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Bellame Bellame is a Texas-based beauty company. Its mission is to equip people around the world with confidence, love, and belief in themselves. With that in mind, Bellame provides its clientele with ultra-luxurious beauty products that boast clinical-grade ingredients. Learn the full story: anyforsoft.com/story/bellame/ Challenge: The company's initial intention was to use best-of-breed web solutions for their business. Thus, AWS hosting was the ultimate solution we picked. Our challenges were to: Make sure the portal operates flawlessly 24/7. Eliminate downtimes resulting from server-side software malfunction.   Solution: To ensure the company meets its goals we built an adaptable online dashboard, implemented a fraud protection system that checks suspicious activity and informs the company’s employees about potential threats, developed a smart content management system, and took care of shipment system integration.  Apart from that, our team worked on: Integration with Avalara to get a scalable and efficient solution for tax compliance and sales automation. Handy commission engine for partnership programs to automate the compensation counting workflow. Shareable content constructor with integrated analytics to transform marketing planning and sales by spreading information in one click. Custom 3rd party integrations with Paypal and Nuvei to get more revenue and improve employees’ workflow.   Achievements: 400% clientele and partner network growth; 800% system performance improvement; 230% support team effectiveness increase; 100% automated shipment processing. More about Bellame case: https://anyforsoft.com/story/bellame/ Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Magazine is the leading and longest-standing source of news, information, and expert commentary on Bitcoin, its underlying blockchain technology, and the crypto industry. Since 2012, it has been providing accurate, up-to-date, and relevant content devoted exclusively to the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. Learn the full story: anyforsoft.com/story/bitcoin-magazine/ Challenge: As part of its ongoing efforts to expand reporting on Bitcoin to Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the company decided to establish a new bureau in Kyiv, Ukraine. Thus, it needed a Ukrainian version of the website. Instead of simply translating the existing site, Bitcoin Magazine wanted to build a separate platform tailored specifically for the Ukrainian audience.  Solution: To fully meet the client’s requirements, we meticulously analyzed the US version of the magazine and used it as a foundation for the new website. We decided to use the color scheme of the parent website to maintain visual consistency. At the same time, we introduced various new features to give the Ukrainian version of the magazine a distinct identity.  As part of our web development efforts, we: Created the website from scratch using Drupal, making it convenient for content moderation and scheduling. Designed a user-friendly admin panel that simplifies content management. Set up fundamental SEO configurations, such as robots.txt, meta tags, sitemap, aliases, and redirects. Ensured consistency in the color scheme between the US and Ukrainian versions of the site. Read More

Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences is an international higher education institution established in 1987 in the Netherlands. It brings together students of over 100 nationalities, creating a family-like environment where internationalization, diversity, and ethics provide the foundation for global learning. Learn the full story: anyforsoft.com/story/wittenborg/ Challenge: Wittenborg needed a website redesign. The website was built on an outdated theme and its homepage was overloaded with many content blocks and clickable elements that hindered the student journey. Its interface wasn’t mobile-friendly and the website’s search engine wasn’t optimized with the best UX & UI practices in mind. Apart from that, the university staff experienced numerous issues with the CMS that complicated content management.  Solution: It was decided to migrate to Drupal 10 and use a new Drupal theme. Once the website was transferred, our team initiated Drupal 10 custom theme development with a focus on a mobile-first approach. The project encompassed an extensive scope. To elevate the university’s web presence, our team: Made the website’s homepage more marketing-oriented by eliminating excessive elements, creating clear CTAs and placing them prominently across the page, and adding interactive elements. Introduced responsive images and videos, improved banners, and used other mobile-first design best practices to ensure the website’s smooth performance on mobile. Introduced UI & UX improvements to the search engine to ensure it provides relevant information for search queries. Switched several pages to a paragraph-based structure, allowing content managers to edit these pages independently. Rebuilt several pages and content types to avoid the mixing of layout and content elements in HTML editors. Transitioned the website to a composer-based architecture to streamline the work with the modules, updates, and code libraries. Read More

