Bobbleshop
Bobbleshop is a fictional online business, focused on designing and delivery of custom Bobblehead designs.
View the site here, and the code here.
Desktop view of the Bobbleshop landing page, with a slideshow and animated canvas banner. Below those include a section for featured figurines and recent news
The site is fully responsive, thanks to Bootstrap, enabling customers to access and interact with the website in all major form factors—desktop, tablet, and phone.
Users can browse through figurines and collections, and order them online
I used CodeIgniter (a PHP framework) to develop the backend application, and MySQL to handle database operations. The database schema was designed to allow entry and display of figurines. The data it accepts included:
- Name
- Franchise
- Description
- Image
Migrations were essential to safely manage the data structures of the application and the database, and to keep them in sync.
The customer inquiry form was developed to handle private customer enquiries, including the commission of custom bobblehead designs. Using the above backend, we could pull the list of existing bodies from which to base the custom design from.
A requirement of the project was that logged in users should have their details automatically entered into the site forms. To that end, I built a user system that allowed registration, editing, and administration management of accounts.
Later in the project, I integrated an e-commerce system, which meant adding new fields for pricing and available stock. I additionally developed a system to process user carts and orders.
A forum was also built to provide feedback and communication between users and the business. Multiple boards can be created from the administration backend, with the ability for users to create threads, and for staff to respond publically to user generated content.
The main forum page also features recent topics, which were pulled from all boards to show recent activity from the community.
