The City of Medina
A fully modernized, custom WordPress solution built to streamline city operations.
Wris Web Services redesigned Medina’s website from the ground up—migrating from ColdFusion to WordPress, creating department-specific CMS tools, enhancing alerts and property searches, and improving overall usability. The result is a flexible, user-friendly platform that empowers staff and delivers a better experience for users.
Services Provided:
Project Management • UX/UI • Custom CMS
Key Results:
Custom CMS Architecture:
- Department-specific post types, templates, and menus to prevent content overlap and make updates effortless.
Streamlined Editing Experience:
- Staff can easily add pages, update listings, post alerts, manage events, and maintain their own department sections.
Modern Alerts System:
- Homepage alerts, top-nav alert banner, and optional emergency pop-ups for urgent city updates.
Interactive Property Search:
- Replaced static tables with a filter-based interface for realtors to search buildings and properties dynamically.
Branded Recreation Section:
- Dedicated design reflecting Rec branding with quick access to classes, schedules, and cancellations.
Improved User Navigation:
- Homepage redesign with simplified search and clear CTAs for high-priority resident information.
Automated Job Application Workflow:
- Online form automatically generates a completed, sign-ready PDF application for applicants.
Content Cleanup & Site Map Refresh:
- Removed outdated content and reorganized pages for a cleaner, more intuitive structure.
Performance & Accessibility Enhancements:
- Faster load times, improved mobile experience, and accessible, standards-based design.
Conclusion:
The City of Medina’s new WordPress website represents a complete transformation of both functionality and user experience. By moving away from their legacy ColdFusion system, Medina gained a modern, scalable platform that empowers every department to manage its own content with confidence and clarity. The site now supports streamlined internal workflows, improved communication with residents, and a significantly enhanced experience for realtors, applicants, and community members. With custom tools, intuitive navigation, and a fully optimized CMS, Medina is now equipped with a future-ready digital framework that will continue to support the city’s growth and evolving needs for years to come.
The Challenge:
The City of Medina had been operating on a legacy ColdFusion website for many years. While reliable, it limited their ability to easily update content, create new pages, or manage information across their many departments. Their internal team needed a modern, flexible platform that would allow non-technical staff to manage robust content with ease. Medina required:
- A transition to WordPress with a streamlined and intuitive editing experience.
- Department-specific content management, ensuring each department could manage its own pages, menus, and updates without interfering with others.
- A redesigned system for buildings and properties, allowing staff to add new listings effortlessly and enabling realtors to filter and search listings through a modern, interactive search tool.
- An improved system for alerts, news, and events, ensuring residents stayed informed of urgent updates and upcoming community happenings.
- A dedicated recreation section that reflected Rec’s unique branding and offered a quick, clear view of class schedules, announcements, and cancellations.
- A cleaner information architecture, including content auditing, removal of outdated materials, and support in developing a new site map.
- An automated job application workflow, allowing applicants to submit a form that auto-generates a completed PDF job application for digital signing and submission.
In short, Medina needed a flexible, user-friendly, visually cohesive digital platform that supported city operations and improved access to information for residents and real estate partners.
The Solution:
Wris Web Services designed a modern, user-friendly WordPress site built with Elementor Pro and a custom CMS architecture using ACF. We created department-specific content management, improved navigation, redesigned key sections like alerts, events, and property listings, and streamlined application workflows. The new site delivers flexibility for staff, clearer communication for residents, and an upgraded search and listing experience for realtors.
