Balance Supports New Website for Reston Association

Reston Association needed a new website that would engage the community and foster the ideals of living, working, playing and getting involved in the Reston area. In addition, it needed to adopt an easy to use content management system (CMS) that would enable multiple staff members to maintain content across the site, while still leaving overall control in the hands of a central authority.

In the first phase of the project, Balance Interactive partnered with Hinge to develop and deploy a fresh new look and feel on the chosen CMS: DotNetNuke (DNN). Balance leveraged its expertise with DNN and skinned the new framework to perfectly meet Reston’s requirements.

In the second phase of the project, Balance Interactive worked closely with Reston Association’s internal and third-party development team to recommend and implement specific DNN modules such as the calendar module, forms module and font re-sizer module. In addition, Balance Interactive created custom functionality such as the ability to dynamically change sub-head graphic elements, a design element that had previously been static. Adding this functionality greatly increased the visual appeal across the entire site.

Prior to launch, Balance Interactive also helped with the site content and graphics and developed a custom user test plan to be implemented by Reston staff members.

Located in Springfield, Virginia, Balance Interactive is a web development and design consultancy that helps clients to achieve organizational goals using online technologies and tactics. Balance Interactive is a Small Business Administration (SBA) certified woman-owned business and a State of Virginia certified woman-owned business. The company is also registered with Virginia’s Procurement Portal (eVA) and the Ariba Commerce Service Network.

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For more information contact Jill Kurtz at Balance Interactive, 703-451-8675.