We’ve launched a new website
We’re excited to launch our new website designed by Milk Studio.
30. March 2016
Martin Jenča, CEO at Milk says, “The new Pohoda Festival website is an independent communication channel that is in operation throughout the year, so this is what we bore in mind when we worked on its redesign. We created a simple platform that will enable us to present each festival edition regardless of its current visuals: this way, users don’t have to get used to a completely new website every year.”
Our new website is not only more playful and user friendly design-wise and function-wise, but it also has several new features. The most distinctive change is visible on the new homepage which doesn’t feature news alone, but is comprised of a mosaic of interesting content from our website. Webparty has gone through several changes as well: search with the use of hashtags has been added and users can sign in through their Google or Facebook accounts. Thanks to hashtag function, Webparty is linked up with “Together to Pohoda”.
Almost half a million people from 183 countries visit our website a year. More than a third of them are from abroad (mainly visitors from the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Poland and the US). Therefore, website info is available both in Slovak and English. We’re launching the new website with all its main features and according to Martin Jenča, additional features will be ready soon. “The website will be launched gradually, one feature at a time. Right now, we’re launching the basic website that features e-shop, webparty, artists and news. We will be gradually adding sections such as program, photo gallery, info, pro area, press or festival radio to it.”
Matwe from Pohoda team has coordinated preparation of new website with Milk and describes the result as follows: “We don’t see the new website as a one-time online carrier of current edition’s visual identity, but as a fully-fledged interactive and continually evolving portal for a multi-genre event of the 21st century. For a festival with international reputation like Pohoda, a high-quality online presentation is a must. Apart from that, one of the main goals of the new website is to help the Festival from the organizational point of view as well. A four-month cooperation has also led to creating an adjustable admin section, which will contribute to efficiency, saving us hours of work. We have also decided to merge the formerly separated portals PohodaWorkers and PohodaVolunteers used for coordinating our temp workers and, in the near future, we’re planning on adding NGO section through which we manage non-profit organizations. ProArea is a completely new feature whose aim is to make communication and orientation for organizers, suppliers, performers and press at the Festival easier. The well-known features such as Webparty and Pohoda Radio will be more user-friendly and will have an airy timeless layout designed for the 21st century. The job Milk have done is simply incredible :)”
Last week, we launched Tent Inn ticket presale. In the next few days, we are about to introduce another comfy accommodation alternative at Pohoda Festival.
And last but not least - today it is 100 days to go to Pohoda 2016.