Imperial College Business School Imperial College Business School is a prestigious educational institution, part of Imperial College London, opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004. It drives global business and social transformation through the fusion of business, technology, and an entrepreneurial mindset. The institution’s mission is to inspire brilliant minds to be the world’s future leaders of business and society. Learn the full story: anyforsoft.com/story/imperial-college-business-school/ Challenge: Imperial College Business School wasn’t satisfied with the performance of its website. Over time, the site accumulated bugs that slowed it down and damaged the user experience. It had plenty of layout problems, and developer tools pointed out multiple errors that required attention.  Solution: To help the business school with its goals, AnyforSoft built a professional maintenance and support team. The team eliminated layout issues and other technical errors, resulting in smoother website performance.  We also developed custom modules per the customer’s requirements and created the design template, facilitating website management processes. To keep the website secure and up to date, we installed the latest Drupal 9 updates and security patches and continue to do so with new updates as they are released. We’re now preparing it for the upgrade to Drupal 10. In a relatively short period, we managed to yield positive results: Better website performance and fewer technical issues. Straightforward website navigation. Increased security. Improved user experience. Long-term reliability. Staying up to date with the newest technologies. Read More

BizClik Media Services Provided on this Project Web Development Mobile App Development UX/UI Design Application Management & Support Client BizClik Media Project Schedule Jul 2021 - Ongoing Project Size $10,000 to $49,999 BizClik Media BizClik Media is one of the fastest-growing digital media companies that produces exclusive content in multiple formats. Founded in 2007, the company connects senior executives with the latest trends, industry insights, and influential projects. Today BizClik boasts over 22,000 global customers and serves a community of 14 million executives. Learn the full story: anyforsoft.com/story/bizclik-media/ Challenge: BizClik wanted to increase its brand awareness. However, its website wasn’t suitable for this: it was a simple business card-like site without much to offer. The team understood that to reach a wider audience, they needed a more advanced and user-friendly solution. Hence, they were looking for experienced software developers who could develop the site with their requirements in mind. Our main objectives were: Develop a new website based on the pre-made template provided by BizClik. Migrate the content from the old website to the new one. Fix issues with SSL certificates. Fix performance errors caused by design mistakes.   Solution: AnyforSoft developed a brand-new website based on the provided design template. Our team used Drupal 9 as the CMS for the website and built it with CSS and JavaScript (jQuery). Additionally, we used REST API to integrate the site with news aggregators. To optimize it for search engines, we used various Drupal SEO modules along with manual SEO techniques. We optimized the website’s performance, managing to achieve the highest score in Lighthouse. In addition to that, we: Converted resource-intensive GIF animations into videos to improve website loading speed and user experience. Fixed SSL certificates after release, ensuring a secure connection. Migrated the content from the old website to the new one and made it compatible with the new environment. Implemented a search bar to help visitors find the content they’re interested in faster. Created straightforward navigation, allowing visitors to explore the website without issues Read More

Delaware County Community College Delaware County Community College is a public community college with campuses and facilities throughout Delaware and Chester Counties in Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1967 and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. DCCC focuses on its students, providing them with the best opportunities to succeed. Learn the full story: anyforsoft.com/story/delaware-county-community-college/ Challenge: DCCC wanted to maintain a user-friendly online presence while ensuring the safety of user data across its three websites. The main challenge of the project was striking a balance between the client's initial request and the broader considerations of security, support, and maintenance across their websites. We are always on the client's side in attempting to get the best-fitted solution, combining the client's vision with the overall integrity and safety of the websites. Solution: The first thing we did was conduct a comprehensive technical audit to identify and eliminate potential security vulnerabilities. To ensure the safety of Delaware County Community College’s digital properties, our team implemented robust authentication mechanisms, integrated encryption protocols, and ran regular security audits to protect sensitive data and user information.  In addition, we extended the functionality of the client's sites. The development team reconfigured several existing functionalities, aligning them with coding best practices. We also established a dedicated team to provide ongoing technical assistance and address any issues or bugs that may arise in the future.  Read More

Glycostem Therapeutics Glycostem is a Dutch biotech company that developed the world's first GMP-compliant NK cell platform ready for industrial scale-up. Learn more: anyforsoft.com/story/glycostem/ Challenge: Glycostem was looking for a web development partner to update their corporate website. The company wanted its updated website to match the new corporate identity. The ultimate goal was to increase the number of website visitors and corporate publicity while building a solid reputation. Solution:  AnyforSoft provided several prototypes for the UI/UX design and went through a series of improvements. As a result, the updated version of the client’s corporate website is perfectly aligned with the new corporate identity. The site supports several languages, has Google Maps integration along with geolocation recognition, and allows administrators to manage existing content and create new pages easily. Achievements:  Up-to-date UI/UX design Functionality for easy content editing and page creation See other case studies - https://anyforsoft.com/story/glycostem/ Read More

