International Association for Religious Freedom

June 2011 – April 2012

Following a successful tender process, I was contracted to overhaul the website of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF), a UN NGO having general consultative status to ECOSOC with HQ in the UK.

The brief: To amalgamate relevant content from three existing sites, each developed separately during different periods and in a generally unwieldy state, into a single site that was current, covered the organisation’s activities well, and which would be easy to maintain. The new site would provide comprehensive coverage of the activities, styled with a look and feel similar to that of the United Nations.

Roles: After initial general consultancy to assess the current status, I undertook all the technical aspects of the project, from systems architecture and development, through to user training.

Solution: Working closely with the Secretariat Administrator, I implemented a new site to replace all legacy sites. I used WordPress (Multisite with subdomains), creating a custom theme derived from an existing one from the IARF US Chapter site. I also delivered experimental support for mobile devices using a theme switcher (before responsive designs became the norm).

I also oversaw the migration to a new VPS hosting platform with considerable cost savings. Detailed documentation was provided for administration, development and content authoring.

URL: https://iarf.net/ (via archive.org)