CDP provided its expert Web development skills to Aspect Internet to enhance and support the development of a series of IfYouTravel.com websites - www.IfYouSki.com, www.ifYouSki.fr, www.IfyouSki.de, www.IfYouSki.dk, www.IfyouDive.com, www.IfYouGolf.com and www.IfYouExplore.com, supplied by Aspect Internet using their in-house content management system.
CDP expert consultants joined the Aspect team to provide expert web development skills. Understanding the in-house content management system they provided enhancements to the site architectures and core functionality for the IfYouSki, IfYouDive, IfYouGolf and IfYouExplore sites.
The challenges
Design and development of Microsoft Active Server pages and SQL Server database procedures to automatically download ski resort weather reports from a remote site - Newstel
Schedule the process for specified times per day, and to display these details on an overview page and against individual resorts on the IfYouSki website
Active client involvement. Job requests ranged from simple bug fixes, amendments i.e. errors, "look and feel", ensuring the relevant language appeared on the relevant site, through to redesigns and rewrites of major sections of the sites
Planning and development of the Customer site-registration modules for all the sites
Investigation, Analysis, Planning and implementation of Internet advertising for the equipment and facility providers
Technologies involved
ASP
JavaScript
VBScript
DHTML
HTML
SQL Server 7
SQL Server 2000
Visual Source Safe
File Transfer protocol
Testimonials
David Norris (Head of Operations - IfYouTravel.com) appreciated the hard work CDP consultants put in to make the site a success and he particularly appreciated their pro-active attitude towards the sites, supplying ideas and facilities to improve the sites.
Matt Waddesley (Lead Developer - Aspect)- "CDP consultants were very professional, extremely conscientious and a great help from start to finish. They were comfortable with all aspects of the work from the basic code changes to designing and writing large modules. Above all their 'head down' approach to work allowed Vicky Freeman, the Project Manager and myself, to concentrate on other areas of the project."
