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New Web Portal

for the Digital and Information Agency

# Web Portal

Digitální a informační agentura ČR

2025

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We developed the new web portal dia.gov.cz on the Sulu CMS platform, implementing the gov.cz design system for the Digital and Information Agency of the Czech Republic.

4 months

Delivered on schedule and on budget

Premiere

First Sulu CMS deployment in Czech public administration

Ready

Architecture ready for semantic search and microsites

Why DIA needed

a new portal

The Digital and Information Agency is a key institution for the digitalization of Czech public administration. Its original WordPress website no longer met modern standards for accessibility, security, or scalability. DIA needed a robust CMS that could handle complex content structures and integrate with the gov.cz design system.

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Sulu CMS jako

as the foundation

We chose Sulu CMS for the DIA portal—an open-source content management system built on PHP and Symfony. Unlike monolithic CMS platforms, Sulu offers clean separation of content and presentation, making it ideal for government websites that must follow strict design guidelines.

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The gov.cz design system

gov.cz v praxi

The dia.gov.cz portal is built on the gov.cz design system—a unified visual standard for Czech government websites. We implemented the system's component library and ensured full compliance with WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards across all pages.

Migrace obsahu

and multilingual support

We migrated all content from the outdated WordPress site to Sulu CMS. The migration covered hundreds of pages, documents, and media files. We also implemented multilingual support for key sections of the portal.

What our client

said about us

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DIA

"The gov.cz design system unifies the visual style and improves the user experience across government websites. The portal built by Cognito is a model implementation."

Nikola Čecháková Product Manager, DIA

How we worked

From requirements analysis through portal deployment and planned future enhancements.

1

Analysis & architecture design

We mapped DIA's requirements, designed the technical architecture, and chose Sulu CMS as the open-source foundation. Key decisions included the gov.cz design system and WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance.
2

Gov.cz design system implementation

We implemented the unified visual standard of Czech public administration. The portal meets accessibility and visual consistency requirements across all government websites.
3

WordPress to Sulu CMS migration

We migrated all content from the outdated WordPress site to Sulu CMS. The editorial team gained a modern authoring environment with structured content types and workflow management.
4

Portal development and deployment

We built the portal on PHP/Symfony, deployed to production, and delivered on schedule and on budget. The first phase took 4 months from kickoff to launch.
5

Planned enhancements

The portal architecture is designed for future expansion with semantic search and microsite management for additional sections of Czech digital government.
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Gov.cz design system

Technologies we used

The DIA portal is built on the Sulu CMS content management system with a Symfony backend, following the gov.cz design system guidelines.

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