Developing a Corporate Website for Anlu Aima Electric Bicycle Shop
CHEN, SIHAN (2019)
CHEN, SIHAN
Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201901291688
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201901291688
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The aim of this bachelor’s thesis project was to develop an easy-to-managed website for Anlu Aima Electric Bicycle Shop, which is a small-to-medium-sized company operating in China. This website is used to display the company’s information, promote products and create an online cus-tomer service access. The thesis project proceeds from website design based on the customer’s requirements to a completed website based on the same design on the WordPress platform.
WordPress is a content management system that is widely applied to develop different type of website. For a small-sized company, the advantage of using WordPress is that the content man-agement is simple and easy to update through a user dashboard instead of manually coding. This thesis explains the procedure the author used to develop a corporate website on WordPress and also includes a user manual for client company for content updating in the future.
This project applies the Waterfall model as the web development guideline. Moreover, a mixed-methods research approach was used to collect data in this project. Interviews and benchmarking were deployed to gathering user’s requirements for the website. Usability testing was carried out through an online survey form to gather feedback of the demo website from target audiences.
The theoretical part discusses background knowledge used in the thesis project. The knowledge base concerns the importance of the website for small business, the WordPress CMS and web wireframe, and the functionality of technical tools such as HTML, CSS, XAMPP, Azure and so forth.
The practical part of the thesis project is based on the designing and developing process of the website. It begins from capturing requirements for wireframe design and turns to website devel-opment including WordPress installation, theme and plugins utilization, and content composition. The functionality and usability testing are conducted on the demo website. Fortunately, the client company is satisfied with the demo website which is packaged in the zip file to be delivered with thesis document.
WordPress is a content management system that is widely applied to develop different type of website. For a small-sized company, the advantage of using WordPress is that the content man-agement is simple and easy to update through a user dashboard instead of manually coding. This thesis explains the procedure the author used to develop a corporate website on WordPress and also includes a user manual for client company for content updating in the future.
This project applies the Waterfall model as the web development guideline. Moreover, a mixed-methods research approach was used to collect data in this project. Interviews and benchmarking were deployed to gathering user’s requirements for the website. Usability testing was carried out through an online survey form to gather feedback of the demo website from target audiences.
The theoretical part discusses background knowledge used in the thesis project. The knowledge base concerns the importance of the website for small business, the WordPress CMS and web wireframe, and the functionality of technical tools such as HTML, CSS, XAMPP, Azure and so forth.
The practical part of the thesis project is based on the designing and developing process of the website. It begins from capturing requirements for wireframe design and turns to website devel-opment including WordPress installation, theme and plugins utilization, and content composition. The functionality and usability testing are conducted on the demo website. Fortunately, the client company is satisfied with the demo website which is packaged in the zip file to be delivered with thesis document.