Digital Platform Modernization & Enhanced User Experience

Permits Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization that has been active since 1990. They are campaigning globally to improve work permit regulations to make it easier for partners of expatriate staff to gain employment during an international assignment.

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Expertises

Bricks Theme Development,
Collaboration with Design Team,
CPT & ACF Implementation,
Custom Plugin Development,
Custom Registration,
Data Structuring & Management,
Figma Design Translation,
Full Website Development,
Full Website Rebuild,
Interactive Feature Integration,

Project Overview:

Complete overhaul and modernization of a 20-year-old high-traffic advocacy website to align its technical foundation with its global mission.

Technical Stack:

WordPress (CMS), Bricks Builder (Visual Development), ACF Pro, Custom CSS Framework, JavaScript (for custom functionality).

Objective:

To create a highly functional, professional, and accessible digital platform that serves diverse international stakeholders and allows for streamlined, code-free content management.

Challenges:

Replacing a legacy, hard-coded website theme; migrating complex data from old CPTs; and ensuring seamless integration of a third-party interactive World Map application.

Outcome:

Successful launch of a future-proofed, responsive website built on Bricks Builder, featuring a robust ACF Pro-based CMS for simplified site maintenance and content delivery.

Key Achievements:

Complete Theme Modernization: Rebuilt from a 20-year-old theme to Bricks Builder.
Future-Proofed CMS: Transformed hard-coded CPTs into easily customizable fields via ACF Pro, enabling staff to perform easy, code-free, site-wide content updates.
Enhanced User Experience: Implemented RWD and an advanced filtering system for news/media, making content highly discoverable.
Seamless Integration: Successfully integrated a complex interactive World Map into the internal page structure.