Australian Conveyancer is a long-running industry magazine that wanted to publish timely conveyancing content daily instead of waiting for the next print issue. The client supplied the designs, carried across from the print brand, and we handled the development: a WordPress build with security in mind, made alongside their internal IT team and grown in stages.
The print cycle was the bottleneck
Australian Conveyancer made its name in print, but conveyancing moves with legislation, court decisions and the property market, and a story that matters this week can't wait for the next issue. They wanted to publish daily, look like the magazine rather than a generic news template, and have room to grow past a single title. The brand and the designs were already done. What they needed was someone to build it.
Lean on purpose
We developed the client's designs into the site and held one look from the masthead through every section. WordPress was a practical choice rather than a default: the editorial team had to publish daily without a developer in the loop, and most of them already knew the editor, so nobody needed training on day one. We kept the build deliberately lean, with little to no plugin or third-party code, so the site's security didn't rest on a stack of add-ons maintained by strangers. It grew in stages from there. The publication first, then a jobs directory, then a podcast platform, then more.
Working with their IT team
The client had strict internal guidelines, and we built to them rather than around them. That meant working with their IT team on data sovereignty, file and folder permissions, and where content was allowed to live, so the site fitted their governance instead of becoming the exception someone has to sign off every year. It's also what shaped the low-dependency build. Fewer moving parts, fewer things to justify.
Build notes
- Client-supplied designs developed into a consistent WordPress site, from the publication through to its later sections.
- Built on WordPress with little to no plugin or third-party dependency, a deliberate choice made with security in mind.
- Delivered in stages: the publication first, then a jobs directory, a podcast platform and more.
