A 15,000-page art store migrated, sped up from 45% to 92% and opened to artists

The Fine Art & Frame Company serves hospitality, corporate, medical and residential clients. aStash migrated the 15,000-page WordPress store to a new server, took the GTmetrix score from 45% to 92%, simplified the design and built an artist registration and product dashboard so artists can submit work for approval.

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2020

15,000pages migrated to a new server

45% → 92%GTmetrix speed score

Artistsregistration, approval and product dashboard

Ecommercecatalog filled and simplified

The Work

Brand and web

Website

About the Client

About The Fine Art & Frame Company

The Fine Art & Frame Company is a Fort Collins local business serving Boutique Hospitality, Corporate, Medical & residential clients’ art needs, as well as other industries with a variety of services.

Goals

What they needed

The goal of the web development was migrating their WordPress website to a new server and improve speed of the website. Multiple code errors need to me fixed and design modifications made. The owner also wanted new functionality added to their eCommerce page. The new website would have to have an artist registration form that would allow artists to submit their application for an approval to add products to the company’s website.

Migrating the website to an optimized server Modifing the style and graphics of the website Filling up ecommerce with the additional products Adding custom functionality

Results

What we delivered

Ecommerce design & development We have worked on speed optimization for the website and improved GT Metrix score from 45% to 92% . We optimized all the images for web and optimized website code to improve the speed. AStash team worked on the usability of the website and navigation. We made it easy to navigate and find services and products. We also updated all the plugins and custom themes while removing errors in the code. The Astash team also worked on images quality and the overall look and feel of the website.

One of the custom functions requested by the company was the artist submission function. The company needed artists to be able to register for approval to create a profile. We developed a custom registration form where artists could add their info and upload 3 pictures of their work for review. At the same time, the company would receive an automatic email with the artist’s info and they could choose to approve or disapprove. In both cases, the artist would receive an email with the confirmation or rejection.

On the backend of the website we have developed a dashboard for an artist to be able to login and add their products. The artist has a chance to add a simple product or variations of different art sizes, they also are able to add a main picture and gallery for each item. The important touch was to create a platform where artists are only able to submit a wholesale price and the company could review and be able to see their cost and adjust the retail price of the product accordingly.

What we did