CultureSuite Platform Features

Everything your CultureSuite website can do, and why it never stops improving.
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Most websites look their best on launch day. But why does it have to go downhill from there?

Every update, every ticketing migration, every "quick fix" chips away at the site you launched, until your team's spending more time wrestling it into shape than using it to sell tickets and tell your story.

CultureSuite CMS was built to break that pattern. Instead of decaying after launch, it improves after launch. Here's what makes that possible.
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The four pillars that keep your website evolving

Continuous platform evolution

We ship new updates every three weeks. And when one venue in the Community sponsors a feature, every venue gets it. You benefit from other cultural organisations’ knowledge and investment, not just your own.

Flexible no-code design

No rigid templates. Build pages yourself using our Parts Library – modular blocks you can stack, arrange and rearrange to customise your website, while your brand guidelines stay protected in the background.

Dynamic segmentation & personalisation

A first-time visitor and a loyal member shouldn't see the same homepage. Two-way ticketing and CRM syncs let you personalise banners and calls-to-action right down to individual page parts, based on real patron behaviour.

Arts & culture ecosystem integration

Connect your ticketing, scheduling and payment systems and stop entering the same data twice. Less admin, more time for the storytelling that actually sells tickets.

1. Web Design & Content Creation

Build immersive, responsive pages without touching a line of code. And because your website’s styling stays protected in the background, it doesn't matter who's building the page, it'll still look like you.
Feature
What it does
Why it matters
Modular Page Builder & Parts
Designed for cultural websites
Stack flexible content blocks ('Parts') in any order: text, imagery, events, and collections without touching code.
Frees the team from rigid templates, allowing bespoke page layouts without needing a developer.
Rich Text Editor
Hosting & security included
Visual WYSIWYG editor containing formatting styles, headings, links, button creators, and tables.
Update your content fast, without breaking your brand's look and feel.
Hero Sections
3-weekly platform updates
Full-width headers with customised titles, description text, responsive backgrounds, or looping video streams.
Creates a strong first impression with large, high-impact visuals that scale across every device.
Content Library
New features are free for everyone
Create content blocks once and reuse across multiple pages, editable from a single place.
Change it once, like your accessibility statement or venue opening hours, and it updates everywhere it's used.
Media Gallery & Image Crop
You influence the platform roadmap
Upload high-resolution images once; the tool automatically generates crops for various responsive grid/slideshow layouts.
Eliminates manual Photoshop tasks. Hand-cropped images keep subjects centred across desktop and mobile views.
Embeds & iFrame Integration
20+ ticketing and event integrations
Native embeds for Spotify, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, and Tally forms, with custom iFrame support.
Enriches digital brand storytelling by incorporating multi-media assets directly into editorial layouts.
Page Duplication & Drag-Drop
Training included
Clone entire page structures with all configurations intact; rearrange order of parts with drag-and-drop actions.
Drastically reduces setup time, allowing the team to quickly spin up campaign and landing pages.
In-Page Navigation
Support included
Add jump-to labels to any part of a page, so visitors can click straight to the section they want.
Handy for long pages, like a full FAQ or a detailed accessibility statement, without visitors endlessly scrolling.
Collapsible Sections & FAQs
Design refreshes without rebuilding
Turn any part into an expandable section with one click.
Keep a long page tidy, without extra design work.
Part Parameters
Personalisation built into your site
Adjust padding, background colour and layout variants on individual parts, without needing a developer.
Small tweaks and fixes happen in minutes, not in a ticket to your web agency.
Embeddable Forms
Automatic accessibility updates
Add venue hire enquiries, group booking requests or general contact forms to any page, with submissions routed straight to the right inbox.
Enquiries land where they need to, without visitors hunting for an email address or you missing a booking request.
Time Machine
Unlimited team accounts
Preview your website exactly as it'll look on a future date, before it goes live.
See exactly how next month's season launch will look, days in advance, with no last-minute surprises.
Template Texts
Unlimited team accounts
Edit site-wide text snippets – footer content, button labels, system messages – from one central place.
Change a piece of text once, and it's correct everywhere it appears.
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Customised design

Stand out in the digital landscape with a website that's uniquely yours. Our expert designers at CultureSuite craft customised design motifs tailored to your venue's identity. Alternatively, use one of our trusted design partners or your own designers.

Why choose CultureSuite?

Tailor-made for live events

Benefit from our 25+ years of experience in arts and culture website development.

Community-led innovation

Be part of a vibrant user community that shapes new features and upgrades for CultureSuite.

Human support

Access to round-the-clock, multi-lingual support with fast SLAs

Effortless integrations

CultureSuite CMS integrates with all major ticketing systems, payment providers, event planning tools, CRMs and ad platforms, allowing you to automate a wide range of processes based on synced data across these platforms.
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Web design reimagined

Our live design methodology puts you in control while we create flexible, future-proof solutions that evolve with your needs. No more rigid templates or inflexible designs.
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“What I like about CultureSuite is the approach—the learnings they get from lots and lots of cultural organisations, bringing that into a central platform so they can make the changes that we all benefit from, rather than everything being customised and bespoke.”

Paul Callaghan
Chair of Sunderland Music, Arts and Culture Trust