# Documenting the rich history and cultural heritage of Angkor


- Released on: 03-Feb-2023
- Organisation: MAADS
- Services: Strategy, Information Architecture, Design, Development, Support
- Industries: Non-Profit, History
- URL: https://miranj.in/work/angkor-database


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Angkor Database is an online resource on the 12th century [Angkor Wat temples], the ancient Khmer civilisation, and its capital city Angkor. Launched in 2016, it is a CSR project by [MAADS] and [Templation Angkor Resort]. It brings together [books], [publications], [films], [photographs], [maps], and [over nine hundred author profiles][authors], documenting the rich history of Angkor under free and open access, with no ads.
 
Miranj adopted this project in February 2023 (originally built by our teammate [Paul Manem]). We started by moving the website into our resilient hosting infrastructure, adding full-page caching and a sitemap, and improving the SEO metadata along the way. We also upgraded the platform in stages, from Craft 2 to the latest version of [Craft CMS].
 
Since then, we have continued to improve the website's features and user experience. We added new sections to help readers explore the material, including an [Authors] index, a [Maps] collection that can be filtered by location and time period, and a [Glossary] whose terms are linked automatically wherever they appear. [Search] now highlights matched keywords in the results and on the pages they lead to. [Photos][photographs] now include a zoomable lightbox with linked credits, and books now include multi-level tables of contents. Behind the scenes, we refined the authoring experience with clearer field labels and instructions, better-organised entry sources, and a page builder for key narrative pages, such as the Homepage and About pages.
 
[Angkor Database] is widely used and appreciated by academics, researchers, students, and history enthusiasts worldwide. We are proud to be supporting this growing resource that preserves Cambodia’s rich history and cultural heritage.
 
[Angkor Database]: https://angkordatabase.asia/
[MAADS]: https://www.maads.asia/
[Templation Angkor Resort]: https://www.templation.asia/
[Paul Manem]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pm-kh/
[Craft CMS]: https://craftcms.com/
[Authors]: https://angkordatabase.asia/authors
[Maps]: https://angkordatabase.asia/images/maps
[Glossary]: https://angkordatabase.asia/glossary
[Search]: https://angkordatabase.asia/search?q=khmer
[Books]: https://angkordatabase.asia/books
[toc]: https://angkordatabase.asia/books/duan-lisheng-thehistory-of-cambodia#:~:text=the%20book%E2%80%99s%C2%A0bibliography-,TABLE%20OF%20CONTENTS,-I
[Publications]:https://angkordatabase.asia/publications
[photographs]:https://angkordatabase.asia/photos
[films]:https://angkordatabase.asia/films
[angkor wat temples]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat