In this iteration, the client wanted to extend the real estate. No additional coding of the back end system was required, so no going back to Web-D-Zine( WDZ ). However the front of the website was changed to add the new adverts.
There are lots of advantages of using the same base code for the same client.
- Reduced learning curve - Learning a new system can take staff time to learn and adapt to but by using the same system for multiple web sites can reduce the time it takes for your staff to move from one system to another
- Reduced maintenance - little issues that are discovered in later production can be applied to earlier code quickly and easily
- Reduced costs - By using the same code to create multiple web sites can reduce the cost of production.
- Assists with refactoring code - Because WDZ creates a base class and a user class for you, if you need to extend the base class then it can be done easily, while not affecting the user class.
Other than extending the real estate, the client was happy with the general design of the web site, but they wanted a different style and a different colour scheme. All these could be accomplished quite quickly using CSS.
