Umbraco and eCommerce charity website
By NXT Digital Solutions Ltd
Client
Plant Heritage
Project Description
CREATING AN OPEN SOURCE CMS PLATFORM ENSURING MEMBER ENGAGEMENT, GLOBAL AWARENESS AND GROWTHThe re-build of the website was critical to ensure NXT could deliver all the requirements scoped with the steering group and wider membership of Plant Heritage. Surveys and workshops were conducted to investigate the needs of the charity to ensure its new website was fit for purpose. There was a real requirement to support regional membership with access to the website features as well as create a single resource for access to the National Plants Collections.The site needed to attract and retain members and support a fully end-to-end eCommerce solution and integration with internal management tools.Visually we knew good quality large plant photos would make a real impact across the site, so we selected a family of beautiful close up photos taken by Plant Heritage and some of the members. The images worked perfectly as a backdrop but also which also tied in seamlessly with the brands colour palette. Technical FeaturesUmbraco content management systemCustomised membership packagesPlant collection API searchUcommerce eCommerce platformPayPal / WorldPay Checkouts / GoCardless Direct DebitsGoogle maps APILocal groups management systemCloud hosting / support packageUsing Umbraco as the platform, we setup templates that could be easily managed by admin and local groups. Local groups can manage their own pages as well as post events and news.As part of the project we also created a shop built upon the Ucommerce platform, which in turn was integrated with PayPal and Worldpay for flexible payments that were familiar and simple to complete, as well as setting up GoCardless Membership fees via Direct Debit.
CREATING AN OPEN SOURCE CMS PLATFORM ENSURING MEMBER ENGAGEMENT, GLOBAL AWARENESS AND GROWTHThe re-build of the website was critical to ensure NXT could deliver all the requirements scoped with the steering group and wider membership of Plant Heritage. Surveys and workshops were conducted to investigate the needs of the charity to ensure its new website was fit for purpose. There was a real requirement to support regional membership with access to the website features as well as create a single resource for access to the National Plants Collections.The site needed to attract and retain members and support a fully end-to-end eCommerce solution and integration with internal management tools.Visually we knew good quality large plant photos would make a real impact across the site, so we selected a family of beautiful close up photos taken by Plant Heritage and some of the members. The images worked perfectly as a backdrop but also which also tied in seamlessly with the brands colour palette. Technical FeaturesUmbraco content management systemCustomised membership packagesPlant collection API searchUcommerce eCommerce platformPayPal / WorldPay Checkouts / GoCardless Direct DebitsGoogle maps APILocal groups management systemCloud hosting / support packageUsing Umbraco as the platform, we setup templates that could be easily managed by admin and local groups. Local groups can manage their own pages as well as post events and news.As part of the project we also created a shop built upon the Ucommerce platform, which in turn was integrated with PayPal and Worldpay for flexible payments that were familiar and simple to complete, as well as setting up GoCardless Membership fees via Direct Debit.
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