When heritage meets innovation, digital experiences transcend expectations. This was the vision Aljamea-Tus-Saifiyah brought to Saifee Creations when they reached out to refresh their official website. As a globally esteemed institution, Jamea required a custom website design approach that respected its heritage, enhanced its digital presence, and reflected its Fatemid architectural essence.
Why Oxygen Builder?
To develop a custom design website, Saifee Creations utilised Oxygen, a robust visual WordPress builder. Oxygen’s flexibility and clean code enabled a custom design strategy, ensuring precise control over the layout, responsiveness, and performance.
Fatemid Aesthetic and Iconography
A standout feature across the new customised website is the Fatemid design element rather than traditional arabesque designs. This distinction was more than aesthetic – it was symbolic. The circular icon with four tear drops, inspired by the Fatimid Mihrab of Al Azhar mosque, remained a design constant for the main website. Each teardrop represents a Jamea campus: Surat, Nairobi, Karachi, and Marol (Mumbai).
At Aljamea, the art and architecture of the Fatimi Imams (AS) are not just studied but brought to life. These “ornamentations” are not mere design replicas of the past, but are enduring symbols of the Fatimi spirit. Through this bespoke site design, the visual experience of the main Aljamea website tells a deeper story of unity, heritage and purpose.
Fresh Content with Better Storytelling
The team at Saifee Creations created new content pages that communicated Aljamea’s mission and global reach. Alongside this, the updated photography captures the architecture, vibrant life, and spirit of the institution. By blending compelling content with impactful visuals, the website’s custom design approach created a seamless user journey and an authentic representation of Aljamea online.
Performance-Driven Custom Website
Beyond design, Saifee Creations enhanced the website’s performance by streamlining the website’s structure, optimising images via compressing and WebP format, and ensuring mobile responsiveness. These improvements boosted loading speeds, SEO rankings, and user experience, foundational goals in any custom designing website process.
The Power of Custom Design
All institutions are unique, and their digital presence should be too. Off-the-shelf templates aren’t worth it when representing a legacy institution like Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah. This project showcased how a custom website design approach can align the design with identity, while a customised website offers long-term flexibility, scalability, and brand authenticity.
The Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah website redesign was more than a “facelift”; it was a digital expression of its values, purposes, and locations. At Saifee Creations, we believe in crafting identity-led digital experiences. If you seek a bespoke site design that is speed optimised, functional, and deeply aligned with your brand, we are here to create it with you. For more information, contact us at hello@saifeecreations.com or 07965 480 324
