The Landguiden website is a database that contains updated and quality content on all of the world’s countries, conflicts and organizations. Site visitors include schools, libraries and governments in Sweden. The site is maintained by the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.
Challenge
The previous website was developed in 2004 and was in need of an update. Landguiden wanted to increase website usage while offering an easy-to-use and maintain site while providing a solid platform for future development.
Solution
Working with Sitecore partner, Metamatrix AB, Sitecore was chosen because of its ability to be extended, its ease of use, and the ability to separate parts of content. In addition, Sitecore’s security model allows for a "multi-level" access model. Finally, Sitecore’s support for custom layouts for mobile devices, although not yet developed, was a key feature.
Result
Metamatrix AB implemented a new design for the website and imported more than 4,000 content pages into Sitecore. The site can now handle online payments, as well as retrieve subscriber information from the subscription service (CRM). Also, Metamatrix expanded the statistics database, and imported about 150,000 posts, all editable from Sitecore backend. There are plans on translating to English and German as well as some of the other Nordic languages in the future.