Zooclub - Re-implementation

6 Nov 2009
zooclub-homepage Zooclub - Pet List Page Zooclub - Pet Detail Page. Zooclub - My Account User Profile. Zooclub - Postcard Generator.
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Dynamic homepage with last week champions, latest news, promoted pets etc.

Brief

zooclub.de was an already established social network website where pet owners could interact and exchange ideas and experiences about their pets. It’s role is to be a support site for zooplus.de. Zooclub was developed in Java + JSP + Postgres. The previous developer was not available any more and somebody needed to take over the project.

Client

Zooplus, Germany

Challenges

  • Understanding the existing code
  • Database architecture was not respecting the website’s need any more
  • Little throughput for Java (at the time)

Solution

Reimplementation of the website, using PHP, MySql and Smarty.

Added several other functions, such as filtering by the animals, by the visitor’s location and “remember login”. Also, the new platform allows adding new functionality quite easy.

Website is online at http://www.myzooclub.com/.

Timeframe

August-November, 2007