University of Colorado Denver

Overview

The University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver), a public urban research university serving tens of thousands of students with more than 110 academic programs, engaged InGen in December 2017 to support the implementation and governance of Sitefinity multisite functionality across its digital ecosystem. CU Denver's teams needed expert guidance on how to leverage and configure multisite capabilities, optimize content sharing, and establish scalable content workflows.

The Challenge

CU Denver's web estate was operating within a single-site approach and faced key limitations in managing multiple sites, permissions, and data relationships:

• Developing a strategy to adopt Sitefinity's multisite functionality
• Clarifying permissions and data provider behaviors for hundreds of sites
• Reducing editorial friction for site builders managing complex configurations
• Establishing best practices for content reuse, consistency, and governance
• Building internal capability while maintaining stability and uptime

The Solution

InGen began with a strategic assessment of CU Denver's Sitefinity usage and architectural needs. The engagement focused on enabling multisite management, automating patterns of reuse, and improving configuration workflows.

Sitefinity Multisite Assessment

InGen's experts performed a comprehensive evaluation of CU Denver's current implementation, identifying core areas where multisite could improve editorial efficiency and content consistency. As part of this effort, the solution defined how data providers and site permissions should be structured to support large-scale multisite operations.

Workflow and Configuration Improvements

To reduce manual effort and optimize content publishing, InGen delivered targeted capability enhancements:

• A utility to clean up manually entered URLs
• Implementation of Single Sign-On (SSO) with minimal configuration requirements
• Custom widget development to display staff biographical information from the university's system of record
• Enhanced support for deep classification search for site builders
• Improved custom content types that allow editors to configure fields displayed with widgets

Ongoing Platform Evolution

The partnership between InGen and CU Denver has continued beyond the initial engagement, extending into additional platform improvements including advanced search tooling for sitewide and widget search support.

Solution Benefits

The engagement delivered key operational and strategic advantages:

• Scalable multisite governance — Enabled CU Denver to manage hundreds of sites within a unified framework.
• Editorial efficiency — Reduced manual tasks and configuration overhead for content editors.
• Improved digital consistency — Standardized multisite practices enhanced uniformity across web properties.
• Foundation for innovation — Established platform footing for ongoing enhancements such as search tooling.

Results

CU Denver successfully transitioned its web ecosystem to a scalable Sitefinity multisite model with validated configuration patterns and editorial workflows that support ongoing growth and digital complexity. The partnership with InGen evolved to include subsequent platform enhancements, demonstrating long-term value and alignment between technical strategy and institutional goals.