Kentico Top 10 Websites for September 2017

Dynamic Networks is an IT Systems and Support company based in Leeds, UK who are going through a significant period of growth. A decision was made to develop a new website, after a number of months working on PPC and SEO strategies. The website uses widget-driven page templates allowing huge flexibility in both the type of content that could be created and uploaded to the site and how that content is displayed. In the first week since launch, the new Dynamic Networks website has successfully increased on-site engagement metrics. Page views increased by 77%, pages per session increased by 108%, the average session duration increased by 92%, and the bounce rate decreased by 42%.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is the UK’s independent regulator for the financial sector. FRC needed to ensure that this was accurately reflected online. Its previous website was overloaded with content, so the navigation needed to be stripped back, making it easier for the visitor to find the information they need. MMT Digital created a number of custom widgets that could be used to point visitors to relevant information. These included latest publications, quick links and signposts to navigate the user to where they need to be. FRC also wanted to be able to send out regular press releases, event details and information to its subscribers which is easily enabled with Kentico Email Marketing features.

The Australian Apprenticeships Pathways website was developed to meet the needs of schools, students, jobseekers, parents, and employers who have an interest in Australian apprenticeships. The goal of this project was to merge a website positioned as a resource for students and jobseekers, and the other aimed toward industry insiders. IIS has more than 100,000 pieces of data and more than 30 Kentico custom tables/page types needed to be imported from the old Kentico 5.5 site to the new Kentico 10 site. IIS also has a client portal for service providers that contains a lot of forms and grids. Get Started utilized Kentico Forms and UniGrid web parts to easily extend them to meet all the client's requirements.

Crafted worked on the new Generator website for a period of five months, working to a critical deadline of February to coincide with their busiest time of year. The core development phase was delivered in just less than four months—launching in February 2017. A wide range of Kentico capabilities were implemented, including, localisation, currency conversion and configuration, forms, integration with booking system, and the creation of two types of administration interfaces. After Kentico implementation in June 2017, Generator Hostels saw awesome results: the average order value increased by 51%, the conversion rate increased by 50%, and mobile speed performance increased by 58%.