Build: Content Management & E-commerce

Our comprehensive build process ensures that what we develop for you is in exact accordance with the output of the Development Phase. Our experienced Development Team will expertly code your site or application, and our user-focussed Account Management Team will collate content, and conduct detailed testing to ensure that any issues are resolved before launch. We always allow you to view our work before launching it, and use your feedback to further refine it. We also offer cost-effective support and maintenance solutions once the site or application is live to help you make the most of it, and also to help you make further improvements to it.

Guava's 'Build & Refine' Process

We produce a wide range of website solutions – from large e-commerce sites to effective flash promotional sites – for a diverse selection of clients, from small niche businesses to large multilingual sites with a large extent of content. Read some of our case studies to find out more.

The advantage of a content managed website is that it allows you, and your staff, to update almost anything on your website, intranet or extranet. No longer is it necessary to contact your web designer to make even the smallest of changes to your site – giving you greater control over one of your most valuable resources.

But Guava knows that a non-friendly and restrictive CMS application defeats the purpose of a content managed website, so we has developed a scalable CMS that enables clients to easily update existing content and add new sections to their site through an intuitive interface. Our bespoke Guava CMS is also designed with maximum search engine compatibility (whereas some commercially available systems can undermine your site’s search engine visibility) – so we can tailor page names, meta data, alt tags and so on to maximise each page’s search engine visibility.

Guava’s solution includes a product database and shopping cart modules that can be easily tailored for all e-commerce and ordering requirements. With the need to share common data throughout a website or across a series of country or product websites, the Guava CMS also has a number of databased modules from news through to case studies, careers and forum functionality that can be seeded throughout.

The Guava CMS also features an email builder application that enables you to easily create bespoke emails in exactly the same way as a page is created within the Guava CMS, and send to a list that has been collected through your website. Once sent, you can then review a number of reports to measure its success.

The Guava CMS allows addition, deletion and amendments to:

• Text
• Imagery
• Navigation
• Entire pages and sections
• Animations
• Site maps
• User and administrator management
  

The Guava CMS achieves all of this whilst retaining an overall structure to the site and restricting the design and layout of each page to ensure your brand representation is consistently maintained.

Guava CMS allows individuals or groups of employees the right to maintain certain pages or areas of the site, while a restricted number of key individuals have the ability to check and send the revised content live.

The solution is designed to work with simple and complex sites and can be fully tailored to individual client requirements.

The Guava CMS has been adopted by medium and large organisations across many sectors.

Companies who have used the GuavaCMS include:

• SMA Nutrition
• Great Rail Journeys
• DX Network Services

• Telstra International
• William Russell
• Zero One Technology

We can provide you with both commercially available and bespoke e-commerce solutions, including secure online payment methods and fully integrated accounting systems to support your business objectives. Whether we are utilising the product database and shopping cart functionality within a content management solution or developing a bespoke stepped booking/purchase solution to interact with a third party solution, we’ll ensure you enjoy the seamless functionality critical to such a vital part of your site.

Once we have completed the main build phase, we'll open up the site to you for user acceptance testing. Our detailed specification process means the finished product rarely holds any surprises; however, some minor changes are often required at this point – or some additional requirements become apparent. We'll resolve these changes for you in a timely manner, through our simple change request management process.

We also have considerable experience interfacing with third party or bespoke company solutions that require an intuitative user interface and effective front-end application.

If you would like to know more about our 'Build' process please contact us