Slick Fairings
Web design, shopping cart, merchant integration and database development

Industry: Auto
Date Completed: Feb 2008
Web address: www.motorcycle-fairings.co.uk

Client Introduction...

Slick Fairings offer a wide range of aftermarket motorcycle fairings from complete sets to individual replacement panels. With over 400 different fairing and paint combinations our range of aftermarket fairing sets offer fantastic style, quality and value for money. With Race Replica, Factory and Custom Designed paint schemes available our fairings will make your bike look like new again.

Project Overview...

Slick Fairing's, formally motorcycle fairing's, came back to us once again, this time to redesign and redevelop their existing shopping cart which they originally had developed by us 18 months previously. They had become so successful online and expanded their product range so much they needed to expand their website considerably. The search facility had to allow visitors to easily search fairing's and panels, not only by make and model, but all engine size. Once a fairing was found they could then view much more information, including up to 12 further images. The site needed to be user friendly as well as easy to maintain through a comprehensive Content Management System (CMS) system.

The Brief...

• Clean, crisp design reflecting the quality of the fairings
• Provide comprehensive search facility for each manufacturer, model and engine size
• Allow up to 12 images per fairing or panel and allow product to have many variations
• Ease of use for customers to add items to the basket
• Customer registration process to flow and also be informative
• Basic search facility to work by product name, SKU and description
• Information should be accurate and up to date
• Fully manageable in-house after initial set up by developer
• Site should work on all browsers
• Detailed site visitor statistics
• Database population of initial 400 products

Payment System...

Optimal Account and Virtual Terminal

Technology and Hosting...

Shopping Cart: eCommerce Builder v1.5
Client Side: HTML, DHTML, JavaScript
Server Side: C#, XML
Database: Access 2003
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!