Hungarian Diary Publishing

Promoting Literature in the Digital Age

Magyar Napló (Hungarian Diary) is a Hungarian publishing house with a periodical under the same name. Specializing in books on literature and culture, the publishing house also organizes cultural events and debates on a regular basis

magyar napló screenshots — Specializing in books on literature and culture

Challenge

Increasing online sales

The website of the publishing house was very outdated and extremely slow. Its webshop held loads of great books, but due to the slow site performance and the myriad of usability issues, they could hardly sell their books online.

site screens — User-friendly and easy-to-navigate webshop

Solution

Renewed online identity along with convenient editing interfaces

We designed an online brand guideline and prepared all web page designs for desktop and mobile. Development began after all the design files got finished and approved. We have built the platform based on Drupal with many plugins and custom solutions tailored to the publishing house’s needs. One of the key functions of the renewed website is a webshop presenting a wide collection of books and magazines.

The client reported a significant increase in the number of orders through the website. They also delight in having total control over their website. The added bonus is that the content management system serves their other key website as well.

We made every piece of content editable by their team. Additionally, the editorial backend is not only for this website but it is shared with their other major project, the website of the Literary Magazine enabling further optimization of their internal processes.