http://www.bellandevans.com
The client for this site had thier marketing firm handle the development of thier site. The firm then went off and hired a guy to do the coding, while someone else did the design. Well, 3 weeks from the deadline, the marketing firm asked to see the site for the first time (they had been told things were going well and was ahead of schedule). Finally the developer said that he couldnt do it and he stuck them with a partially built custom CMS. They then contacted me through a mutual friend and i took on the job with a 2 week to beta deadline.
Challenges:
1. The site design was handled by somone who had no knowledge of drupal or any web technologies at all. They had thier print marketing designer create the look and feel of the site. So i as the developer had no input on the design.
2. The old site had a recipe database of around 700 recipes in it, which needed to be added.
3. The client had a spreadsheet of stores that carried their products, and what categories of products they carried. They wanted a google map application that showed thier locations, and the products listed.
4. The client wanted the google map searchable by not only zip code, but by city or state.
5. Different color templates and logos were required on different sections of the site.
How i approached this project: