Ardán
Web Development
Ardán, previously known as the Galway Film Centre, needed a new digital identity to reflect its role as a platform for film, TV, games, and animation in the West of Ireland. The rebranding project, in collaboration with New Graphic, required a seamless and visually stunning website to match their modern vision.
The client's vision was clear: create a scalable, content-rich website that could manage large volumes of traffic while delivering a sleek, responsive design across all devices. The site needed to support a wide variety of multimedia content, including text, images, audio, and video, while offering a user-friendly backend for administrators.
This required a robust CMS capable of managing dynamic content with ease. Additionally, the site needed to maintain high performance, be fully GDPR-compliant, and ensure accessibility for a diverse audience.
We built a statically generated website using Next.js for fast loading times and high performance, while utilising Headless WordPress for content management. This allowed the admin team at Ardán to easily manage and update content dynamically, without any impact on the site’s speed or usability.
We crafted a custom WordPress client area with flexible templates, allowing Ardán’s team to add multimedia content to any section of the website. These templates supported a range of media types, from text and images to video and audio, ensuring that the site was as versatile as their creative offerings.
Our development also prioritised security, ensuring that the site remained secure while adhering to GDPR guidelines and maintaining high standards of accessibility.
The final website not only met the client’s deadline but exceeded their expectations. The platform is sleek, highly performant, responsive, and SEO ready - with flexible content management that allows the Ardán team to update the site regularly without hassle. The website is fully scalable, capable of handling high traffic volumes—averaging 18,000 monthly users—without compromising on performance or security.
The Ardán project showcases our ability to deliver highly tailored, performance-driven websites under tight deadlines. By collaborating with New Graphic, we brought the client’s vision to life, ensuring their rebrand as Ardán was backed by a robust, user-friendly platform.
This project highlights our expertise in creating scalable, secure, and accessible websites that not only look great but also offer excellent performance and ease of use for content managers.
