maintenance needs for the site. The highly
user-friendly website functions as a comprehensive communication
tool for the school.
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