Academics Stand Against Poverty
International network and journal platform redesign with bespoke CMS tooling.
Ian Wickens
Posted on 15 Jan 2026
ASAP needed a modern publishing platform that could support news, journal updates, events, and institutional content without the drag of an aging CMS stack.
Challenge
ASAP had outgrown an ageing WordPress and Elementor setup that made publishing, event updates, and journal administration harder than it needed to be.
The site needed a cleaner structure for public visitors while giving editors a more dependable workflow behind the scenes.
Approach
Velvet Dinosaur first supported ASAP with hosting and journal platform maintenance, then redesigned the wider site around a bespoke publishing stack.
The rebuild introduced a flexible drag-and-drop page builder, a dedicated news workflow, and a simpler event creation process tailored to the organization’s editorial needs.
Result
The finished platform gives ASAP a clearer public presence and a much smoother editorial workflow for ongoing publishing.
Editors can now manage content with less friction while visitors get a cleaner, more legible information architecture.
