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Form: The Lighthouse Shop
Project: Form: The Lighthouse Shop (www.formshop.co.uk) Client: The Lighthouse: Scotland’s Centre for Architecture Date: June 2005 – June 2006 Overview: Form: The Lighthouse Shop is an e-commerce website selling designer items, jewellery, home-ware, books and clothing. In addition to its function as a shop the website has provide an online showcase for aspiring designers. Specifications: The website is built using W3C valid XHTML 1.1 and CSS 2 meeting Priority 3 (WAI-AAA) guides for accessibility. Information is stored in a MySQL database and retrieved using PHP. External information such as stock levels is retrieved using a SOAP web service. Electronic payments are accepted using the secure services of Protx. Customer features: The website features a simple to use but comprehensive navigation system allowing users to reach any area of the cross-referenced and categorised stock within two clicks. In addition there is a comprehensive search facility allowing users to search by name, price or keyword. Furthermore there is a gift finder which allows users to specify criteria such as age, sex, hobbies or interests and price range and a selection of gifts will be recommended. Users can add products to a wishlist which can be automatically distributed via email allowing friends and family to log in and purchase from the list. Purchased goods are automatically removed. Previous and pending orders and stored and can be viewed at any time with automatic email-updates on status changes. Client features: There is a comprehensive secure backend to the website allowing the client to add or edit products, upload images with automatic re-sampling and resizing, change category or product images, add or edit other content within the site, contact customers and fulfil orders. Customer tracking takes place using an inbuilt Customer Relationship Management tool allowing targeted emails to specific groups as well as tracking whether the email is opened and links are clicked.

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20 March 2007 Lynne Biggins at Integrity Resource Solutions
A fantastic service from start to finish with superb response times and customer care. Judging Monkey caters for all our website requirements including ongoing maintenance in a prompt manner and I have... read more

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Judging Monkey Ltd: ” Fun Professional Competitive Punctual Affordable ”

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Judging Monkey Ltd: ” A music fuelled, toy fest plethora of design, coding and excitement. ”

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Judging Monkey Ltd: ” Approx 4 per head ”

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