| Holroyds
Property
Web design, CMS and database
development and hosting
Industry: Real Estate
Date Completed: April 2007
Web address: www.holroydsproperty.co.uk
Client Introduction...
Holroyds is a local independent firm of Surveyors,
Estate Agents and Valuers, which has been serving the
people of Dewsbury and surrounding areas since 1897.
Originally founded by Herbert Pickersgill and later
passing to Robert Holroyd, he in turn passed the firm
to his two sons John and Brian, who changed the name
of the practice to Holroyd Sons & Pickersgill.
Project Overview...
We were approached to develop a database driven website,
with several versatile search facilities. The search
facility had to allow visitors to easily search residential
and commercial properties, for sale and for let, and
to be able to search under different criteria. Once
a property was found they could then view much more
information, including several images. The site needed
to be user friendly as well as easy to maintain through
a limited Content Management System (CMS) system, allowing
different staff to update different sections of the
website
The Brief...
- Clean, crisp design reflecting
the quality of the estate agent
- Split site into several areas
i.e. residential and commercial
- Allow up to 2 images per property
- Have a description and ability
to contact estate agent about said property
- Ease of use for customers
to search properties
- Information should be accurate
and up to date
- Main search pages to be manageable
in-house after initial set up by developer
- Site should work on all browsers
- Detailed site visitor statistics
- Database population of initial
100 properties
Payment System...
Not applicable
Technology and Hosting...
Client Side: HTML, DHTML, JavaScript
Server Side: C#, XML
Platform/OS: IIS 6, Windows Server 2003
The process...
When you contact us regarding development work we will
discuss your requirements with you, finding out what
you would like and what you actually need. Once the
initial concept is laid out we will email you with the
specification and cost of the project. We will then
advise on what to do next, what merchant account to
go for (if applicable) and which information we need
from you. If you would like us to deal with any third
parties, such as printers, accountancy software companies
etc. we will contact them direct. We find this easier
for all concerned as it saves, not only time, but also
any misunderstandings.
Once we have the go ahead from yourselves we will start
to put a design together. We host this on a staging
area so that you can see how it will look like once
live on your domain (web address). Once the design is
agreed, we then start to build the rest of the website
Timescales...
You will be notified at the beginning with estimated
timescales.
Not sure what type of website is best for you?
For a no obligation quote or
for an informal chat, give
us a ring and someone will be more than happy to talk
with you and go through all the options. We promise
we won't talk gobbledygook either!
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