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SilverTouch Technologies Limited © copyright 1992-2012 all rights reserved. Property of SilverTouch Technologies Ltd. Case Study Client Overview About Client: Client is a bespoke International food and drink group with a strong, successful brand encompassing three complimentary channels; Restaurants, Venues and International Events. Close to 3 million customers experience their brand annually. End Client’s brand ethos is to create tailor made solutions which have vision, are planned with precision and executed beyond expectation. End Client has the distinctive ability to adapt its offer without compromising identity, quality and the brand. Requirement Overview: Client wanted to design and development more robust and extensible website features from the existing portal. According to the client requirement, the new website should be developed with content management system. The website should display with a nice and beautiful showcase of company’s services, clear & elegant layout coupled with easy navigation allows users to browse various pages of the website smoothly. Proposed Solution: Silver Touch had provided solution based on open source technology over the Joomla Content Management System. Not only platform was changed the entire look and feel was also developed with international standards to give them new identity. Newly developed website is now having all existing features and functionalities which were there in earlier website as well as new features and functionalities required by the client. The new developed functionalities are manageable with only one K2 extensions so the site administrator is now able to manage all the features of the site from one location. The new functionalities of the website are considered as following: 1. Latest News 2. Events 3. Testimonials 4. Accredited Venues 5. Video & Photo Gallery Management 6. Job Vacancies 7. Quote Management ® Online Restaurant Portal For UK Based Consultant [FOOD & BEVERAGES – RESTAURANT PORTAL – JOOMLA 1.5]

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Si lverTouch Techno log ies L imi ted © copyr ight 1992-2012 a l l r igh ts reser ved. Proper ty o f S i l verTouch Techno log ies L td .

Case Study

Cl ient Over v iew

About C l ien t : C l i en t i s a bespoke I n te r na t i ona l

f ood and d r i nk g roup w i t h a s t rong, success fu l

b rand encompass ing t h ree comp l imen ta r y channe l s ;

Res tau ran t s, Venues and I n te r na t i ona l Even t s. C lose

to 3 m i l l i on cus tomers expe r i ence the i r b rand

annua l l y. End C l i en t ’s b rand e thos i s t o c rea te t a i l o r

made so lu t i ons wh ich have v i s i on , a re p l anned

w i t h p rec i s i on and execu ted beyond expec ta t i on .

End C l i en t has t he d i s t i nc t i ve ab i l i t y t o adap t i t s

o f f e r w i t hou t compromis i ng i den t i t y, qua l i t y and the

b rand .

Requi rement Over v iew: C l i en t wan ted to des ign

and deve lopmen t more robus t and ex tens ib l e

webs i t e f ea tu res f rom the ex i s t i ng po r t a l . Acco rd ing

to t he c l i en t r equ i r emen t , t he new webs i t e shou ld

be deve loped w i t h con ten t managemen t sys tem.

The webs i t e shou ld d i sp l ay w i t h a n i ce and beau t i f u l

showcase o f company ’s se r v i ces, c l ea r & e l egan t

l a you t coup led w i t h easy nav iga t i on a l l ows use r s to

b rowse va r i ous pages o f t he webs i t e smoo th l y.

Proposed So lu t ion : S i l ve r Touch had p rov ided

so lu t i on based on open sou rce t echno logy

ove r t he Joomla Con ten t Managemen t Sys tem.

No t on l y p l a t f o rm was changed the en t i r e l ook

and fee l was a l so deve loped w i t h i n t e r na t i ona l

s t anda rds to g i ve t hem new iden t i t y. New l y

deve loped webs i t e i s now hav i ng a l l e x i s t i ng

f ea tu res and func t i ona l i t i e s wh ich we re t he re

i n ea r l i e r webs i t e as we l l a s new fea tu res and

func t i ona l i t i e s requ i r ed by t he c l i en t . The new

deve loped func t i ona l i t i e s a re manageab le w i t h

on l y one K2 ex tens ions so t he s i t e adm in i s t r a to r

i s now ab le to manage a l l t he f ea tu res o f t he

s i t e f rom one l oca t i on .

