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Frans Hals Museum
The Frans Hals Museum is Haarlem’s museum of fine art, with a collection of international quality and anchored in the local community. We curate and exhibit the art of Haarlem, for its residents and visitors, for now and for the future. Our museum is named after Frans Hals, in his own day an innovator with a special attention to people. That is the foundation on which we continue to build.
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MailChimp
used by 149 institutionsMailchimp is a widely-used marketing platform that helps businesses manage and automate email campaigns. It offers tools for creating, sending, and analyzing emails, as well as managing subscriber lists. Read more
Google Analytics (GA4)
used by 285 institutionsGoogle's analytics platform that offers advanced tracking and analysis capabilities across web and app data for enhanced user behavior insights. Read moreFacebook Pixel
used by 191 institutionsA code snippet that tracks visitor actions on your website to optimize ad targeting and measure the effectiveness of Facebook advertising campaigns.
PHP
used by 438 institutionsA popular open-source scripting language widely used for web development and server-side applications. Read more
Nginx
used by 214 institutionsA high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy known for its stability, rich feature set, and low resource consumption. Read moreOpenResty
used by 5 institutionsA full-fledged web platform that integrates the Nginx core with LuaJIT, enabling high-performance web applications.
MailChimp
used by 141 institutionsMailchimp is a widely-used marketing platform that helps businesses manage and automate email campaigns. It offers tools for creating, sending, and analyzing emails, as well as managing subscriber lists. Read more
GSAP
used by 92 institutionsA high-performance JavaScript library for creating animations and transitions in web development.
WordPress
used by 266 institutionsWordPress is a popular, open-source content management system (CMS) that powers over 40% of websites. Initially a blogging platform, it now supports various sites with customizable themes and plugins. Known for its user-friendly interface, WordPress is used by both beginners and professionals to create and manage websites. Read more
WordPress
used by 272 institutionsWordPress is a popular, open-source content management system (CMS). Initially a blogging platform, it now supports various sites with customizable themes and plugins. WordPress is used by both beginners and professionals to create and manage websites. Read more
MySQL
used by 247 institutionsAn open-source relational database management system widely used for web applications and data storage.
Yoast SEO
used by 148 institutionsYoast SEO is a popular WordPress plugin that helps optimize websites for search engines. It offers tools for improving content, keywords, and readability, enhancing a site's visibility and ranking.
core-js
used by 329 institutionsA modular standard library for JavaScript that provides polyfills for ECMAScript features.
jQuery
used by 485 institutionsA fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library that simplifies HTML document traversal, event handling, and animation.
Select2
used by 51 institutionsA jQuery-based replacement for select boxes that supports searching, tagging, and remote data sets.
Flickity
used by 60 institutionsA JavaScript library for creating touch-enabled, responsive carousels and galleries.
Hammer.js
used by 26 institutionsA JavaScript library for adding touch gestures to web applications, supporting multi-touch, and single-touch gestures.
Mapbox GL JS
used by 6 institutionsA powerful JavaScript library that uses WebGL to render interactive maps from vector tiles and Mapbox styles.