Filately ("Philately for everyone")

One of the largest Russian-language portals about stamps. It is run by a team of editors and volunteers, and over 20 years it has collected thousands of articles, news items and announcements, plus archives of journals and newsletters. All of it lived on an old custom system that nobody could safely update any more.

We rebuilt the site on a modern platform and moved the whole archive over. Old article addresses still work, so links from search engines and forums didn't break. Editors now write in a comfortable panel with a visual editor and upload images themselves.

The editorial team has roles: a trainee writes drafts, an editor revises, and only a senior editor can publish. Before launch we ran a security audit: removed default accounts, closed access to draft documents, restricted the file types that can be uploaded, and limited polls to one vote per address.

How it's built

The new site is built on Laravel 12 with the Filament admin panel and the TinyMCE editor. Old article addresses still open, so links from search engines and forums didn't break.

Editors have roles with different rights: a trainee writes drafts and only a senior editor publishes. Updates ship without taking the site down.

Who this suits

Media outlets, associations, clubs, and any site with a large archive that is stuck on an old system and afraid of losing its audience in the move.

What's inside

• News, articles, announcements, literature, gallery, puzzles, contests
• Archives of journals, newsletters and polls
• Editorial panel with a visual editor and image uploads
• 5 editorial roles with publishing rights
• Migration of the old archive with every address preserved
• Polls, a "round table", author pages, site search
• Security headers and protected uploads

Laravel 12, Filament admin panel, TinyMCE editor. Updates ship without taking the site down.