Case Study - Fyin.com

Premium Design + Fyin.com + Umbraco CMS = A complex solution made simple. Quickly.

To Start

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNCorp) delivers innovative, customer-focused, end-to-end solutions for Space, Aviation, Electronics and Systems Integration. For both public and private sector clients.

SNCorp planned to update their corporate web site using a three-phased approach: 

  • Redesign the site, sncorp.com, based on their premium design agency’s work
  • Go live with the new design as fast as possible
  • Build the long-term solution, integrating the site with a content management system (CMS), within 30-60 days

SNCorp hired the design agency to achieve the first two phases. Starting with a beautiful design for their new branding needs. Then, they built and implemented a fully functional, static web site. Phase one and two… complete.

SNCorp understood that a static web site would be quicker to build than a dynamic web site. This allowed them to get to market quickly. They also knew they needed a dynamic site for their long-term solution. 

SNCorp chose Umbraco as their CMS. Umbraco CMS is open source, written for, and runs on the Microsoft .NET platform. It has a flexible and intuitive environment for working with any type of content. End-users need not know HTML, JavaScript, CSS nor any other programming languages. This would allow SNCorp to achieve their main objectives:

  • Convert a complex, visual design into a dynamic, CMS web site
  • Allow existing staff to edit and add content, requiring no coding skills
  • Change content in a single location yet effect multiple web pages
  • Leverage their existing .NET code base and Microsoft security technologies

Other popular CMS products, like WordPress and Druple, don’t support this.

With their planned, iterative solution two-thirds complete, SNCorp needed an Umbraco CMS expert

So then…

Introducing Fyin.com 

SNCorp hired us based on our extensive Umbraco CMS experience. We are an Umbraco Gold Partner. 

We specialize in converting an agency’s custom design into a simple, easy-to-manage environment for non-technical staff



Fyin.com made it easy and intuitive for SNCorp to build future components for their site using Umbraco CMS. All while keeping with the intended design.”

~ Andrew Barta, Umbraco Trainer

To start, we first…

Set up an environment to work without disrupting the live site

  • Set up build and deploy servers in a real-time, staging environment
  • Built in continuous integration to see and share site changes immediately
  • Created and configured new web site using Umbraco CMS
  • Imported all HTML code, images, and other assets from sncorp.com

After setting up their infrastructure it was time to…

Configure their custom editor experience

With our expertise plus the rich Umbraco custom editing environment, we make it easy for end-users to manage a complete site. Point-and-click, drag-and-drop, no coding required. We: