Our Technology Guide
Contents 1. Manticore our Development Framework 2. A Solid Framework 3. Latest Web Technology 4. Flexible Modules 5. Powerful Administration 6. Enterprise Analytics 7. Technical Information 8. FAQs
Manticore our Development Framework Rapid and robust, powerful web development Using the same open-source programming language used to create Twitter and Groupon our system is a rapid and robust web development framework. It’s what brings the power to our websites.
“Our website was delivered quickly and to a very high standard” “Website wide changes are made in minutes, if not seconds”
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A Solid Framework Our Manticore framework, with more than 10 years of development, allows us to develop web-based applications and websites very quickly to a very high W3C standard. Not only is development quick, but changes and tweaks can take minutes when, historically, they could have taken hours, days or even weeks. As we have built Manticore on an open source platform there are thousands of developers and collaborators worldwide contributing to its continual success.
“Our website is fast and runs with the newest technology”
Latest Web Technology Manitcore allows us to work with and integrate all types of complimentary web technology, allowing your website to organically improve with developing technologies.
HTML5
AJAX
Flash
JavaScript
CSS
Responsive Design
“We could pick and choose from a great range of ready built modules�
Flexible Modules We have a large range of ready built modules that sit in Manticore ready to be deployed at anytime. We are continually developing more and we always make sure we fine tune each module to your exact needs. News
Case Studies
Social Media
Databases
Shopping Carts
Image Gallery
Video Gallery
Chat & Message Areas
Events
Booking Systems
“Straight away I’ve noticed how great the admin system is. I have worked with others before and found them hard to use, whereas your system is logical and easy” Jennifer Marshall, Marketing Coordinator, Hull Business Improvement District.
Powerful Administration All of our websites sit on top of Manticore’s admin system allowing you to take greater control and make the most from your online system. It is a web-based system and can be accessed from any Internet enabled device. Publishing Features
Images
• Version control
• Automatic optimisation of images
• Previews of any changes
• Ability to crop images
• Word processing formatting tools
• Scale and resize images
• Set start and expiry dates to prepare content updates in advance
• Automatic creation of thumbnails with ability to amend if required
Multiple Administrators
• Option to store commonly used images for future use
• Limit control per section
• ALT tags (for accessibility
• Enforce author/publisher workflow requiring changes to be vetted by a publisher
Documents
• Easily view pages you have contributed to
• Upload all common document types
• Choose admin colour scheme and upload avatar image
• Archiving
Maintenance Tools
• Categorisation • Access levels
• Recycle bin
• Videos
• Search
• Embed YouTube videos or if required upload direct to the site
• Order lists on any field • Asset manager to allow control over images and documents added to the website • Last updated date • Last updated by • Ability to set reminders to review content at a later date
• Scale and resize
Link Manager • Add links to internal pages, choosing from a dropdown list • Add links to documents including ability to upload • Add links to external websites
Accessibility and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) • ALT tags on images • Ability to add keywords and titles per page • SEO friendly and human readable URLs • Automatic checks and updates to ensure all content maintains accessibility standards
Additional Features • Full control over navigation • Full control over homepage • Drag and drop to reorder items • Spellchecker • Calendar date picker • Helpful tool tips • Validation of data to ensure all required information is complete • Web statistics analysis tools
“I was amazed at what I learned with analytics, it helped me make some fundamental, well-informed improvements”
Enterprise Analytics As a minimum we will install enterprise grade server analytics and Google analytics which provides you with invaluable visitor information and helps you make well-informed improvements to your website. You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Track email campaigns
Track advertising
E-commerce reporting
Track sales & conversions
Advanced segmentation
Advanced analysis tools
Customise reports
Export data
Technical Information Hosting
Bandwidth
A third party hosting provider will be used to host the website. The following technical specification relates to the services provided by this company.
The website bandwidth is 3000GB a month (this is burstable and can be increased at anytime if required). The number of concurrent users supported will depend on the usage patterns and the content accessed. A user accessing a video file, for example, will use more resources than one reading a page of text. We will also continue to monitor the performance and, if required, additional resources can be added at any time to increase performance.
Security The building that houses the servers are equipped with the latest state-of-the-art equipment, including a centralised electronic access control system, multiple biometric scanning requirements (thumbprint and face recognition), closed-circuit monitoring network, Halon gas fire suppression system and four commercial air-conditioning units. Combined with the on-site skills of the full-time facilities team, this creates an optimal environment for providing the type of high-availability that our customers have come to expect from us. Disaster Recovery In the unlikely, but possible, event of hardware failure, replacement components, including preconfigured hard-drives can be instantly swapped in so usually things can be returned to normal very quickly. Back-up data is stored at a remote location and, if required, the restore process can be started immediately when the hardware is replaced. Backup Process We provide 25GB offsite backup space. We can setup hourly, daily, weekly or monthly cycles as required. Backups are held offsite, on another server. The time of a data backup restore will depend on the amount of data on the system, but we would expect it to take a maximum of an hour. Uptime The current SLA we have with our hosting provider has a guaranteed uptime of 99.97%.
Browser Support As a minimum the site will be built to display correctly on the latest versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome. Accessibility We are passionate about creating functional accessible websites and the site will comply fully and exceed the accessibility guidelines and the Disabilities Discrimination Act. The site will be designed to be accessible in line with the http:// w3.org accessibility guidelines. It will also be fully tested on a wide range of systems, monitors and browsers. All images will be optimised and will include alternate text links to allow non-image browsers and text readers to fully interpret the site. Alternative Platforms It will be possible to access the website from mobile devices. The site will be built using semantic mark-up and cascading stylesheets (css). This will ensure that users accessing the site from alternative platforms will receive the best experience possible. If required we can create specific versions for alternative devices. Once your site is complete we will upload it to our live servers and provide you with full FTP access. FTP access allows you to copy a version of your site to your own computer at any time you like so you are free to back-up or move your site at anytime.
FAQs Q: How fast can you build a website? A: We can build wireframe websites incredibly quickly. Getting to know you the client, your objectives and delivering a well structured and designed website with rich content takes a little longer.
Q: If it is your system then how can we make sure it is maintained by another web developer? A: Manticore is our rapid development framework, built using an open source platform. There are thousands of developers worldwide and collaborators continually making improvements. It is easy for any experienced developer to take over our work. We would help with any transition.
Q: Who owns the website?
Q: Where is my data stored?
A: You do, you paid for it, it is yours to do as you please. We would hope, however, to be part of your continued development and we build in processes to successfully deliver a quality support service.
A: All data is stored in our highly secure UK based data centres. Full daily backups are included as standard.
Q: What happens if I want to move my website? A: We will help you with this transition. You will have a copy of the website on disk and you will have full access via ftp to the most up-to-date version.
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