JessieJiang NY

Visit JJNY.us The Challenge Jessie Jiang New York needed a portal to attract premium American brands to their Chinese shop on Alibaba. It needed to be slick and engaging, but fast loading for visitors who would mostly be accessing the site on their phones. The client found a paid theme that they really liked but had trouble converting the demo site to their content. The Solution We eliminated the slow-load times and glitches caused by the theme slider by recreating the visual aspects of the slider using CSS animation. We built a scalable video library using categories and simple thumbnail links which provided the added benefit of reducing page load time. The final result is an attractive, interactive website with fast-loading pages to allow visitors to focus on the content not the technology. Key Successes and What You Can Learn A prebuilt theme is a good shortcut – if you…
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Broadway Mall Association

Visit BroadwayMall.org The Challenge Broadway Mall Association had a WordPress website that they liked. A few technical and style issues, however, kept them from loving it. The home page slideshow was an integral part of their communication and design but was difficult to update. The widgets on the home page were attractive and quickly took visitors to key areas of the website. The photos, however, did not line up perfectly with the green text boxes and looked sloppy. Other pesky problems included: the SSL not being applied correctly resulting in the site showing as “unsecure” inconsistencies in styles and the mobile layout The Solution A checkup was all that was necessary to get the website humming again. The home page slider was created using a very sophisticated plugin that offered a multitude of professional-level settings. It was far more than what was needed. We replaced it with a plugin that…
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