Your North Star for all things digital.
Our Purpose
To give organizations a custom website that can keep growing through Aurora.
With You as You Grow
Skylabs North builds custom websites on Aurora, our managed website platform for small businesses, nonprofits, clubs, and community organizations. You get a site shaped around your preferences, connected to a platform that can stay simple or grow into admin tools, events, memberships, booking, payments, and more.
You can buy your own domain or have us handle that step. From there, we design and build the site, plug it into Aurora, launch it, and keep the platform maintained. You decide how much control you want: a mostly static site, occasional updates handled by Skylabs, or admin panel access so your team can update information whenever it needs to.
The goal is not to hand you a fragile one-off website and disappear. Aurora is built to be an ever-growing, always-maintained foundation where you only manage as much as you want to manage.
Fundamental Principles
Service Area
Servicing the following areas but not limited to:
How Aurora Starts
From domain to launch, then as much control as you want after that
Domain & Direction
You buy a domain or defer that setup to Skylabs North. We learn what your organization needs, what style you prefer, and how much control you want after launch.
Custom Site Build
We design and build a custom website around your content, preferences, audience, and goals.
Aurora Connection
The site plugs into Aurora for hosting, maintenance, admin tools, forms, galleries, and any platform features included in your tier.
Launch & Control
After launch, you decide the workflow: fully hands-off to Skylabs, full admin-panel control, or a mix of both.
Aurora Platform
Custom Aurora Website
We build a custom site around your organization, your content, and your visual preferences, then connect it to Aurora so it has somewhere stable to grow.
- Custom design
- Mobile responsive
- Built on Aurora
Domain & Hosting Setup
Bring your own domain or let Skylabs North handle the setup. Hosting, SSL, deployment, and platform maintenance stay organized in one place.
- Managed hosting
- SSL certificate setup
- HTTPS and redirects
- Domain registration support
Admin Panel Access
Choose how much control you want. Your team can leave updates to Skylabs or use Aurora's admin panel to manage site information directly.
- Secure sign in
- Website information controls
- Forms and email routing
- Logs and email history
Always-Maintained Platform
Aurora keeps improving after launch. You do not need to chase plugin updates, rebuilds, or disconnected tools as your needs change.
- Platform updates
- Backups and restore points
- Uptime monitoring
Scales With You
Start with a simple site, then add admin access, private galleries, events, newsletters, booking, memberships, or payments when the timing is right.
- Static to self-managed options
- Optional feature tiers
- No rebuild required to grow
Hands-Off or Full Control
Aurora can be fully managed by Skylabs North, managed by your team through the admin panel, or somewhere in between.
- Skylabs-managed updates
- Admin-panel training
- Flexible ownership level
Ready to Build on Aurora?
Start with the site you need now, then keep the option to grow into more control and more tools when your organization needs them.
Custom Site, Platform Foundation
Your public website is custom-built for your organization, then connected to Aurora so it is not boxed in when your needs grow.
Your Level of Control
Stay hands-off and let Skylabs handle updates, or use the admin panel to manage content and information yourself.
Grows Without Rebuilding
Start with a simple static presence and add galleries, forms, events, booking, memberships, or payments when they make sense.
Maintained Behind the Scenes
Hosting, SSL, backups, updates, and platform reliability are handled as part of Aurora.
Built Around Your Information
Hours, FAQs, testimonials, stats, social links, contact details, and custom catalogs can live in one maintained system.
Designed for Real Operations
Aurora can support private portals, privileged albums, newsletters, scheduling, approvals, and payments as your organization needs them.
Design
Aurora does not mean every site looks the same. Skylabs North builds the public site around your preferences, branding, content, and audience, then connects it to a maintained platform underneath.
Advanced Security
Aurora is maintained as a platform, so the foundation behind your site stays current instead of depending on fragile plugins or scattered tools.
Reliability & Trust
The same Aurora foundation can support a basic website today and more operational tools later. Your site can scale as your organization does.
Support & Maintenance
You choose how much to handle. Skylabs can keep the site updated for you, your team can manage frequent updates in Aurora, or both can share the work.
