If ever there was a project worthy of the phrase “everything but the kitchen sink” it is this stellar website for the Eden House hotel in Key West, Florida. Completed in three stages over a six-month period the website has so many features, functions and fun diversions that it’s really difficult to explain. Hint: stop reading and visit the website!
The Quick Links Box
Still with us? Over the past two decades the Eden House has garnered a very loyal following – customers that come back year after, for the carefree funk that the hotel offers. So here we are, a cutting edge website firm trying to evoke a down to earth image. This is the kind of challenge we live for, and in designing the site it was our intention to build a monster backend underneath what seems an unassuming, cool, and laidback Key West hotel website.
Take for example the quick links box that follows the user around on the site. It’s deceptively simple device, in that you hardly notice it’s always there, offering you easy access to key areas of the site, but it was a hard piece of code to pull off.
This website is filled with such touches, and the end result is a user experience that offers reward after reward. Perfect for the returning customer, and highly involved management team at Eden House.
What we did for this website
- Created an original Photoshop design.
- Built the site with tableless html/css code.
- Integrated a number of Javascript, AJAX and Flash features.
- Coordinated the photo shoots.
- Integrated Wodu Media’s Automagic Content Management System.
- Created a branded online store with fully automated shopping cart functions.
- Integrated WordPress blog seamlessly with the graphic style of the site.
- Hosted it with Wodu Media Web Hosting.
Website Screenshots
Eden House Homepage
Eden House Key West Picks (detail)
Eden House Footer (detail)
