Appointment Booking Reservations WordPress Website Design Chicago Wake Surf Boat Rental
Website Design Client: Wake Surf Boat Rental in Chicago
Location: Chicago, IL
This veteran owned business was looking to have a website developed for their wake surf water sports and boat rental business in the City of Chicago. When this business owner was seeking a local web designer in Chicago, the main objective was to make sure that this web designer could meet the client’s objectives.
The client’s objectives for their web design project were to:
- Build a new website that would conquer search engines for water sports and boat rental in the City of Chicago.
- Find a web designer in Chicago or nearby that could provide training for the new web design.
- Allow booking and reservations to occur directly on their new website.
John and his team at AdverGroup web design were able to deliver all of this client’s requirements. After consulting with the client, we determined that WordPress would be a suitable website platform that could be easy for the client to update and manage their online bookings without monthly recurring fees.
WordPress Booking and Rental Reservation Website Design Functionality Delivered:
- New custom theme installed and designed using an alternate format of the customer’s existing logo: we reformatted the logo, modifying the background color and making it transparent for use as an overlay on the animated homepage slider.
- Install and configure a booking component, plugin, and widget into this new WordPress website design. This component allows “appointment booking” by date and hour, with custom booking forms created for boat rentals and wake surfing appointments that have a start time and a defined duration over a schedule. Start times are visually selected by the front-end user from a set of options calculated based on the “open hours” pre-set by admins.
- Embed video in the homepage template, theme layout, and/or anywhere else on the website.
- Image gallery component formatting and optimization: AdverGroup obtained all product images from the client’s vendor websites and server, then resized and formatted these images for optimal performance on the new website.
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO): authored and created SEO titles and metadata on the homepage, webpages and appointment pages.
- WordPress admin training: includes ongoing training relative to updating pages, posts, bookings, reservations, appointments, the WordPress theme, and the home page slider.
- Embedded Instagram feed on WordPress.
- Custom web design with full scroll animation.
- Creation of client’s favicon.
- Configuration of Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools.
We are considered among the best WordPress website developers in the Chicago area due to our experience and willingness to train our clients on how to use the WordPress Admin section. We have developed hundreds of WordPress eCommerce websites with both simple and complex functionality including booking and reservation functionality.
eCommerce Web Design FAQ for Wake Surf Boat Rental
How does the appointment booking system handle start times for boat rentals?
Custom booking forms allow bookings by date and hour, with a start time and defined duration, and front-end users visually select from available start times calculated based on the “open hours” pre-set by admins for rentals and wake surfing appointments.
Why was WordPress chosen over other booking platforms for this business?
After consulting with the client, AdverGroup determined WordPress would be a suitable platform that is easy for the client to update and manage their online bookings without monthly recurring fees that many booking-specific platforms charge.
What happened to the client’s existing logo during the redesign?
AdverGroup reformatted the existing logo, modifying the background color and making it transparent so it could be used as an overlay on the new animated homepage slider.
What were the three core objectives for this web design project?
The client wanted a new website that would conquer search engines for water sports and boat rental in Chicago, a local web designer who could provide ongoing training, and the ability to allow booking and reservations directly on the site.
Is social media integrated into this booking website?
Yes, the website includes an embedded Instagram feed, giving visitors a live look at recent wake surfing and boat rental content alongside the booking functionality.
WordPress Booking and Reservation Websites developed by AdverGroup will make online booking and appointment scheduling easy. Contact AdverGroup today for assistance in achieving a professional WordPress booking and reservation website design in Chicago or nearby. Visit our eCommerce website development services page to see how we build booking and reservation platforms for rental and service businesses nationwide.
