UI & UX Rebuilding
Product canvas workshop interface design, Architecture, Wireframes, Graphic Design, Implementation, PHP5, Symfony 2.6, MySQL, MariaDB, Java Script
ShowbizModels - fancy app for world-wide modeling agency
We created technically stable application that can be scaled. The application is fast and enables quick actions. With technical, UX and design changes, Client noticed an increase in the number of registered users. It is a huge advantage and brings many business values.
What
UX & UI app redesign
What we’ve done is front-end and backup application. The goal was to keep it simple and user-friendly. We wrote a new application from scratch. Basing on years of experience our Partner knew exactly which functions are useful and used most often. The result of programming work is a Symfony application in the admin panel using the Bootstrap, so the admin’s actions are comfortable for all types of devices.
Main Challenge:
Simplify usability for both: the admin & the user
2003
Old fashion UI/UX
the interface was unsuited for today’s standards
No responsive
new users did not register as often as the used to
Outdated database
it did not meet today’s safety requirements
2015
Be global
redesigned interface for the best user experience
Many registered users
increased number of registered users
Stable, safety, scaled app
modern application that is attractive and intuitive
Design process
Co-op with a partner that knew exactly which functions are useful and used most often
We always put user in the first place during the design process to guarantee the best experience. That also helps us better understand his needs and build the app in a way to achieve all of the business goals that our client is looking for.
Product vision
Target analysis
Competitors analysis
Business values
Business weakness
Product vision
Target users
Potential models
Who are already the hostess or would like to become the models
Potential customers
Who can visit and look at the models’ catalog, filtering be several chosen parameters
Product canvas workshop
App architecture
Moodboards
Wireframes
Functional approach
We built new app - for the admin and the user
We designed and wrote a new application from scratch. From the user’s perspective - we made a new design of both the application and information pages. The most important thing was to build a user control panel, so that the registration and updates of data (especially photos) were simple and allowed downloading data and photos from Facebook. Obviously, the new design is responsive so the site looks modern and elegant.
registered models
models in the database
actors in the database
new faces in the database
Perfect management tool
From the admin perspective
Extensive admin panel
Easy way to create the castings, models management and creating events.
The admin can quickly search for models according to interesting attributes, for example - languages, site, height or measurements. Thanks to receiving the requests from the Partner, it can quickly determine how many models are actually available in your area or meet specifies requirements.
new users
From the user perspective
Become a model in a second!
New US & design of the application and information pages. The most important thing was to build a user control panel, so that the registration and updates of data were simple.
1 Easy Facebook login
Registration and updates of data are simple and allows downloading data and photos from Facebook
2 Create or edit your profile in a second
Accounts easy to set and manage
3 Create professional photos
Our guidebook helps you to create good looking photos
4 Find casting and become model quickly
The casting list allows you to find the castings which are the best for you
More than models
From the client perspective
App allows to search for models who meet the exact requirements of the end customer
Huge search allows to find the models/hostess which you’re looking for. For example: finding a hostess above 170cm height, available in Milan, speaking both Italian and English is not a problem anymore
2 Teams / 1 Office / 1 Scrum
1 PO + 1 SM + 2 Designers + 2 Front-end Developers + 2 PHP Developers
Technology
In continuous integration we ran 145 tests cases that performed 832 assertions
The portal contains part of CMS, where you can edit the content visible on the website and edit the blog section. We decided to use WordPress and make integration between WP and Symfony with help of custom API. Displaying paginated list of application, e.g. a list of models, we had to join to query that the model address information, attachments, statuses, etc. Component (whiteoctober / Pagerfanta) This list was divided into pages and generated sub-optimal query in a MySQL database which lasted several tens of seconds. We used MariaDB database, which have improved performance joints and subqueries.
addresses viewed by Google API
migrations of models’ profiles
migrations of multimedia
times in the test environment
