Highland Park High School had a Web site that wasn't working for them. Pages were out of date because updating them took skills that weren't available in the school. The design of the pages had degraded (we call it "Web rot") because maintenance had been done by folks who didn't see the value of restraint and consistent design.

Highland Park High School asked us to develop the best high school site in the state of Texas. Our approach was first, to solve their two biggest problems with the same solution. Ease of maintenance and design consistency over time were both addressed by making the site database driven. Updating content was made very easy by reducing it to form-filling rather than page editing. Content is now maintained by individuals thoughout the school: course info by teachers, atheletic team and club info by coaches, players and members, lunch menues by the cafeteria staff and so on.

Our database approach for Highland Park goes beyond simple database-driven content management. It also allows integration among the parts. For example, nearly everything ties to the calendar: class syllabi, social events, extracurricular schedules and so on. Lots of parts can tie to the database of photos. Photo galleries can be assembled for last Friday's football game or Wednesday's chess tournament. The galleries are accessible through the calendar, through the football team page or chess page, even through the coach's page if desired. The net effect is a robust, dynamic, integrated site that becomes infused into all aspects of the high school experience.

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