Departments of UC Berkeley

WordPress websites for departments of The University of California, Berkeley

In 2016 – 2021, Xfive collaborated with eleven departments of the prestigious University of California, Berkeley. University departments required simple, clean, accessible websites that were easy to use and manage. WordPress was a perfect fit for this set of requirements.

Xfive designed and developed their WordPress websites from scratch or based on a migration from Drupal or a legacy CMS based on Ruby on Rails.

Because of the specific requirements of higher education institutions, the design and structure followed a set of predefined rules. Depending on the size and complexity of the department, we either developed a custom WordPress website or suggested a purpose-made, higher-education theme called Press+.

Xfive delivered websites to the following UC Berkeley departments:

• The Department of Astronomy
• The Theoretical Astrophysics Center
• Center for Integrative Planetary Science
• The History of Art Department
• The Department of Film & Media
• The Department of Rhetoric
• The Department of German
• UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender
• The Department of Ethnic Studies
• The Department of African American Studies

The key aspects of our solution: accessible, easy-to-use, reliable websites

• Accessibility and responsiveness are two must-haves for any organizational and educational website, implemented according to the latest guidelines and current best practices.
• WordPress allows users of all levels of skills and experience to administer the website, edit and update its content, manage its roles, etc.
• The migration from legacy CMS platforms brings value to UC Berkeley departments thanks to faster load times, modern yet clean design, SEO improvements, and ease of management.
• The Care & Maintenance plan keeps the websites up-to-date, allows for improvements in themes and plugins as needs arise, and helps avoid accumulating technical debt.