Website design and HTML/CSS3 build done by Siobhan Sawyer
Designed architectural lighting required a new site that would showcase the hundreds of products in their catalogue and with this they required a bespoke CMS to manage the vast amount of content.
The CMS was built from the ground up using Laravel PHP framework to meet client specifications. Doing so means that the CMS is simple to use and intuitive – the client can now manage hundreds of products with relative ease and add new content easily. Functionality of the CMS includes:
- a cloning feature which allows an existing product to be cloned and edited instead of starting from a clean slate every time
- a revision/draft system which allows the client to create and edit content without publishing it to the live site
- a media manager, where all images, PDFs and other uploads can be tracked, edited and deleted
- vast array of site options that allow the client to alter contact info, google map markers, navigation items, google tracking codes and more
- a JavaScript/jQuery driven user interface
What I did
- Used PHP Laravel framework to develop a custom CMS driven website allowing the client much greater flexibility in adding, editing and deleting content
- Built from the ground up using PHP/MYSQL and Laravel, JavaScript was used on the front-end to create a slick, easy to use and intuitive interface
- Implemented PHP memcache to significantly increase the loading time of the site and allow the client to add large amounts of content to the site without sacrificing performance
Skills Used
- CMS
- JavaScript
- jQuery
- MYSQL
- PHP