KharkivToday KharkivToday is one of the biggest online news portals aimed at the Kharkiv region. It offers engaging news content on culture, sports, politics, and other topics. Although it is Kharkiv-focused, the portal also covers the most prominent events in other regions of Ukraine. Learn more: anyforsoft.com/story/kharkivtoday/ Challenge: Initially, the KharkivToday portal was based on the WordPress CMS. However, the company wasn’t happy with its performance and wanted to migrate. In addition to that, the team wanted to redesign their website and deliver a smoother user experience by allowing visitors to glide through their news articles. Solution:  Anyforsoft handled the migration from WordPress to Drupal 8 and integrated Thunder CMS to simplify content management. We also created an up-to-date design with better UI/UX elements, ensured smooth content delivery to news aggregators, improved security, localized the website for multiple languages, and implemented social media integration. Achievements: 11% website traffic growth 14% increase in time spent on the site See other case studies - https://anyforsoft.com/stories-list/ Read More

projektmagazin projektmagazin is the largest online educational portal for professional development in the area of project management. The platform has around 25,000 subscribers and over 100,000 monthly visits. Learn the full story: anyforsoft.com/story/projektmagazin/ Challenge: Projektmagazin wanted to migrate their site. Website migration is always a challenge, especially when you are dealing with a site that has over 13000 nodes of 13 content types and a few custom entities. The main challenge was to keep every piece of the content intact and make it immediately available to users after relaunch. Solution: Anyforsoft helped projektmagazin migrate their website content and custom entities to Drupal 8 using Migration API. All the content was indexed by ElasticSearch and kept in separate indexes for faster reindexing. The servers were hosted on the DigitalOcean platform and the Cloudflare Application Firewall was applied to get additional protection. Apart from that, our team: Added a fast and reliable search engine to help users find content that matches their needs. Developed the newsletter campaign feature, allowing editors to create new newsletter campaigns easily and supporting multiple content formats. Built a centralized subscription tool, allowing users to subscribe to the company’s newsletter conveniently. Integrated the website with multiple third-party services, such as Mailchimp, Billwerk, Google Analytics, and Google Tag Manager. Achievements: 31% website speed increase; 10% more subscribers; 18% website traffic increase.   Technology stack: Drupal 8 (Thunder Distribution); Elastic Search engine; Reactive Search and components (Geolocation, Date filter, etc.); Billwerk; Mailchimp; Migration API; Lando; Varnish; Grafana monitoring tool; Servers on DigitalOcean; Multi-server Live environment; Cloudflare; Rich Snippets for Google Search; Amazon ES; Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. Learn more: https://anyforsoft.com/story/projekt-magazin/ Read More

WehaveAnyspace WehaveAnyspace is a real estate company located in the Netherlands. It helps organizations find their ideal office free of charge by managing the largest and most up-to-date list of office spaces in the country. Learn more: anyforsoft.com/story/wehaveanyspace/ Challenge: WehaveAnyspace’s goal was to build a truly convenient real estate platform that could combine multifunctionality with a user-friendly interface and support several languages. They wanted their platform to be designed in such a way as to enable users to easily make and manage their rental orders. WehaveAnyspace also needed geolocation functionality as well as a clear and intuitive way of interaction between users and managers. Solution: AnyforSoft built a platform for WehaveAnyspace from scratch. It is based on Drupal CMS and has multiple third-party tools integrated to ensure advanced functionality. We also added a convenient tool for the clients to cover their needs in office spaces. Achievements: 54% increase in mobile traffic 123% increase in time spent on the site 2x server performance improvement 18% revenue growth   Technology stack: PHP 7  Redis cache  Nginx  HTML5  CSS3 (SASS)  Git  Drush  Gitlab CI  Google Maps Learn more: https://anyforsoft.com/story/wehaveanyspace/ Read More

