Explore approached us with a challenge - build a brand new site for their new funky Edge brand to include a brand new template, Advanced AJAX searching, integration with Internal Systems and with 3rd party suppliers... All the content needed to be loaded and the booking / enquiry systems tested.

Target Deadline - 3 weeks.

Target Deadline - Achieved.

We released the site before Christmas 2011, and it was launched officially just after new year 2012.

We love the new site, the clean, funky look and the ease of use...

Technologies Employed:

• Joomla! CMS core
• PHP
• MySQL
• SOLR Indexing (providing faceted search)
• AJAX search
• PrinceXML PDF generation for trip notes
• Geo Location for providing relevant content
• Load balanced Apache servers
• Social Media Integration
• Google Map integration
• Advanced custom image management
• Advanced Caching
• Bespoke Online Booking system
• Outbound API for feeding holiday information to travel agents
• Linux (Development / Production Servers)
• ANT (Build Scripts)
• SVN (Version Control)