Arisaig Restaurant and Bar
- Technology Used:
- XHTML,
- CSS,
- PHP,
- MySQL
What they wanted
The owners were looking to promote the restaurant to existing patrons and to gain new business. ginSoaked designed the site from scratch. They required to be able to frequently update the site with new menus and forthcoming events and special evenings for which ginSoaked designed and programmed a database content management system. Additionally they required a gallery to promote a side venture of scenic photos which were being promoted through the restaurant. ginSoaked also provide web hosting for the site.
All site content is fully editable by the proprieters to enable frequent changes via the content management system. Users are not required to register but are able to, and are frequently offered incentives to build the database. The site back-end enables emails to be sent to all registered users regarding any points of interest.
The site is designed in XHTML/CSS to the recognised web standards for the front-end. Back-end programming was done in PHP/MYSQL. ginSoaked are still involved in search engine optimisation of the site, the standards based designed provided an ideal start and high rankings were achieved early on in the sites life for key search terms. Future plans include providing RSS feeds, an email postcard feature for users and other secret stuff!