SafariBooksOnline.com

The newly redesigned Safari Books Online site was a combined effort among, Safari Books Online, Lullabot, and XOXCO. With a library of over 21,000 books and videos, a well-designed, easy-to-use site is essential.

We built a platform that was database-driven with a theme that was responsive. The new design bubbles up new and popular content, drives traffic to important pages, and is browsable on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. The new design also integrates search results into the design on the homepage, category page, and allows users to search and return results within the site itself, creating a more unified user experience.

The work focused on the core navigation elements and basic structural content for the site. Core elements of the site were built while initial work on the base theme was started, which provided a solid foundation for testing of the site's navigation, and development of the site theme during subsequent sprints. Following that was completion of the Safari Library API integration, the library browsing section, and search tools. Chat functionality and  web forms for gathering user information were added.

Of note: The site was built in four 2-week sprints with only one developer and one themer.