Our Portfolio / Public Information Website for the West Midlands Regional Observatory (WMRO)

WMRO needs to deliver complex information services to the public. They asked Xibis to help them automate  their business processes and give them greater control of their website.

The new website generated a 300% rise in visitor traffic in its first year. Following the success of the three-year first phase, WMRO selected Xibis for further work to the site.

Key Benefits

• The new Xibis system provided additional benefits including help features, email tracking, advanced menus and further content management tools
• The project provided advanced data storage and event management with on-line payment facilities 
• The site has a fresh look with improved graphics and dynamic page content generated by related data fields
• Because of the complexity of the information, data needs to be effectively interrogated to return fast and accurate search results. IPSV, the government standard for categorisation of data, is implemented across the system. All metadata is auto-indexed and plurals, synonyms, and abbreviations are created. Noise words such as ‘a’, ‘the’ and ‘of’ are excluded.
• The complex IPSV category selector and search tool was rebuilt, resulting in huge speed increases. An accessibility-compliant alternative is available for browsers without JavaScript.
• Advanced search facilities allow quick and efficient mining of data. Related data can be identified and displayed in dynamic modules on each page.

View the website at: www.wmro.org