From our Delivering Fantastic Brand Experiences With Low-Code Webinar on June 23rd 2022.
Utilising a low-code strategy and solution and enable businesses to better manage their website challenges, streamline slow development workflows and create better experiences for their customers.
2. Together, we transform digital
For over 15 years, clients have trusted us to transform complex websites, content
and applications. Our ISO certi
fi
ed UX and Web & Mobile Development
methodology includes user research and change management. We also undertake
data and technology auditing and strategy. Established in the UK, our remote-
fi
rst
team gives us unlimited scale, breadth and depth.
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House rules
Meet the experts / what is low-code
Presentation 1: Why low-code: tackling your website management challenges
Presentation 2: UX in the low-code era
Presentation 3: Site Studio
Presentation 4: Taking low-code to the next level
Results: Hear from Sanctuary on low-code
Summary
Q&A
Agenda
6. • The webinar will run for 1 hour.
• There will be time at the end for Q&A session.
• A on-demand version of the webinar will be made available to
everyone who signed-up.
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7. House rules
To submit a questions:
Open the Q&A window by clicking the Q&A button located at the
bottom of your screen
You can also post questions on Twitter after the webinar using the
hashtag #DrupalDuck
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8. House rules
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British Sign Language Interpreters
We’re joined by Nicola and Louise, who are providing BSL for this
webinar.
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9. Vanessa Strydom
UX Designer
Gareth Alexander
Drupal Technical Lead
Rebecca Smith
Account Manager
Meet the Speakers
Agnes Lind
Solutions Engineer
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A quick definition of low-code
• Forrester coined the term ‘low-code’ in 2014
• This was defined as development platforms that enabled
rapid application delivery with minimal hard coding, and
quick setup and deployment
• Simply put, low-code enables you to build a web page
through a visual interface
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“A Website is the Window To a
Company’s Soul”
Shama Kabani, The Zen of Social Media Marketing
15. Common challenges
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• Brand becomes fragmented
over time
• Cost to properly manage a
unified brand identity
• Unable to consistently
deliver quality UX
16. Sanctuary - case study
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• Delivering transformation
with a new digital presence
• Meeting the user needs of a
diverse audience
• Consolidating their web
presence
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Working with low-code
Translating your brand to digital
• Fonts, Colour Palettes & Other Visual Elements
• Translating To Your Low-Code Solution
• Build A Brand Bible and Design System
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Summary
• It’s always a great time to revisit your UX
• Utilise low-code to support on simple, repetitive tasks
• Use this time to focus in on your target audience
• Ensure your brand is consistent across your digital
landscape
31. Typical website workflow Desired workflow
✔ Free up developer time
✔ Create content faster
✔ Enable marketers
✔ More flexibility
Content
Templates
Component &
Block Layout
CSS
Styling
Branding
Design
Page
Layout
Authoring
and Editing
Custom
Code
List
Views
CONTENT
NO CODE
DESIGNER & SITE BUILDER & MARKETERS
LOW CODE
DEVELOPER
Low code /
no code !
✘ Developer heavy
✘ Long delivery cycles
✘ Not leveraging the whole team
✘ Lack of flexibility
32. Content
Templates
Component &
Block Layout
CSS
Styling
Branding
Design
Page
Layout
Authoring
and Editing
Custom
Code
List
Views
CONTENT
NO CODE
DESIGNER & SITE BUILDER
LOW CODE
DEVELOPER
Empowered site builders, designers, & marketers,
Less technical skills = lower cost + faster delivery + better usage
Site Studio frees your team to work on higher value tasks.
Minimum 4x Quicker to Assemble websites
33. ACQUIA SITE STUDIO:
THE ONLY LOW CODE SOLUTION
FOR AGILE CONTENT
﹣ Created for anyone to build
or update pages
﹣ Preset templates, components
and design elements
﹣ Drag and Drop, visual interface
34. Acquia Site Studio provides a new paradigm that
dramatically enhances the old process for creating a
successful Drupal experience.
Complete UX/Design
Control
Allow site builder to create the full
UX through Acquia Site Studio
without writing or deploying code
Drag & Drop rich
components page creation
Create complex pages via Drag &
Drop-ing and configuring rich
components
Industrialisation with a
design system approach
Ensure all sites respects brands
guideline by implementing a
design system
35. Example Workflow with Site Studio
Developer builds reusable components and templates and
sets brand permissions to be used across all future pages
Marketer is enabled to update pages without code at the
speed required by business
Developer maintains backend maintenance and updates
required
Marketer leverages reusable components in drag-and-
drop interface to build content rich pages
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
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2
3
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36. Who we’ve helped:
3 Days to launch
a new site
2 sprints to build
a corporate
website
21 days to get
“launch” a space
exploration
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Low-code is not the death of development
Hard Coding
embedding output or
configuration data
directly into the
source code
Partially Low-Code
Using low-code for
specific areas of your
digital product, for
example
Low-Code
Using low-code for the
majority of your digital
product
Partially No-Code
Using no-code the
majority of your
website, but with
access to hard code
for specific widgets,
features or sections
No-Code
No-code for all tasks
(but with limited
flexibility and uses)
What low-code means for Developers
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Key takeaways
• Reduce IT’s backlog and increase responsiveness
• Accelerate digital innovation and transformation
• Open the door to better design and better brand
experiences
• Low-code and hard code work best hand-in-hand
50. Gareth and our team are available to chat about any Drupal
challenges you may have. We’d love to discuss them over a
virtual co
ff
ee ☕.
You can reach us at...
Email: hello@cyber-duck.co.uk
Twitter: @cyberduck_uk
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/cyber-duck
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