Notification on Enquiry

Our client wanted to launch their site first on Philippines. The country enjoys the use of SMS as a popular communication medium. Email also acts as a detailed notification to see the full length enquiry and respond properly. So we implemented both email and SMS notification into the project. SMS notification is implemented with Twillio API.

Paddle Payment Integration

Paddle is an automated payment and billing system of which our client was a big fan of. We integrated the payment with Paddle.js into the website. We used the paddle.js from original paddle.com website so that it applies the bug fixes and updates automatically.

Rewards Program, Gift Certificates

Rewards program, gift certificate, vendor specific discounts, shipping discounts became very common things for our days with this project. We had some interesting issues to deal with. We dug up some solutions and at the end we were able to make all these work together harmoniously.

Our Solution

This is a fun project but required careful planning. We had to be careful to implement features so that the aesthetics are not ruined. And we also had to take care of any existing functionality so that they are not disturbed.

Here’s how we solved the problem:

Controls on Admin

We prepared settings in such a way so that client can easily switch between new style and the old style. It helped keep the old product pages intact and the new changes remain on its own separate place, as client wanted.

Custom Templating

We had to implement a templating system for our unique requirements. We tried to keep it as separate from WC templates as much as possible. Ultimately this has let us make our changes as freely as possible, without disturbing the existing styles and templates. We had to implement a custom product slider and many other minor things, which we could then do easily. At the end, we were able to pack everything inside the child theme.

Designed with UX Builder in mind

The main content was made with UX Builder. So we had to work around it to implement various features. Documentation for UX Builder was scarce. And to make it even worse, proper hooks were absent as well. We had to find other routes to make it work.

Our Solution

We had a good time creating the plugin because the Waterfalls posts were already created, data was already there. We just had to create the plugin and test.

Here’s how we solved the problem:

Shortcode

We prepared a versatile shortcode specific to the needs of the website that can handle radius miles – to only show waterfalls within that mile radius, count, and columns for display.

Calculating Distances

We had to work with Latitude-Longitude data and study how it works. We tried various solutions. But at the end we chose to use simple math with the help of Trigonometry to calculate the distance. It works seamlessly and effortlessly to calculate the distance and work with our radius limit with precision.

Matching the theme

Last but not the least, we had to match our plugin with the theme. We have styled our plugin elements to match the style of the whole website. Our column settings also helped us achieve this. Also, we had some requests for the responsive mode styles which we successfully completed.