Case Study: NOLS improves course discovery and CMS management with Lincoln Loop

NOLS keeps its CMS in production for 10 years with Lincoln Loop

The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), a nonprofit providing outdoor education, faced challenges with an outdated website that lacked a CMS, requiring manual code edits and offering a poor user experience with slow load times. They engaged vendor Lincoln Loop for CMS replatforming services to create a modern, maintainable platform that was intuitive for both their global audience and internal staff.

Lincoln Loop implemented a Django-based CMS with a component-based design and a powerful faceted search interface. This solution empowered NOLS staff to manage content independently and provided users with an improved, responsive experience. The results included faster page load times, a more efficient editorial workflow, and a durable solution that has remained in production and visually appealing for over a decade, successfully supporting NOLS's global growth.

National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)