3rd Party Partner Case Study: Qbeds
Posted in Case Studies, Web Development on March 30th, 2009 by Rachael
Troy Leinster
Artspoken
Qbeds
Qbeds is an accommodation directory for gay, lesbian and friendly travellers within Australia. While it only contains Australian listings, the website is targeted at travellers, and so it has the potential for both Australian and international visitors.
| Reach: | Australia & International |
|---|---|
| Launch Date: | February 2009 |
| Completed to budget: | Yes |
| Completed to time-lines: | Yes |
| Web Address: | http://www.qbeds.com.au/ |
| Tasks: | Website Design Integration, Customised Content Management System |
| Technology: | PHP, MySQL, XHTML/CSS, AJAX, Zend Framework |
Qbeds’ previous website was in dire need of a fresh, new look as well as a content management system for its growing number of accommodation listings. Artspoken, one of our 3rd Party Partners, dramatically re-designed the old website into an attractive, clean look.
Once finalised, the design was given to us to integrate into an efficient and search engine friendly website template. We proceeded to extended the website to include the backend for the customised content management system.
The custom-built and comprehensive backend cms includes:
- Attractive, user-friendly and clean design (Artspoken)
- SEO friendly implementation
- Advanced search options to allow users to view a filtered list of accommodation listings matching the search parameters
- Randomisation of the banner advertisements displayed on each page
- Ability for users to submit a banner advertisement to be considered for display on the website
- Individual listing pages including a reservation enquiry form
- Reservation enquiries are forwarded to both the administrator and the owner of the listing. A record of the enquiry is also sent to the user’s email address
- Ability for users to submit their accommodation listing’s details for display on the website
- Secure accounts for owners of the accommodation listings to login and update their listing’s details.
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