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St. Thomas Public Library launches new website with expanded features. 

The latest improvements to the Mugo Library platform focus on enhanced usability for library staff. Since these back-end improvements aren’t as noticeable as the front-end user experience, we wanted to take the opportunity to give a peek “under the hood”, and showcase what makes the Mugo Library event and calendar solution ideal for public libraries. Our new enhancements include expanded reporting, a new viewing interface, back-end patron search, and integration with the meeting room module.

One of our clients needed to migrate all their customers to another entitlement service, requiring them to create new Single Sign-On (SSO) accounts. Concerned that many customers might struggle with the SSO setup process and overwhelm the customer support team, Mugo designed a "graduated authentication" system that dynamically balanced temporary free access with required account creation, allowing our client to manage customer support workload in real time. Instead of forcing all customers to the SSO setup at once, a smooth transition was implemented, providing immediate support for anyone who needed it.

Responsive images are a cornerstone of modern web design. They enable websites to deliver optimized visuals that adapt seamlessly to a wide range of devices, screen sizes, and resolutions. By serving appropriately sized images based on the user’s device capabilities, responsive images ensure fast load times, reduced bandwidth usage, and a consistent visual experience.

Recently, we added a new feature to the Mugo Library all-in-one CMS solution for library websites to make it easier for patrons to search for their event registrations. This enhancement makes providing quality customer service in libraries easier and puts more control in the hands of patrons.

Many of our solutions use Solr as a search engine. We find that Solr can provide powerful and flexible search experiences, customizable through its configuration. In this case, we resolved an issue where very generic names of important pieces of content were making them harder to find.

Caching plays a critical role in the performance and scalability of websites. One of the most important tools for controlling caching behaviour is the Cache-Control HTTP header. This header defines how responses are cached by browsers, reverse proxies, and CDNs, and how long they remain valid.

In complex websites, different page types often require different caching strategies. For example, on a news website, an article page may be cached for a few hours to a day, while the homepage — where content changes frequently — may only be cached for a few minutes.

Mugo partner since 2025

SSJCPL is a library system in California, USA. 

Partner since 2025

Bruce County Public Library launches new, streamlined website for better staff and patron usability. 

Mugo partner since 2025

Waukegan Public Library launched a new website, increased engagement from patrons, and streamlined workflows among staff. 

HubSpot is a well-established and popular CRM that allows you to manage customer relationships. Among their marketing services, they have native newsletter management, which can help to foster a great relationship with your subscribers. Beyond relying on the default options for newsletter management, you can use the HubSpot API to tailor the customer's experience in selecting their communication preferences. 

Recently, one of our clients came to us looking to archive an older website that was no longer being updated. The site still needed to be accessible to the public for reference purposes. Taking it offline was not an option due to its historical value. 

Running the site on a traditional hosting environment meant paying for a full web server, application runtime, monitoring, and associated maintenance — all of which were unnecessary for a site that no longer required server-side processing.

If you have a legacy site that doesn’t require dynamic content, migrating it to AWS S3 and CloudFront can be a highly cost-effective solution, all while ensuring it remains accessible, secure, and efficient.