Initial Meeting: Tony approached us after finding us while browsing online and as we were local to him he was very keen on finding out more about how we could help him resurrect his motor sport and motor racing memorabilia website. He was impressed with our web design knowledge and more than impressed with our initial thoughts on how we would approach his project.
Our Proposal: On investigating Tony's online competitors and how they approached the design of their websites we soon realised that by creating something a little different, that still stood by the principles of easy navigation and uncluttered design, we would be giving him a website that would really help move his business forward. Tony was over the moon with our web site proposal and blown away with our initial thoughts on the design, look and feel of the site. He didn't require time to digest our proposal. He was so impressed he gave us the green light on the spot.
Design & Implementation: The early stage of the project saw us designing the new sitemap and wireframe page designs for each page of the new site. On approval of these we then created the design assets for each different page of the site. As ease of use and search engine friendliness were crucial areas we highlighted in our proposal to Tony, we decided that we were going to build the website around Drupal and Ubercart. Both these systems would deliver the perfect solution to the requirements of this project. We also highlighted to Tony that we believed that he should take professional photographs of each of his products instead of the home/digital photographs he had been using. Even though it mean extra expense he did see the benefit in doing this. The website certainly benefits from having such great pictures. They are so much better and more clearer than his competitors.
Go-Live: 6 weeks from the design of the initial page design assets through to the building of the templates for Drupal and Ubercart saw the launch of the new Automobilia Planet website in 2008. Tony was really happy with the results and excited to get stage 2 underway. Stage 2 was the cataloging, photographing and uploading of yet more quality products to the website for him. We personally manage, administer and maintain the website on behalf of Automobilia Planet on a monthly basis, keeping them regularly informed on stats and tweaks we feel will help improve the website.
We're now in production of what we are calling 'El Grande': Automobila Planets new, improved website. Stay tuned as this one is going to rock!
www.automobiliaplanet.com
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