D.LIVE Scales its Multisite Live Entertainment Platform with TYPO3

D.LIVE is a major live entertainment and event operator based in Dusseldorf, Germany. The company is a subsidiary of the City of Dusseldorf and manages a range of entertainment venues, including locations for concerts, trade fairs, and other large-scale events. 

The company offers a full-service approach to event management, serving as the central platform for a number of associated venues and their respective websites, delivering tailored experiences to visitors, and promoting the city as a top-tier destination for entertainment. 

Seeking a flexible and reliable multisite solution to effectively manage their digital portfolio of websites, D.LIVE turned to Netigo to leverage TYPO3’s renowned multisite capabilities and deliver the company a future-proof platform for its digital presence. 

Widely recognized as one of the industry’s premier content management systems for organizations seeking to achieve effective multisite management, TYPO3 was the clear choice for this project. 

TYPO3’s page-tree architecture, which enables limitless scalability potential, along with its extensibility, and strong performance metrics have made it the CMS of choice for large scale organizations seeking to manage independent brands through a unified backend. 

With a portfolio of websites, each of which requiring content editing, maintenance, and performance upgrade needs, D.LIVE’s primary challenge has been maintaining efficiency within a multisite setup and delivering a high-standard of user experience to website visitors. 

Its TYPO3 instance has undergone several upgrades and currently runs on version 12 LTS. Netigo’s active maintenance of the D.LIVE web presence spans several years, and also includes regular security updates, to meet the company’s high standards, with ongoing maintenance being a core aspect of their partnership.

The D.LIVE project features several key highlights that mark it as a prime example of multisite success with TYPO3. These include: 

• Multisite Architecture: A unified instance managing multiple domains, with customizable features for each, ensuring individual brand identities are represented.
   
• Centralized and Individual Content Management: Editors can manage content globally across all websites, with role based permissions ensuring each venue’s editorial team can control access rights.
   
• Advanced Search Functionality: A powerful search feature that enables fast searches for events, locations, and other relevant content. The search feature also includes several relevant filter options, such as filtering by venue, date, or category.
   
• Integration with Major Events Platform: The “Rausgegangen” events platform has been integrated via API, allowing for current events to be synchronized and displayed on relevant venue websites. 
   
• Custom Frontend Following Modern UI/UX Trends: The D.LIVE frontend incorporates the latest trends in usability and design, with a fully responsive mobile-friendly interface.
   
• Custom Website Design: Individual venues can reflect their unique brand identities, including color schemes and typography.
   
• High-Performance and Scalability: Featuring fast load times and modern caching capabilities that allow for fast content delivery, and a flexible hosting infrastructure that ensures stable performance under high traffic.
   
• Multimedia Content & Social Media Integration: Integrated livestreams, event photos, and videos allow for improved event marketing, and direct linking to social media platforms provide visitors an easy way to share content on social media channels.
   
• Dynamic Event Calendar: API-connected to leading event platforms, allowing for an interactive user experience with a clear overview of events across all venues.

This wide range of improvements has transformed the D.LIVE website, along with those of its affiliated brands, into a leading digital hub for entertainment. These highlights combine the latest trends in UX and design, with a high-performing content management infrastructure, and sublime content editing capabilities, allowing D.LIVE to deliver a complete digital experience to its visitors.

With the new TYPO3 multisite architecture, D.LIVE now operates a future-ready platform that’s optimized for both visitors and content editors. 

The integration of powerful search tools, and external event platforms, along with the website’s highly customizable setup ensure that D.LIVE is able to deliver visitors powerful digital experiences, while allowing its staff to efficiently create new content. 

Along with the improved user experience and backend efficiency, another marked improvement has been the increased SEO visibility. The multisite system allows for fast and cost-effective setups for new locations, and shared features across websites allow for lower costs and maintenance effort. 

Ongoing performance optimizations allow for a high-performance standard, another factor in the overall improvement in user experience. 

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