Web Development Profile
Canadian Handcrafted Lamps

The Challenge

The client approached FOGdesigns.com with the desire to sell their array of over 2800 lamps through a e-commerce site to a North American market. The site needed to appeal to both do-it-yourself home designers and lighting professionals.

The Proposal

Providing a welcoming site with an appealing design while keeping the navigation structure simple was the goal of the site. Our proposal involved setting up a two market centers on the site, the Showroom and Workshop. To allow the user to enjoy the creation of a masterpiece the workshop allows the user to build their own lamp. The e-commerce solution allows for simple on-line ordering and real-time credit card processing.

The Development

Using 4 of their most common sizes of table lamps and 4 sizes of hanging lamps, the workshop was developed into a three stage interactive process. (Place your mouse over the image to the right.)

First choosing a size and colour of lamp, the user proceeds to the motif selection page where over 175 motifs are available for melding into the stained glass shades. The lamp images are updated on the fly with each selection. The final page of the workshop displays the lamp and detailed specifications.

Server side page generation was implemented with Microsoft's Active Server Page (ASP) technology and client side page displays were handled by JavaScript. This allows a very flexible environment for page generation and allows pages to be generated quickly. Server ASP scripts also handle the shopping cart, a superior method to the commonly used cookie method on other sites.

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