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Bobby Orr Hall of Fame

Project Scope: The Bobby Orr Hall of Fame attracts hockey fans from all over North America each and every year. They were in need not only of a website that showed off this prestigious jewel of our area, but a web application that allowed for easy updates for the staff. The solution: A custom content management built specifically to suit the Bobby Orr Hall of Fame's needs.

What We Did

Custom Content Management System (CMS) » Rather than installing a third party application Linkhouse Media built a custom CMS specific to the client's needs. The client's site administrators have full control over all text and media and events presented on the web is te with a learning curve smaller than that of a third party application. The client received exactly what they asked for and needed; Nothing more. Nothing less. On time. On Budget.

Secure Shopping Cart » Integration of a secure SSL Certificate now allows those customers shopping in the online Giftshop a way to make secure purchases. Previously, staff had to take phone payments after customers placed an order online. With an upgraded shopping cart system customers can now have peace of mind knowing their online purchases are secure.

Search Engine Optimization » We made every effort to ensure the changeover from the existing site to our new one was smooth. That included a SEO strategy involving historical redirects and dynamic XML site mapping. We made sure that no matter whether it's you or Google™ browsing the site you find what you're looking for. If it's not there anymore, we'll tell you. No more nasty 404 error pages.

SEO Friendly Event URLs » We saw the implementation of a REST-style URL format as paramount in keeping with search engine friendliness. Rather than calling our dynamic content using standard query strings in the URL which don't provide any useful information to the visitor, we implemented blog-style URLs for the events. This not only helps in identifying a bookmark, for example but it also helps search engines index pages in a meaningful way. Further, when a new event is added by the client, our XML sitemap is updated automatically to help search engines index the page in a timely manner.

Boiler Plate
HTML/CSS Framework, Artistic Direction, JavaScript Goodness (using jQuery JavaScript Library), Media Uploads with file type detection, Image Lightboxes, Image upload thumbnail editing, Facebook™ & Twitter™ Integration