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 THE CLIENT
ChildcareOnline is a New Zealand owned website offering parenting information and resources to New Zealanders. The focus of the site is a comprehensive directory listing of all early childhood education centres and services along with interesting articles and news articles on childcare. No other NZ website currently offers these services.
THE TASK
Create Online was commissioned to take the existing website and give it a complete redesign, including all back-end database systems.
The site design needed to be fresh, clean, fun but credible, uncluttered, easy to use and have a childlike element that is attractive to parents.
The website required a database for directory listings that includes all daycare, preschool, kindergarten, playcentre/playgroup, montessori, before/after school facility, home based care service and language nests from around the country. The existing database needed to be converted from Coldfusion to MySQL, and redesigned to improve performance.
A Content Management System (CMS) was required to enable articles and news articles to be added and edited on a regular basis, and to enable full control of the website. A search facility was also required to provide full text searching on all content within the website.
THE SOLUTION
The existing website was redesigned with new graphics and layout that more closely reflects the look and feel expected by the target audience. All information was re-organised to make it easier to navigate and find information. The website was integrated into the Evolo Content Management System to enable the website to be updated and expanded on a regular basis. | 
