Your website is your school’s strongest marketing tool, serving as a 24/7 communication hub for every audience you serve. For prospective families, it often is the first impression of your campus and community. For current families, it’s the shortcut to the information they need most. And for your staff members, it should be easy to manage, easy to update, and always accurate.

In a recent webinar led by Digistorm expert Jamie Giblett and Jeremy Anderson, Global Director of Sales Engineers​, they showcased the intuitive ways in which Veracross data can seamlessly integrate with a Digistorm website and the benefits this provides every member of your community. Keep reading to discover how seamless data integration and a unique design library can make your website stronger than ever before.

 

Why Your Website Matters

From increasing admissions inquiries and fulfilling fundraising goals, to community stewardship and reinforcing your school’s value and mission — your website plays a central role in achieving these goals. It’s often the first place a prospective family will interact and engage with your school, so it’s important that their first scroll makes a great impression.

But what matters most is not just what your website says — it’s whether its content stays true and current. This is where integrated data becomes a game changer.

Even the most beautiful website loses credibility if the details like event dates, athletics schedules, calendars, or news stories are incorrect. These gaps create friction for families and extra work for your team, and they occur most often when schools are managing data in multiple systems.

 

Integrated Data Turns Your Website into a Living System

With Veracross as your single source of truth, and Digistorm websites pulling live data directly from it, your website becomes something more powerful than a static communications platform — it becomes a real-time extension of your SIS where updates flow to your website with ease.

Instead of your marketing team rebuilding content that already exists elsewhere, you’re amplifying the work happening inside Veracross. That means:

  • Calendars update automatically when event details change in Veracross. Your public calendar becomes a filtered view of your Veracross calendar where you can choose what to show on your website.
  • Athletics schedules, results, coach profiles, team pages, and rosters stay current without re-entry, and your school has control over what gets displayed publicly.
  • Staff directories reflect the latest data seamlessly if someone changes an extension, role, name, or department in Axiom.
  • Instead of writing stories twice (once for portals and once for your website), schools can publish news in Composer and push selected stories into the Digistorm news feed on your website.

Watch the video below to experience the seamless integration between Veracross and Digistorm websites in real-time.

Can’t watch now? Bookmark the demo to watch later and learn more about the data integration features that can save time, create better workflow efficiencies, and help your school’s website stand out.

 

The Component Library: Keep Your Design Fresh Without Rebuilding

With your website now seamlessly integrated with your Veracross data, keeping content up to date in real-time, how are you doing the same with its design? Many schools often feel stuck mid-contract with a website provider, wanting to make design changes but facing big costs or limitations.

Another unique feature of Digistorm websites is their evolving component library — a collection of modern content blocks, built off award winning designs, that you can use on any webpage. The component library removes those contractual design limitations, giving you the freedom to refresh your website anytime, without extra cost.

Fresh components like image carousels, tabbed sections, tile layouts, and infographic panels are added regularly, giving you modern, creative ways to bring stories to life. This unique feature of Digistorm websites allows schools to confidently manage their website for years, without needing a redesign every time priorities shift.

 

Digistorm: Impactful, Fresh Websites Built to Last

A strong website isn’t just about design, it’s about delivering a seamless, trustworthy experience that moves families from click to connection without confusion or delay. Digistorm websites powered by Veracross can help you achieve just that.  

Digistorm joined the Veracross family in 2023 but has been serving only private and independent K–12 schools for over 14 years, powering 200+ school websites worldwide with their award-winning designs. This focus has allowed the platform, their designs, and functionality to evolve around the realities that school marketing and communications teams face daily.

Digistorm websites are:

  • Built with options from ready-made themes to fully custom designs, so you can select a package that fits your resources and budget
  • Designed with a mobile-first and responsive mindset to ensure websites are optimized for every screen size
  • Secure and reliable, with 99.9% uptime securely hosted by Amazon Web Services and SSL protection
  • Built on Craft CMS, a simple content management system that is easy to navigate without any coding knowledge

If you’re interested in learning more about Digistorm websites, contact our team to discuss how you can begin designing a school website that will elevate your brand, resonate with prospective families, and keep your community connected.