The new func t i ona l i t i e s o f t he webs i t e a re

cons ide red as fo l l ow ing :

1 . La tes t News

2 . Even t s

3 . Tes t imon ia l s

4 . Acc red i t ed Venues

5 . V ideo & Pho to Ga l l e r y Managemen t

6 . Job Vacanc ies

7 . Quo te Managemen t

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Online Restaurant PortalFor

UK Based Consultant[FOOd & BeveRAgeS – ReSTAuRAnT PORTAL – JOOmLA 1.5 ]

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Pro jec t descr ip t ion

The Joomla based comp le te l y CMS manageab le webs i t e i s a n i ce & beau t i f u l showcase o f t he company ’s p roduc t s and

se r v i ces and w i t h i t s soc i a l ne two rk i ng f ea tu res. C lea r & e l egan t l a you t coup led w i t h easy nav iga t i on a l l ows use r s to b rowse

va r i ous pages o f t he webs i t e smoo th l y. I t has image ga l l e r y w i t h s l i de show fea tu re and v ideo ga l l e r y t o d i sp l ay images

& v ideos on d i f f e ren t d i v i s i ons, p roduc t and se r v i ces. The bas i c and advanced sea rch f unc t i ona l i t y a l l ows use r t o sea rch

i n fo rma t i on re l a ted to food des ign , co rpo ra te even t s, p r i va te pa r t i e s, venues, r es t au ran t s and b log. News le t t e r subsc r i p t i on ,

RSS subsc r i p t i ons fo r news, soc i a l ne two rk i ng l i nks ( f o r tw i t t e r, f ace book , YouTube e tc ) and “Add Th i s ” ex tends t he use o f

t echno logy as marke t i ng too l .

Pro jec t descr ip t ion

The P ro jec t Ob jec t i ves we re :

1 . Enhance ex i s t i ng webs i t e and c rea te new webs i t e w i t h l a t es t t echno logy, new look and fee l w i t h add i t i ona l f unc t i ona l i t i e s.

2 . Deve lop Joomla based robus t Con ten t Managemen t Sys tem.

3 . Deve lop webs i t e w i t h more f ea tu res and func t i ona l i t i e s such as : La tes t News, Even t s, Tes t imon ia l s, Acc red i t ed Venues,

V ideo & Pho to ga l l e r y managemen t , Job vacanc ies and Quo te managemen t wh ich was no t i n t he i r ex i s t i ng webs i t e.

4 . N i ce P i c tu re Ga l l e r y and Goog le Map i n teg ra t i on fo r show ing venues was f ew o f t he i r bas i c ob jec t i ves.

5 . To d i sp l ay t he dynam ic twee t s f rom tw i t t e r by us i ng Tw i t t e r Fo l l ow Me ex tens ion .

Benef i ts

1. Cl ient wi l l be able to manage a l l features and funct iona l i ty f rom s ing le locat ion in admin panel wi th use of K2 ex tens ion .

2 . C l i en t does no t need to make a t t ens ion on any o the r ex tens ions o the r t hen K2 ex tens ion fo r change i n code f i l e s and

change func t i ona l i t i e s.

3 . Webs i t e use r s i s hav i ng more use r f r i end l y access ib i l i t y w i t h more f ea tu res and func t i ona l i t i e s.

4 . Goog le Map i n teg ra t i on w i t h GPS loca t i on f i nde r & Soc i a l S i t e I n t eg ra t i on .

5 . Advance & Bas i c Sea rch f unc t i ona l i t y.

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The Pro ject was d iv ided in to var ious phases to achieve the best resu l ts in less t ime wi th opt imal ut i l i za t ion of ava i lab le technology

features, capabi l i t ies and new enhancements.

Phase I : Understood c l ient system requi rement approach wi th the technology p la t form and create Sof tware des ign development

approach and sent i t to c l ient to le t them know our understanding.

Phase I I : Approved des ign by c l ient has incorporated in to the development.

- Des ign was implemented in to the speci f ic technology p la t form.

- Star ted actua l deve lopment work.

Phase I I I : Development was based on module requi rement as per the ex is t ing websi te and new requi rement.

Phase Iv: Test ing was done at both the s ide and then deployment phase was done on the c l ient s ide.

