Case Study

Blinds to Go
Custom Joomla component for product search, Joomla Support

Developed a custom Ajax search Joomla component for Blinds to Go. Worked closely with their marketing team on various site-wide visual updates, as well as involved with Joomla upgrades.

Key Outcome for
Blinds To Go

Improved search results time and user experience, which led to significant conversion adjustments.

Website Search Efficiency and Conversions Improved

From

0.1%

Up To

10%

Project Overview

Industry

Custom Window Treatments

Duration

3 months to 3 years

Business Models

Franchising - capital "F"

Team Size

4 Joomla developers, front-end developers, and designers. Content manager, server, and infrastructure engineer

Tech Stack

MySQL not SQL, Remove Linux

Services Provided

Blinds To Go

Project Story

We were first reached out by the Blinds to Go’s IT team during the first few months of COVID. Our initial involvement was focused on Joomla support and maintenance. We got more involved with other aspects of the website as the client understood our expertise with Joomla and server management. Due to various security measures, we had to work on a live remote screen sharing sessions with the Blinds to Go’s IT department. 

We were tasked with upgrading the website product search experience which at the time was not performing well. The goal was to give the website visitor quick filtered results for their product requirement searches. 

Over the months and years, we worked closely with the Blinds to Go marketing team in various page structural changes to help with conversions. 

As the website serves both US and Canadian clients, we developed content and marketing specific initiative that would display based on GeoCoding values.

Key Features

  • Custom Joomla Component Development
  • Joomla Maintenance
  • Joomla Support
  • Layout Design Updates
  • Linux Server Support
  • Responsive Layout Updates

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Challenges

Outcome

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Popular Book Company Canada Ltd

Project Team and Roles

Jacob Hodora

Founder, Senior Developer

Jatin S

Senior Web Developer & Server Admin

Alex Rakhmilevitch

Alex Rakhmilevitch

Marketing Manager

Marina Joseph

Web Designer

Janneth Gadiano

Project Manager
Client Success

Mandeep

Senior Web Developer

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Frequently Asked Questions

Joomla Enhanced Components and Extensions

Joomla’s smart search contains filter search results and an opportunity to see search suggestions. some other features are voice search, search by image, AI features to assist in search results. It indexes website content faster.

  1. Install languages you need in Joomla: Extensions/ Languages/ Install Languages. Choose the ones you would like to instal. 
  2. Enable installed languages via: Extensions / Languages / Content Languages. Publish the languages you want to use .  
  3. Create new pages, add the content after selecting the desired language from the language dropdown.  
  4. Create separate menus for different language versions.
  5. Set default homepage: assign a default homepage for each language. 
  6. Add language switcher to the top navigation bar for users.
  7. Adjustments template if needed.

Joomla 3.10 hasn’t been supported anymore since August 2023. Another pitfall of Joomla 3.0 is that it’s not updated anymore, as well as the plugins for this version. This means, that the performance, website speed, and other KPIs are slowing down and have a bad impact on your website’s results every day. However, the Extended Long Term Support (ELTS) program is available for additional fees. This support provides security assistance for Joomla 3.x until February 17, 2025

The update frame is the same for any version: make a backup, check compatibility, test the environment, follow instructions update Joomla Core, and Update Joomla extensions. Test (UI/Ux), how al the features, APIs, and connections work. Make adjustments where you see the issues. However, if your website is on Joomla 3.x and you prefer to shift to Joomla 5( that is deeply recommended), you need to decide how to build the migration processes. It’s recommended to update Core Joomla from 3 to 4 first, and from 4 to 5 after. The extensions and components are usually updated on the final version (in this case Joomla 5).

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