Timberland Partners
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Sand developed a Rich Internet Application with the Lamp and GoogleAPI technology .The website also has an extensive, integrated administration console.
The Client Timberland was founded in 1992,with the purchase of a 46 unit property in Mounds View, MN, and has grown over 5400 apartment units and 800,00 square feet of commercial space,located in 8 states.We employ over 150 Team Members at our home office in Minneapolis and across the country
The Challenge We had an existing basic site with just displaying the properties. Due to growth in business and increased usage Timberland Partners needed a more robust, scalable, integrated solution that allows them to manage their property details, property listings, manage resident information, customer information, floor plans, e-brochures, etc. This is huge information and adding to that data from the last 15 years of their business is to be re-architected and listed according to the new User Interface.
Summary of challenges:
* Build a robust, scalable, portable, integrated solution.
* Design the next generation User Interface using the latest technology using XHTML, Ajax and CSS.
The new UI should be friendly,robust to both employees and users of the site and hadling huge information.
* Re-Architect the old database to be support the new features.
* Import the old database to the new system.
* Integrate the site with GoogleMapAPI, allowing the users to locate their property in real time.
The Solution Developing such an application of this size and the size of the data was a big challenge for us at Sand. The major part was suing the old database and re-designing the new system which is always a great challenge.
We formed two teams, where one team would re-architect the database and the other team to design the new User Interface. We started developing the site from scratch using a 3-tier MVC (Model View Controller)Architecture to increase scalability & maintainability. We also followed AGILE Development Methodology, BugZilla, SVN to execute the project in a more efficient way.
We had hiccups in the beta version stages due to the amount of information we need to show per page. We had to react quickly to update the code, make some changes in the data being rendered to the UI and optimize code & queries. This helped us to stabilize the site to a great extent..
The BottomLine Timberland Partners is now allowing this real estate company to manage their business in a much better way. Also with this they were able to provide extended support & service to the residents and property owners.
Sand understood that designing & developing a new concept into reality called for a departure from conventional web design methods and start thinking out-of-the-box. Not only web design but for all cooking based websites what they really missed all these years.
Client Experiences "Sand along with Britescreen designed our original web-site in late 2002 to coincide with the launch of our business. The site was simple and easy to navigate - specifications we had insisted on from the start.
With the growth of our business, we have updated our site, using the staff from Sand. They have listened to our requests and translated them into a terrific new site of which we are very proud. Our colours are not easy to copy but the designers have achieved a wonderful result for us.
The comments about our new site have been very positive and the results are better than ever.
Thank you for your time, patience and a wonderful website - Timberland Partners"
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› Case Studies Home › VahRehVah Case Study › Timberland Partners Case Study
Sand developed a Rich Internet Application with the Lamp and GoogleAPI technology .The website also has an extensive, integrated administration console.
The Client Timberland was founded in 1992,with the purchase of a 46 unit property in Mounds View, MN, and has grown over 5400 apartment units and 800,00 square feet of commercial space,located in 8 states.We employ over 150 Team Members at our home office in Minneapolis and across the country
The Challenge We had an existing basic site with just displaying the properties. Due to growth in business and increased usage Timberland Partners needed a more robust, scalable, integrated solution that allows them to manage their property details, property listings, manage resident information, customer information, floor plans, e-brochures, etc. This is huge information and adding to that data from the last 15 years of their business is to be re-architected and listed according to the new User Interface.
Summary of challenges:
* Build a robust, scalable, portable, integrated solution.
* Design the next generation User Interface using the latest technology using XHTML, Ajax and CSS.
The new UI should be friendly,robust to both employees and users of the site and hadling huge information.
* Re-Architect the old database to be support the new features.
* Import the old database to the new system.
* Integrate the site with GoogleMapAPI, allowing the users to locate their property in real time.
The Solution Developing such an application of this size and the size of the data was a big challenge for us at Sand. The major part was suing the old database and re-designing the new system which is always a great challenge.
We formed two teams, where one team would re-architect the database and the other team to design the new User Interface. We started developing the site from scratch using a 3-tier MVC (Model View Controller)Architecture to increase scalability & maintainability. We also followed AGILE Development Methodology, BugZilla, SVN to execute the project in a more efficient way.
We had hiccups in the beta version stages due to the amount of information we need to show per page. We had to react quickly to update the code, make some changes in the data being rendered to the UI and optimize code & queries. This helped us to stabilize the site to a great extent..
The BottomLine Timberland Partners is now allowing this real estate company to manage their business in a much better way. Also with this they were able to provide extended support & service to the residents and property owners.
Sand understood that designing & developing a new concept into reality called for a departure from conventional web design methods and start thinking out-of-the-box. Not only web design but for all cooking based websites what they really missed all these years.
Client Experiences "Sand along with Britescreen designed our original web-site in late 2002 to coincide with the launch of our business. The site was simple and easy to navigate - specifications we had insisted on from the start.
With the growth of our business, we have updated our site, using the staff from Sand. They have listened to our requests and translated them into a terrific new site of which we are very proud. Our colours are not easy to copy but the designers have achieved a wonderful result for us.
The comments about our new site have been very positive and the results are better than ever.
Thank you for your time, patience and a wonderful website - Timberland Partners"
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Related Information
Technology Used
PHP, MySQL, AJAX, XSLT, SMARTY,Flash GoogleMapAPI
Major Achievement
* New generation User Interface.
* Integrated Administrator Panel to manage the site and company's business.
* Site Optimization to scale to a large number of hits/visits and handling loads of data.
* Integrated GoogleMAP for users to locate properties in real time.
* Integrated Administrator Panel to manage the site and company's business.
* Site Optimization to scale to a large number of hits/visits and handling loads of data.
* Integrated GoogleMAP for users to locate properties in real time.
Get in touch with us
askus@sand-soft.com
+1.773.634.9811 (USA)
+44.(0)20.3286.9811 (UK) +6.016.459.4979 (Malaysia) +91.995.998.8101 (India)
+1.773.634.9811 (USA)
+44.(0)20.3286.9811 (UK) +6.016.459.4979 (Malaysia) +91.995.998.8101 (India)