Custom WordPress build for OccuTeach — a Bristol-based occupational training provider delivering CPD-accredited courses and Ofqual-regulated qualifications. Squarespace-to-WordPress migration, dynamic course enquiry form with ?course= URL pre-fill, eLearning platform integration, full domain cutover with email continuity.
OccuTeach is an occupational training provider based in Bristol, run by Lisa, delivering CPD-accredited courses and Ofqual-regulated qualifications across four specialist areas: Health & Social Care, Clinical, Childcare, and Commercial. They work with care homes, NHS trusts, schools, local authorities, and businesses of all sizes — both from their Bristol training centre and on-site anywhere in the UK.
The existing Squarespace site couldn't support the operation. Course pages were generic, the enquiry form sent identical data regardless of which course the visitor was interested in (creating manual triage work), and there was no path to integrate the eLearning platform OccuTeach were building. The brief: migrate to WordPress, rebuild the site to match the operation, and unlock the technical capability to add the eLearning platform later.
On top of that: a full domain cutover with Microsoft 365 email continuity, a custom ?course= URL parameter pre-fill on the enquiry form (so each course page passes its course name into the form automatically), and a brand identity that matched the professional, regulated nature of the training without feeling corporate or generic.
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OccuTeach's Microsoft 365 email setup was business-critical — any disruption during the migration would have hit live operations. We migrated the domain to Hostinger, configured DNS with proper Microsoft 365 records preserved, ran the WordPress build alongside the live Squarespace site until ready, then switched DNS in a single window with zero email disruption. The migration was invisible to staff and clients.
Each course page links to the enquiry form with a ?course= URL parameter. The form reads the parameter on load and pre-fills the course name field automatically — so when an enquiry lands in OccuTeach's inbox, Lisa knows exactly which course the prospect is interested in. No more manual triage, no more "which course did you want again?" follow-up emails. A small piece of dynamic logic that saves hours of operational time.
OccuTeach genuinely deliver across four distinct training sectors — Health & Social Care, Clinical, Childcare, and Commercial. Each gets its own dedicated section with appropriate language, audience focus, and course structure. A care home manager searching for safeguarding training lands on the H&SC section; an NHS trust looking for clinical CPD lands on the Clinical section. Clear paths through the site for each buyer type.
OccuTeach were planning an eLearning platform alongside the website. We built the WordPress foundation with that future integration in mind — clean theme architecture, proper user role separation, and a routing structure that could accommodate learner accounts, course progression, and certificate generation when the eLearning platform launched. Future-proofed without over-engineering.
Hosted on Hostinger, built on WordPress, no proprietary platform. OccuTeach own the site outright after handover — no monthly Squarespace subscription, no platform lock-in. As courses are added, retired, or updated, Lisa manages all of it through the WordPress admin. Mako Digital remains available for major updates; routine course management belongs to the OccuTeach team.
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OccuTeach Case Study: Mako Digital designed and built a custom WordPress website for OccuTeach, cpd-accredited and ofqual-regulated training provider based in Bristol. The build delivered a bespoke theme coded from scratch, full schema markup, complete local SEO setup, and a Google Search Console-verified launch.
The OccuTeach project sits within Mako Digital’s portfolio of bespoke WordPress builds — the same standards-led approach we apply to every client across Wigan borough and the wider North West. See our Web Design for Training Providers Wigan page for the full service breakdown, or visit the case study archive for more examples.
OccuTeach took a custom WordPress build with multi-sector architecture, dynamic enquiry form logic, and Squarespace migration — sitting in our 5-page tier (£449) with extra sector pages and the M365 email migration added at scope. No add-on fees, no monthly retainer.
Four weeks from brief to live. Migration projects with email continuity take slightly longer than fresh builds because the DNS cutover needs careful planning to avoid disrupting business-critical email. Four weeks reflects properly preserved operations through the move.
Squarespace is fine for static brochure sites; it isn't built to support custom enquiry form logic, eLearning platform integration, or the kind of operational tooling OccuTeach needed. WordPress provides a self-hosted foundation that supports all of that. The migration unlocked the dynamic ?course= URL pre-fill and laid the foundation for the eLearning platform.
Each course page on the OccuTeach site has a "Enquire about this course" button. When clicked, it links to the enquiry form with the course name appended as a URL parameter (?course=courseName). The form reads the parameter on load and pre-fills the "Course of interest" field automatically. When the enquiry lands in OccuTeach's inbox, the team knows exactly which course the prospect was researching — no manual triage required.
No — zero email disruption. Microsoft 365 DNS records (MX, autodiscover, SPF, DKIM) were preserved throughout the migration, and the DNS cutover was timed to switch only the website-related records. Email continued flowing through the migration without interruption. This is standard practice for any migration involving business-critical email.
Yes — training providers, educational organisations, CPD providers, and any business that delivers structured learning. OccuTeach is the worked example of training-provider web design; we've also built The Links Training and Upskillz in the training space. See Web Design for Training Providers Wigan for the service breakdown.
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Yes — visit occuteach.co.uk to see the four-sector training architecture, the course enquiry flow, and the full live site.
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