Project Info
The Cultural Village Foundation is an exceptional project of hope for human interaction through art and cultural exchange – a project made possible thanks to the inspired vision, solid faith and wise leadership of HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar.
Basic Overview
Client Name: Katara
Developer URL: www.katara.net
Development Time: 2 weeks
Category: Tourism
Developer Bio
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Development Team
WebUnit Manager / Project Manager, provided the graphical design, technical solution and managed the project through completion.
Senior Web Developer, developed the custom template and integrated and styled the various extensions used.
Senior Web Designer, animation design and design template integration.
What was the biggest challenge you faced?
Going live with a bilingual webiste website in 2 weeks.
How did you solve it?
Through perfect communication. We managed to work in parallel, design, development and data entry keeping the client closely updated and getting instant feedback and replies.
Extensions used
- Full CMS Website
- Dynamic Menu
- News Management System
- Event Management System
- Newsletter Module
- Calendar Integration
- Google Maps Integration
- Photo Gallery
How is the website doing since launch?
2,016 people visited this site in January 2012:
 |
2,801 Visits |
 |
2,016 Unique Visitors |
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10,456 Pageviews |
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3.73 Pages/Visit |
 |
00:04:05 Avg. Time on Site |
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44.23% Bounce Rate |
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68.01% % New Visits |
The initial launch was very good. Articles and twitter created a good buzz. We do notice when there is an update, twitter really does generate the traffic. There are good trends to see in the stats, for example the keywords being used to find the site and also the countries which are popular.
Top 7 countries viewed:
| 1. | Qatar |
1,954 |
40.43% |
| 2. | United Kingdom |
95 |
43.16% |
| 3. | Saudi Arabia |
94 |
56.38% |
| 4. | United States |
59 |
57.63% |
| 5. | United Arab Emirates |
55 |
52.73% |
| 6. | Germany |
34 |
50.00% |
| 7. | Brazil |
31 |
87.10% |
| 8. | India |
27 |
48.15% |
| 9. | Turkey |
16 |
43.75% |
| 10. | (not set) |
16 |
18.75% |
Final Thoughts
When Katara first approached us, they were experiencing many technical issues with their current Content Management System. Xpert was able to provide Katara with the best solution to olve there problems.
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