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SITE LAUNCH: ASME.org.uk

Sunday, April 26th, 2009 by Arcas Computing

In one of our biggest site launches to date we are proud to present the brand-new website for the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME)!

Based upon the Joomla 1.5 CMS, this site not only features a large number of pages which give details on the organisation’s conferences and courses but also allows people to book their place on those courses online as well as to join the organisation via the website.  In addition it features a fully-comprehensive ecommerce system (based upon the Virtuemart plugin) which allows them to sell their Understanding Medical Education series of booklets via the site.  Here’s the full list of features:

  • Advanced forms for allowing site visitors to register for conferences and courses including one with custom javascript code to calculate the total they are due.  All form data is stored in the database as well as being emailed to the site admins
  • Online payment processing by Worldpay for both booking forms (members and courses) and the ecommerce system
  • Fully-featured ecommerce system with custom postal rates and charges and an easy-to-track order process
  • Abstract submission forms which allow users to upload their own documents which are then emailed to site admins
  • A search facility which indexes PDFs as well as all site content and includes the relevant results in any searches performed

This site is a great example of how you can quickly and easily build a very powerful site by using Joomla and its various plugins.  If you like the sound of the features we have listed here or would like to find out more then feel free to get in touch with us about it!

View the site at http://www.asme.org.uk.

NEW PROJECT: Fastglass Direct

Monday, January 12th, 2009 by Arcas Computing

Arcas has been commissioned to create a new ecommerce site for Donside Heating Supplies’ FASTGLASS Replacement Stove Glass service.

The site will be built using Joomla 1.5 alongside the Virtuemart ecommerce plugin and will allow customers to view the various makes and models of replacement glass they offer.  In addition to most of the standard shopping functions, we will also be doing some custom development including:

  • Referral tracking: the clients wants to be able to know where people buying products on their site have come from so we will modify the site to record the original referring URL (if there is one) and save this whenever they place an order.
  • Custom calculator: the clients to be able to offer customers the ability to enter custom sizes of the glass they need and have the site calculate the total cost on their behalf.

SITE LAUNCH: Barracuda Pizza

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 by

After helping out Positano Restaurant in the past its owners returned to Arcas to get us to build them a simple ecommerce site that will allow them to take basic orders for their newly-opened pizza shop Barracuda Pizza.

They wanted to keep it all simple so asked us to create a single page with all the content on it and we have made use of Paypal’s basic shopping cart functions.  Although the site is mostly straightforward there were also a few more complicated options such as pizza sizes, toppings and meal deals.

So if you’re feeling peckish … check them out!

Need A Low Cost Ecommerce Solution?

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 by

Actinic is a piece of software that can allow you to have a fully-featured ecommerce store up and running quickly and easily.

It allows us to develop the look and design of your website and then upload this to a web server which you can then use a piece of desktop software to connect to, to update and administer your website and the orders that you receive. It allows you to run special offers, discounts, add categories, edit products, assign product attributes (such as sizes for clothes, colours etc) and all without having to know a single piece of web design code!

Although it comes with built-in layouts these are for the most part very simplistic and we would strongly advise you to come to us to allow us to develop a custom look for your site that includes your own logos/colour schemes and images so that it best appeal to your potential clients.  As well as providing you with the basic design of your ecommerce site we can also help you get used to the software and train you on some of the more advanced capabilities that it offers.

If you are interested in setting up an ecommerce site and are operating on a tight budget then why not get in touch with us to find out more?

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