Website Rebuild
Calliope River Historical Village Website
About the Client
Calliope River Historical Village houses over 20 museums/collections and is run by a team of dedicated volunteers. (Volunteers are always welcome!).
About the Project
CRHS approached Nightowl Design Studio with a request to rebuild their website, due to the current developer retiring.
During the discovery phase, it was found that the current website needed a fair bit of updating due to using old technology. The previous developer had kept the old site running well but it was getting a bit tired and quite slow to load.
We stuck to the general theme of the old website to keep things consistent and not change the site too much. We brightened the colour palette to help breathe some life back into the site and updated the photos used.
We also created a customised form for market stall bookings that didn’t rely on using an ecommerce system for a minor task.
What we did
Design Refresh
We updated the design, content, and navigation to improve the end user experience. Images were replaced and optimised to improve the overall site loading speed.
Customised Booking system
We built out an advanced form that provided a simplified market stall booking system for stall holders. This replaced a convoluted eCommerce system that was in place previously.
On-page Search Engine Optimisation
As with all of our sites, we monitor site performance to see where we can improve the content to improve search engine ranking results.
Monthly Maintenance
Each month we monitor the site performance and make sure the site is still fast and healthy.