Art LA
We created a feature-rich CMS for ArtLA.com, a web site dedicated to showcasing and cataloging media from artists from all over the Los Angeles area. Along with working side-by-side with the designer in a small team, we completed the project under budget and within a short time frame after the previous developer had left.
Instead of using the earlier work provided by the first programmer, we created a brand new CMS from scratch built on SilverStripe that was powerful and versatile enough to be utilized daily by the ArtLA staff as well as the artist members involved in the content of the site.
By using our own custom Content Management System, we could ensure that the site platform would run efficiently, quickly, and would be easy to update and keep on the cutting edge.
Features
- Developed a CMS that allows users to upload media, crop images, sort and tag images, publish to a flash gallery, and manipulate the type of flash presentation for their work
- Provided a powerful search tool and robust artists directory, allowing visitors to find artists by type, media, name, medium, style, and category easily
- Created a dynamic “featured artist” page
- Optimized the site for all major browsers
- Created a resource directory and a system for paid advertisements to allow for a large base of income for the site
- Instituted a multi-tiered paid artist memberships
- Engineered a complex profile page structure populated from a CMS allowing a search engine friendly page with clean url's and informative stats
- Created a CMS for the galleries, news, and exhibitions for each artist
- Built an admin backend with full control over all of the text, users, images, and content on the site for the ArtLA staff