Development Progress 2013, Wrap Up

Another Years Progress

Now that 2013 is coming to an end we thought it would be good to have a review of the year and the progress we have made developing The Care Home Directory website.

It has been a great year for development and it has been enjoyable working on improving the experience and products we offer to our visitors.

Below is a list containing some of the improvements we have made this year,

• Improved gallery, support for five 1Mb images
• Gallery image thumbnail support, smaller asset files
• Improved homepage layout
• Home promo rotation cells on homepage
• Region accordion on homepage
• New improved notification system, unified across panels
• Google wallet payment support (ported from Checkout)
• Simplified enhanced listing sign up form
• Improved landing pages for advertising campaigns
• Dropped IE7 support
• Home activities list
• Social media buttons, Google+, Facebook, Twitter
• Local amenities list
• New improved edit provider form, enhanced listings
• Site wide search widget
• Improved website accessibility (WCAG WAI-AA)
• Compact town listings layout
• Improved enhanced listing town layout
• Added current bed/room vacancies support
• New Care Homes social media accounts on Reddit and Google+
• Mobile website version for smart phones and tablets
• Released native Android app
• Released Care and Nursing News System
• Improved Geocoding support for homes
• Moved templates over to HTML5 and CSS3
• Migrated to new server
• Improved API features

There have been some under the hood changes which are not listed above such as interfaces or traits and any other refactoring work we have done.

With the new year brings new opportunities and we have a lot planned in the new year improving our website even more.

We all hope you have a happy new year.