Cheeky Little Monkeys
iFactory’s child and family photography client, Cheeky Little Monkey Photography, required a website to showcase their individual style and provide a secure viewing and payment facility that responds to the present-day privacy concerns and the diverse makeup of Australian families. In addition to targeting individual families, the target audience includes child care and kindergarten professionals as their service includes coordinating child and family portraits in child care centres.
Bright and vibrant candid and portrait photographs feature throughout the site, in particular on the home page, to appeal to the target audience and showcase Cheeky Little Monkey’s style and capabilities. High quality image galleries, slide banners, CSS animation and bright primary colours give movement and life to the site. The straightforward layout enables time-poor parents, as well as grandparents who may be less confident online, to quickly and easily navigate around the site and access and pay for their family’s photographs. Moreover, the site is responsive for mobile devices giving young and active families access on the go.
The major feature and challenge of the site was developing the eCommerce facility in response to privacy concerns and the modern family unit. First, iFactory worked collaboratively with the client to develop a functional specification and from this built the website using the CMS Drupal. The custom designed website provides each client with a unique URL to view their photographs, a straight-forward registration process, which incorporates CAPTCHA, and payment through gateways PayPal and eWay. The site also enables automated customer service emails and digital download. Overall, this was a fun and rewarding project for the iFactory web design team who created a vibrant and easy-to-use website that effectively showcases the clients work, improves operational efficiency and promotes privacy and security online which translates trust and confidence in brand.