Non-profit associations
Charitable, development and professional associations that need to show their licence, board and financial statements to the public and to donors.
- Governance
- Financial transparency
- Board
Content management for associations, forums and institutions
Hiykal
A complete official website for your organisation, run by you from one simple dashboard.
Hiykal is a Saudi platform that gives non-profit associations, forums and institutions a ready-made official website: about pages, governance, events and registration, news and contact. Change the name, logo, colours and content from the dashboard, with no code at all.
IntroductionWhy Hiykal?
Introduction
Every organisation that serves its community needs an official website that introduces it, publishes its documents openly, takes registrations for its events and shares its news. Building that from scratch is expensive and maintaining it is tiring. So we built Hiykal: one proven, ready system that takes on your identity and becomes your own website.
Part one
Who Hiykal is built for
Any organisation with a mission and an audience that wants an official website it can run itself, without a developer.
Forums & conferences
Forums, conferences and gatherings that live on their events: announcements, a custom registration form, application review and attendee follow-up.
- Events
- Registration forms
- Review
Institutions & endowments
Civil institutions, endowments and committees that need a dignified public face for their news, annual reports and enquiries.
- Annual reports
- News
Initiatives & committees
Volunteer teams, committees and new initiatives that start with a complete official site on day one and add modules as they grow.
- Quick start
- Lower cost
Part two
The features
Ten articles that cover everything Hiykal gives your organisation: the public site, the dashboard, and what runs behind them.
Article I1
Your identity
The site carries your full identity, all set from “Site settings”.
- Name and logo, plus a logo for dark backgrounds and a browser icon.
- Two brand colours used across the site, the dashboard and the login page.
- Typeface: any Arabic font from Google Fonts, such as Tajawal or Cairo.
- Hero image, tagline and licence number.
- Social accounts: X, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook.
- Custom theme when you want a distinct look on the same system.
Example: colours you choose
Primary#0E3B30
Secondary#9A7334
Alt#1F4E79
Alt#7A2E3A
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Article II2
About your organisation
Complete, well-ordered “About us” pages.
- Overview, vision and mission.
- Goals in the order you choose.
- Board of directors on its own page with names, roles and photos.
- Partners and sponsors with their logos and links.
Article III3
Governance & transparency
A document centre for everything you disclose, organised and ready for donors and regulators.
- Documents by type in clear sections.
- PDF viewing in the browser, or download.
- Publish or hide each document in one click.
- Yearly archive keeps reports and statements year after year.
Document centre sections
Regulations & policiesStatutes and bylawsPDF
Financial statementsAudited, every yearPDF
Organisation chartDepartments and rolesPDF
Annual reportsAchievements and impactPDF
Article IV4
Events & registration
Each event gets a registration form you build yourself, and full follow-up until acceptance.
- Form builder: choose fields, order them and mark the required ones.
- Seat limits and automatic opening and closing dates.
- Place and map for every event, with a summary on its card.
- Change status from the list, one by one or many at once.
- Email messages: confirmation to the applicant, alerts to your team, and the decision.
- Export to Excel all applicants and answers in one click.
- Safe attachments, type-checked and visible to your team only.
- Internal notes on each application that applicants never see.
Field types and application stages
Short textLong textNumberEmailMobileDateSingle choiceMultiple choiceAttachment PDF · image · Word
New→
Under review→
AcceptedWaiting listRejected
Article V5
News & media
A home for your news and achievements: write, review, then publish.
- Categories defined by your team.
- Draft, then publish: nothing goes live until you approve it.
- Share buttons for social platforms on every post.
- Rich link previews with image and title when shared.
- RSS feed for automatic following.
Article VI6
Contact
Messages from the public arrive in one inbox in the dashboard.
- Contact form protected from spam.
- Map, address and working hours.
- WhatsApp button, phone and email.
- Inbox with an email alert for each new message.
Article VII7
The dashboard
A fully Arabic dashboard, easy for staff, in your own colours.
- Live figures on the first page with the latest registrations.
- Switch modules on or off; a disabled module disappears from site and dashboard.
- User permissions to share the work across your team.
- Search and filters across news, applications and messages.
Example from the dashboard
Upcoming events3
New applications48
Published posts126
Unread messages7
About Governance Events News Contact
Article VIII8
Language & usability
Arabic first in everything, with English available.
- Right-to-left designed for Arabic from the ground up.
- English version with a language switch on every page.
- Automatic text direction so English text displays correctly inside Arabic pages.
- Mobile-ready on every page and form.
Article IX9
Security
Applicants’ data is a trust, and Hiykal is built on that.
- Encrypted HTTPS with a certificate that renews itself.
- Private files never open from a direct link; only your signed-in team sees them.
- File checks by real content, not by extension, with a size limit.
- Form protection with rate limits and a trap for bots.
- Privacy policy edited from the dashboard.
- Daily backups of the database and files, kept for 14 days.
Article X10
Operations & updates
What visitors never see, but what keeps your site fast and stable.
- Your own domain, such as your-org.org.sa.
- Search engines: a sitemap and a description for every page.
- Error pages in your identity instead of technical screens.
- Continuous updates reaching every organisation from one tested system.
- Modern stack: Django, PostgreSQL and Docker.
Part three
Hosting & data ownership
Choose where your site runs. Either way, your organisation’s data belongs to you alone.
Option one
Managed hosting
We host your site and handle everything technical, so you can focus on content.
- Operation, monitoring and updates by our team
- HTTPS certificate and daily backups
- An isolated environment for your organisation only
- Live within days
Full control Option two
Private hosting
Hiykal runs on your own server or with a cloud provider you choose, inside the Kingdom if you prefer.
- Data stays on your server and never leaves it
- Full access to the database and files
- Backups and restores in your hands
- We install the system and train your IT team
Isolated dataA database and files for your organisation alone, shared with no one.
Full ownershipYour data is yours, and we never use it for anything else.
Export anytimeApplicants to Excel, and a complete data copy on request.
No lock-inIf you decide to move, you take all your data with you.
Part four
One system, many identities
The same system takes on each organisation’s identity. Here are three fictional organisations running on Hiykal.
Making an impact togetherA registered charity, licence no. 1234, serving families across the Riyadh region.Our programmes
Tajawal#1F4E79 · #C2410C
The third annual forumTwo days of sessions and workshops; registration is open until seats run out.Register now
Cairo#7A2E3A · #B08D57
Annual disclosure 2025Audited financial statements and the annual report, available to view and download.Document centre
IBM Plex Sans Arabic#0E3B30 · #9A7334
The organisations above are illustrative examples
Part five
The usual way, and Hiykal
| Item | The usual way | With Hiykal |
|---|---|---|
| Time to launch | Months of design and development | Days: set your identity and add content |
| Editing content | Ask a developer and wait | Straight from the dashboard, in minutes |
| Registration forms | External forms and manual sheets | Built-in form builder, follow-up and Excel export |
| Governance | Scattered or unpublished files | An organised document centre ready for donors |
| Data | Often held by someone else | Yours, and on your own server if you like |
| Updates | The site ages from handover | Continuous improvements for everyone |
Part six
Launch steps
Four steps from first contact until your site is live on your domain.
1
Request
You contact us and we agree on the modules and the hosting that suit you.
2
Setup
We prepare your isolated environment and set your name, logo, colours and font.
3
Content
Your team adds content after a short training, or we add it for you.
4
Launch
We connect your domain with HTTPS, daily backups start, and your site goes public.
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