Pro jec t Approach / Ac t iv i t ies

Techno logy

Techno logy Spec i f ica t ionsTechno logy & Framework Joomla 1 .5 .23

da tabase mySQL5.x

Web Ser ver /Host ing P la t fo rm Apache

Languages PHP 5 .x

Opera t ing System Windows XP

Techno logy Spec i f ica t ionsTechno logy & Framework Joomla 1 .5 .23

da tabase mySQL 5 .x

Web Ser ver /Host ing P la t fo rm Apache

Languages PHP 5 .x

Opera t ing System Linux

deve lopment P la t fo rm

deployment P la t fo rm

dura t ion

1. Pro ject Man Hours: 880 Man Hours

2. Pro ject L i fecyc le: 215 Man Days

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Key Cha l lenges

Resu l ts Ach ieved

1. Sl ideShowPro In tegrat ion - SSP director was new for S i lver Touch, but i t was in tegrated in ver y profess iona l way.

2. Sh404sef In tegrat ion – As there was some customizat ion requi red in s i te menu.

3. Bui ld a l l features and funct iona l i t ies wi th use of s ing le K2 Joomla extens ion.

4. Set template layout wi th K2 extens ion throughout the appl icat ion.

1. Very e legant look ing websi te wi th la test technologies and new funct iona l i t ies.

2. Open Source Development to reduce development and deployment cost .

3. Wel l known Joomla CMS plat form was used that wi l l he lp end c l ient to mainta in the websi te very eas i ly.

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Th i s s t a temen t o f wo rk i s p rop r i e t a r y o f S i l ve rTouch Techno log ies L td . and con ta i ns t r ade sec re t s and con f i den t i a l i n fo rma t i on wh ich i s so l e l y t he p rope r t y o f S i l ve rTouch Techno log ies L td . Th i s s t a temen t o f wo rk i s i n t ended fo r i n t e r na l use on l y. The re fo re, i t sha l l no t be used , rep roduced , cop ied , d i sc losed and t r ansm i t t ed , i n who le o r i n pa r t , w i t hou t t he exp ress consen t o f S i l ve rTouch Techno log ies L td .

INDIA • UK • USA • NETHERLANDS • AUSTRALIA • FRANCE • GERMANY

Deliver best products, software solutions and services, on time with quality, and as per customer expectations

About S i l verTouch

S i l ve rTouch , a company es tab l i shed i n 1992 i s w ide l y accep ted fo r i t s I T so l u t i ons w i t h a huge cus tomer base i n more t han

20 coun t r i e s ac ross t he wo r l d .

S i l ve rTouch i s ac t i ve l y engaged i n En te rp r i se so f twa re deve lopmen t , en te rp r i se con ten t managemen t , documen t managemen t

and IT consu l t i ng se r v i ces such as Bus iness p rocess op t im i za t i on , p rocess consu l t i ng, imp lemen ta t i on and cus tom i za t i on o f

ERP. S i l ve rTouch l eads b r i l l i an t l y i n new techn i ca l deve lopmen ts such as : Mob i l e App l i ca t i on deve lopmen t se r v i ces on iPhone,

iPad , B l ackbe r r y, And ro id , J2ME and W indows mob i l e p l a t f o rms. Even now, S i l ve rTouch he lps i t s g loba l c l i en t s fo r ma jo r

deve lopmen ts, dep loymen ts and managemen ts o f t he i r mob i l i t y so l u t i ons and en te rp r i se app l i ca t i on deve lopmen t p rog rams.

S i l ve rTouch has a l l i ance w i t h seve ra l i ndus t r y l eade rs such as M ic roso f t , App le, C i sco, IBM, O rac le, SAP, Java , De l l , VM wa re,

Syman tec, Son i c Wa l l wh i ch p rov ides a compe t i t i ve edge ove r o the r i ndus t r y pee rs and t a rge t s to unde rs t and and ca te r t o a l l

t ypes o f r equ i r emen ts t ha t conce r n ou r c l i en t s, t he reby, l ead ing to se r ve t hem p rec i se l y t o t he i r sa t i s f ac t i on .

Fo r more i n fo rma t i on , p l ease v i s i t www.s i l ve r touch .com o r ema i l i n fo@s i l ve r touch .com

© copyr ight 1992-2012 a l l r igh ts reser ved. Proper ty o f S i l verTouch Techno log ies L td .

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