NSPCC - Net Aware

2014-01-01 218 words 2 minutes

Contents

How I built an information hub for parents.

About

The NSPCC invited Beyond to help design and develop an online information hub for parents to learn more about the various social media platforms their kids use.

Build

The backend was built with Python, and Wagtail CMS was used to manage content. The main database was PostgreSQL, and it was hosted in AWS. The UI was developed using Angular and SCSS.

Role

Lead Backend Developer
Provided estimates, scoping and technical oversight

Challenges

I can’t think of big challenges in this project, but I introduced a new CMS (Wagtail CMS) for content entry that would be the first time we used it for a project. The good things about Wagtail CMS were the pretty admin UI, and how easy was to manage content. Something new in the Python/Django world.

Learnings

Working on this project, which helps parents (social cause), made me enjoy this project much more than other projects related to Ads/Marketing.

Results

More than 50 social networks added to the Hub
Parents loved the information provided by the Hub
Content editors liked the admin UI
Wagtail CMS became the default CMS choice for Beyond

Media

The site is not available anymore, but you can browse the NSPCC Net Aware using the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.