www.lasy.gov.pl
Description:
The General Directorate of State Forests is a state-owned unit. It is tasked with the preservation of Polish forests, which are a precious natural environment resource. It also enlarges national forest resources, enriches plant species composition and manages wild forest animals. It obtains good quality wood material and, at the same time, preserves forests. Moreover, State Forests popularize information related to the history of forests as well as environmental protection.
The Challenge:
State Forests needed to deploy a new graphic design, that would suit present-day users. It was important for the page to operate efficiently and handle high numbers of visits. Improvement and perfection of the page became our main task.
The Solution:
A portal was created based on Plone CMS that allows intuitive and convenient content management, as well as presenting the content with the new graphic design. Due to performance requirements, modern caching techniques were employed. Moreover, one of the services in this project, is the hosting of the State Forests portal. Tools allowing the monitoring the server status and alarming in the event of problems, such as Munin and Nagios, were used in order to provide the appropriate quality.
The Technology:
Plone, Zope, Python, jQuery, Varnish, Munin, Nagios
References:
"Over four years of cooperation without even minor problems of any kind. I must admit with pleasure, STX Next is the one of most reliable, flexible and, simultaneously, creative companies we have ever worked with."
Marek Matecki, Information Technology Specialist at State Forests Information Center