Dropsolid Dropsolid is an award-winning digital agency with a presence in the Belgian market. The company makes complex marketing technology accessible for ambitious brands and helps them create the best digital versions of their organizations. Learn more: anyforsoft.com/story/dropsolid/ Challenge: Dropsolid was in search of a reliable partner that could work on a project-to-project basis and provide highly experienced and dedicated developers at the same time. The vendor also needed to be adaptable enough to keep in line with their development flow and work with Rocketship Distribution, an out-of-the-box tool by Dropsolid that allows customers to choose the functionality they want to have on their website. Solution: Anyforsoft assigned two dedicated developers to work on several fixed-price projects based on Rocketship Distribution. At first, it was challenging for our team to adapt to Dropsolid’s requirements. However, after several months of cooperation, we managed to run projects more smoothly which resulted in more than 5 years of successful collaboration. Achievements: Successful collaboration of 5+ years 27% more clients Read More

OLPH Parish Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Parish is a Roman Catholic church that brings together believers in Christ who strive to live according to his teachings. It wants to be close to everyone in their time of need, and by means of its web platform, it provides believers with recent information and updates about the organization. Learn the full story: anyforsoft.com/story/olph-parish/ Challenge: During the global pandemic, the OLPH Parish’s website became more actively visited, and the church decided to improve it. They ran the website audit and detected numerous issues:   the design was outdated, hindering the user journey;  the website wasn’t user-friendly in many aspects; the functionality no longer met the needs of the organization; content management processes weren’t streamlined. To tackle these issues, the church contacted AnyforSoft. Solution: At first, OLPH Parish wanted us to redesign the website. However, it became clear that too many significant changes were needed to meet the new demands. That’s why it was eventually decided to build a new website from scratch and develop a reliable content migration functionality to save all the necessary information and make the process smooth and seamless. What we did: Built a brand new Drupal website following OLPH Parish’s requirements. Implemented best UX/UI design practices to improve user experience, simplify navigation, and add an appealing interface to the platform. Incorporated a new navigation system to make it easier for users to find the content they’re interested in. Updated the content editor to facilitate content management. Set up critical SEO configurations, such as robots.txt, meta tags, sitemap, aliases, and redirects. Read More

MEGU MEGU is one of the top universities in Rivne city. Following its slogan “Quality of Education! Quality of Work! Quality of Life!”, the university strives to provide applicants, students, and graduates with a high level of knowledge, innovation, and comfort during their studies. Learn the full story: anyforsoft.com/story/megu/ Challenge: The university experienced difficulties with content management. The CMS the team relied on at the time wasn’t satisfactory, as it provided a terrible content editing experience and wasn’t mobile-friendly. Besides that, the website was overloaded with content and could crash unexpectedly, damaging the user experience. Solution: To fix the MEGU’s issues, AnyforSoft decided to migrate the website to Drupal 9 and redesign it. Our team installed the new CMS and applied an iterative method to implement the new UI/UX design with customizable pages. We redesigned the website with a mobile-first approach, creating a mobile-friendly layout. Our development efforts resulted in: Color scheme change feature: new color automatically adjusts to all pages, allowing MEGU to experiment with the website's visual appearance. Customized pages: a new page can be built using custom blocks and paragraphs.  Live chat integration: for efficient and convenient customer support. Flexible and user-friendly administration with various admin themes to choose from.   Achievements: 15% budget savings; 34% more mobile users. Read More

RC Megapolis Megapolis is a well-known recruiting agency specializing in recruiting C-level and A-level management, highly skilled specialists, and talented performers.  Learn more: anyforsoft.com/story/megapolis/ Challenge: Megapolis wanted to resolve the problem of high hosting costs. A company of this size didn’t want to invest in expensive hosting plans, but at the same time, they didn’t want to leave their site without any support at all. That’s where we became of great help. Solution: As an IT company, we feature an extensive infrastructure based on the Hetzner platform. It serves as our main development environment. As an optimal solution, we suggested hosting a server in our infrastructure and providing the necessary security and fault tolerance.  The server offered all the necessary components for the correct and safe functioning of the website. Achievements: 70% improvement in website speed 54 security issues eliminated   Technology stack: PHP Nginx MySQL Git Gitlab Ubuntu See other case studies - https://anyforsoft.com/stories-list/ Read More