Website redesign

KTL ry is an association whose membership consists primarily of experts with technical or other specialized training who hold positions of responsibility. KTL is KTK’s largest member organization, with approximately 1,800 members through its local chapters. The association offers its members a wide range of services, including unemployment insurance, shop steward assistance, and legal services.

After a competitive bidding process lasting several months, G-Works was ultimately selected as KTL’s new website development partner. Even during the bidding phase, it was clear that the main focus of the new website would be on the discoverability, clarity, and accessibility of information, as well as on data security and technical reliability. At the start of the project, a workshop was held with KTL’s project team to thoroughly review the website’s target audiences, objectives, and visual requirements. Based on the workshop, a concept document was created, which also defined the site’s content structure plan.

Joona, a designer at G-Works, was given relatively free rein regarding the website’s visual design. The goal was to create a clear and fresh website. The blue and white colors of KTL’s existing logo were to be highlighted on the new site. The visual design and technical implementation followed the guidelines of the WCAG 2.1 AA standard for web accessibility.

Technically, the goal was to make the site as secure and fast as possible. G-Works designed and implemented the website’s infrastructure so that the front end (visitor view) and back end (content management) were separated from one another. This approach improves the site’s security by reducing its attack surface, making it more difficult to breach the site. The site also loads quickly for end users, as it does not need to retrieve data from the WordPress database every time a visitor accesses it. Content is updated on the front end only when changes are made to the content on the WordPress side.

The project also included the creation of subpages for KTL’s member associations. User management was implemented so that only designated association users can manage their own association pages.

As with all G-Works projects, a training session was held for KTL at the end of the project. The training was videotaped, and KTL received a recording of it for future reference. G-Works also created comprehensive user guidelines for the website to make it as easy as possible for KTL to train new content contributors for the site in the future.

KTL’s new website successfully met its objectives in terms of visual design, accessibility, and technology. The end result was a clear, modern website that supports the association’s communication goals.