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New site launched (but softly): Rome Rentals Co.
Much of the content is missing but the site works (my client is slow to provide content). I thought I’d open it up anyway and let Google start indexing.
I’d love feedback about its design / usability as well as its ‘message’ – whether it’s clear and credible. Would you rent an apartment from a business that presents itself this way?
http://www.rome-rentals-co.com
Plugins used:
- aam_split_custom_field
- afw_getarticle-0.1.2
- asy_sitemap
- asy_wondertag
- chh_if_data
- ebl_swfobject
- ebl_upload
- ebl_upload_swf
- gbp_admin_library
- gbp_permanent_links
- rss_google_map
- rvm_if_this_article
- smd_gallery
- smd_if
- smd_lib
- smd_slimbox
- upm_image
- zem_contact_lang
- zem_contact_reborn
Thanks!
Lawrence
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Re: New site launched (but softly): Rome Rentals Co.
Now that’s nice – I like the typography and textures. Good stuff :)
Nick
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Re: New site launched (but softly): Rome Rentals Co.
Thanks :)
I’m pleased with how the site has turned out and in particular the pseudo-search function at the top of every page, which filters a list of articles based on a category and a custom field value.
This is very useful for anyone wanting to create some sort of product catalog and generate lists based on specific product features.
Gotta thank Bloke for helping me with this.
Last edited by lozmatic (2009-03-25 23:37:03)
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Re: New site launched (but softly): Rome Rentals Co.
Can your share with “pseudo” search technology? :)
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Re: New site launched (but softly): Rome Rentals Co.
the_ghost wrote:
Can your share with “pseudo” search technology? :)
Certainly!
It’s actually quite a simple thing. The form at the top of every page of the site passes 2 values to a page that then lists articles filtering them using the excellent smd_if plugin.
So the ‘search form’ form tag is: <form method="get" action="http://www.rome-rentals-co.com/search/results"> and passes the pax (this is the max number of people and apartment can have) and area (what area of Rome the apartment is in) values via the URL. Eg:
http://www.rome-rentals-co.com/search/results?pax=1&area=trastevere
Then, using the smd_if plugin I define the filters using an if statement.
<txp:smd_if field="urlvar:area" operator="eq" value="all">
<txp:smd_if field="custom2" operator="ge" value="urlvar:pax">
The first one I use when someone has selected to search for ‘all areas’ rather than a specific one. The next one is needed to output only articles that have custom values equal to or greater (operator=“ge”) than the ‘pax’ value. So if someone is looking for an apartment for 5 people, only articles that have a value of 5 or more in the custom 2 field will be listed.
I have another if statement for when someone selects a specific area as well as a a value for pax:
<txp:smd_if field="category2,custom2" operator="eq, ge" value="urlvar:area, urlvar:pax">
I’m using two if statements (well, 3… but the second one is nested in the first one) so that i can display results using 2 different forms.
I hope this makes sense. If not… the plugin’s instructions are good.
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Re: New site launched (but softly): Rome Rentals Co.
So, you pull-up all articles and then smd_if decides whether to ouptut in or not, looking in url?
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Re: New site launched (but softly): Rome Rentals Co.
the_ghost wrote:
So, you pull-up all articles and then smd_if decides whether to ouptut in or not, looking in
url?
yeah, pretty much that’s what’s going on.
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