U.S. Air Force Academy Admissions Website Case Study | Kim Faulkner: Director, Principal Engineer

Site build and ongoing maintenance

View the live site at academyadmissions.com.

Implementation

CMS Platform:

WordPress
Frameworks:
- Bootstrap
- jQuery
Languages:
- PHP
- JavaScript
- Sass/CSS
- Twig/HTML
WCAG 2.1:

AA Certified
APIs:
- Google Analytics
- OneTrust
- YouTube
DevOps:
- Docker
- Docker Compose
- AWS GovCloud
Dependency and Task Management:
- Composer
- Gulp
- Node.js
- npm
Design:

Responsive
Source Control:

GIT
Workflow:

Agile Kanban

The Academy Admissions website is a 100+ page website that informs users of the benefits of attending the university. Amongst the website’s technical features are:

a comprehensive site search,
a lead generation form that submits the data to academy recruiters,
all text and imagery editable via the WordPress CMS,
a modest spanish section,
a responsive design,
custom analytics event tracking,
WCAG 2.1 AA compliance, certified by independent auditors,
complies with COPPA, GDPR, and CCPA requirements,
Yubikey MFA authentication of the WordPress CMS,
FedRAMP compliant and adheres to Department of Defense hosting protocols,
and minimal WordPress plugins to reduce overhead and ensure security.

U.S. Air Force Academy Admissions Website

Implementation

CMS Platform:

Frameworks:

Languages:

WCAG 2.1:

APIs:

DevOps:

Dependency and Task Management:

Design:

Source Control:

Workflow:

U.S. Air Force Academy Admissions Website

Implementation

CMS Platform:

Frameworks:

Languages:

WCAG 2.1:

APIs:

DevOps:

Dependency and Task Management:

Design:

Source Control:

Workflow: