Platonik blog

Last year Platonik were approached to build a membership website for brands365.co.uk.

This would be a membership website where business owners would pay a joining fee to connect with other buyers and sellers in an trading/auction style platform.

This screencast is a case study of the business model and the customised Adobe Business Catalyst technology we used to realise the business.

We've got user managed web apps, we've hacked the commenting module to create an bidding style auction and we've got social media built into blog posts and comments. Oh and we also created their brand identity.

This is a video showing you how to set up pop email on your iPhone for Adobe Business Catalyst users. 

This is a video screencast showing Adobe Business Catalyst users how to blog from their iPhone to blog using an app called Blogpress.

I've used a Apple Mac app called Reflection.app which uses Airplay to mirror my iPhone screen onto the Mac and recorded the screen using Camtasia 2 for the Mac.

I hope this is of benefit to all new and existing BC end users and partners.

Platonik have designed, built and launched the website for luxury home developers in Troon, JC Morton Homes. Built on the Adobe Business Catalyst platform, the objective of the website is to raise awareness of the new properties they shall be developing in Ayrshire.

The secondary objective is to introduce their range of services and show case the vast experience they have in building commercial and residential properties.

The website has been built around what people are searching for online; so lots of locally optimised pages. We've also set up a news blog for the client to keep the site fresh with updates on the progress of the property developments.

Platonik have recently completed the design, build and launch of the Auberne Homes website. This new property development concept is to enable home owners to choose a plot of land and either self build, purchase the building "shell" or a completed priority.

As our population ages, the homes shall be constructed in a future proof manner, hence the concept A Home For Life. This is the first location in which the concept shall be applied to.

The website project consisted of :

• Brand and Logo
• Website Design
• Keyword research and copy writing
• Design and build of the website on the Adobe Business Catalyst platform.

Thanks to our brilliant designer and best wishes to Auberne Homes with this innovative concept.

We just created some Adobe Business Catalyst functionality to enable a client to sell sample products on their website. This functionality uses javascript, the existing ecommerce large product template and a secure webform.

The customer receives a follow up email 7 days after the sample order purchase to prompt them to purchase the tiles they need for their tiling project.

This is just a small example of how we build with business in mind.

To view this, click here »

The settings you need to blog from your iPhone are:

UserName : the email address you use to log in to the Admin section of your Adobe Business Catalyst website

Password : the password you use to log in to the Admin section of your Adobe Business Catalyst website

URL/XMLRPC: http://www.yourwebsiteaddress.com/MetaWeBlogAPI.ashx (replace http://www.yourwebsiteaddress.com with your website address)

This is a 24 step by step PDF outlining how to use Adobe Business Catalyst to send personalised email to your Hotmail contacts.

If you have other contacts stored in Outlook or Thunderbird or your phone or anywhere else, the same process literally applies; you just need to detect the source of your stored contacts.

Sorry it's a big file (25MB). But it's worth it.

Using Adobe Business Catalyst to email your Hotmail contacts

We've just completed both mobile and desktop websites for the launch of Chartered Accountants in London, Wagner Accountants.

The company have an existing Glasgow and Edinburgh base and this division shall focus on clients in the south.

The website is powered by Business Catalyst, naturally, and is the first mobile version of a website we've been asked to undertake. (there are still some tweaks on the mobile detection due to BC's hosting plans)

The purpose of the site is to communicate their expertise and key services but also to generate them business enquiries.

The site makes significant use of the categorised announcement modules and social media; with the blog set up to accept Facebook commenting and sharing on other networks.

The mobile version of the site compliments the main site design and our brief was "so we can show clients our site over dinner or in meetings"

Thanks to my guys for the great work and to Wagner's business success. The site is located at www.wagneraccountants.co.uk

The mobile site's home page

The mobile site's enquiry page