Habitat: Web Management Systems
link: Habitat
Habitat commissioned LShift to produce technical infrastructure to support their global websites.
The Brief
LShift is responsible for creating and managing the core systems that support the retail website and also for consultancy and development of back-office systems that manage the core business data such as stock and image archives.
Working closely with a team of designers from Digit London, LShift created a Content Management System (CMS) that manages the multimedia content on the website via an XML protocol to exchange content between fl ash movies and various source databases.
The bespoke CMS allows an editorial team, spread across Europe, to contribute to the site and manage local translations to ensure that the site remains permanently up-to-date.
The Solution
The systems were built to run on Windows 2000 and Linux servers and offer solutions to:
- Content Management
- Multimedia asset manipulation
- Customer Enquiry System
- Product/inventory management
- Catalogue production system
- Translation management
The Result
The Habitat site is becoming an ever more central part of their customer service offering and now showcases the interactive shopping experience for which Habitat has become renowned. The site has been awarded many awards, including the Grand Prix BIMA 2002 and the Best Interface Design, Interactive Entertainment BAFTA 2002 awards.
"We are thrilled with the success of www.habitat.net - especially our recent awards! The feedback from our customers have been extremely positive and we look forward to doing even more with the site." Laura Holloway, Internet Manager.
Technologies Used
Apache, J2EE, JSP, Java, JavaScript, Linux, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Generator, Microsoft SQLServer, SMTP, Windows, XML