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Testfieber.de Website Rebuild (Symfony CMS & Content Crawlers)

Services Covered:

Website Development • CMS Development • E-commerce Development

Industry

Information Technology

Duration

145 months

Budget

10K - 49K

Start Date

1 October 2007

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

74/100

Good

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Client

Testfieber.de

Munich, Germany

Project Summary

FINGO rebuilt and modernized the Testfieber.de product-review website using PHP Symfony, implementing a reliable CMS and database support and updating the frontend with externally provided designs. They created content scraping spiders, deployment and database-maintenance scripts, and test pipelines. The work improved usability, content presentation and coding standards, resulting in increased organic and search traffic and higher returning-visitor rates. Communication and task management were handled via JIRA, email and Skype, and the vendor was noted for reliability and proactive expertise.

Key Challenges

Support and add features to an existing application
Rewrite the entire application on the PHP Symfony framework
Update the frontend to new externally provided designs
Run a commercially successful website with increased page views and visitors
Ensure platform performance, scalability, and security

Project Deliverables

New Testfieber.de website
Admin CMS for content management
Spiders/crawlers for scraping content from other websites
Deployment scripts
Database maintenance scripts
Test pipelines

Project Solution

FINGO rewrote and rebuilt the Testfieber.de application on the PHP Symfony framework, implemented a new frontend based on provided designs, and delivered an admin CMS for content management. They built spiders/crawlers to aggregate content from other sites, and provided deployment scripts, database maintenance scripts and test pipelines. The vendor supported the legacy application on a time-and-materials basis and staffed a small dedicated team of two developers for the new application.

Project Outcome

Increased organic and search traffic
Higher rates of returning visitors
Improved usability and content presentation
Higher coding standards and better adaptation to modern web requirements

Platforms

Tech Stack

Symfony Framework

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“FINGO Software House's efforts improved usability, content presentation, and coding. Traffic and visitor numbers increased. The communication and task management worked well. The expertise and reliability were impressive.”
Thomas Weber
Owner & Project Manager
Date: 03/22/2020