The Problem
Yellowbook, an online learning platform aimed at government auditors looking to continue their education, approached us with an existing website that was running unusually slow. As the site’s speed was negatively affecting the learning experience provided to users, the client decided to enlist the help of our expert developers. We were happy to provide our services.
Our Solution
Our team executed an in-depth analysis of the Yellowbooks website to determine the source of its performance issues. Upon further inspection, we found many pieces of unnecessary plugins and add-ons bloating the site, ultimately causing a slowdown. We then created a plan to remove these plugins without impacting the live site, as users were actively using it for educational purposes.
What We Did
Code Review
We examined our client’s website’s code line by line, identifying any inefficiencies in its codebase that could be impacting the website’s overall performance. By reviewing its codebase, we were able to determine which areas needed improvement to boost the site’s speed.
Plugin Review
As a WordPress website, plugins made up a large part of the platform’s functionality. However, upon review, we discovered that many plugins were serving little to no purpose other than slowing the website down. We then removed all unnecessary plugins, opting to replace them with lightweight custom code.
Custom Code Implementation
We were able to replace several pieces of core functionality held by plugins by implementing custom code. Replacing third-party plugins with lightweight custom code gave the platform an immediate speed boost, ensuring a heightened user experience.
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Aviation Marketplace Platform
The team was very responsive and easy to work with. They are professional, talented, and experienced team. They were able to meet all our requirements.
Idea Maker is distinguished for their personalized collaboration and white glove services. The team is dependable and reliable, sticking to the project's plan, offering feedback, and pushing back on the right things.
The way they understand the requirements we present to them is fairly solid. Both in terms of bringing their own interpretation in nailing the requirements and their design sense. By the time we launched, I had gotten significantly more value from our collaboration than what we had discussed in the original specs.
This is a boutique development firm where the Founder is directly involved with the project and the primary contact. This is unlike many development firms where you are simply handed off to developers that are not stakeholders. This is an important distinction that results in much better project accountability.
I have never had a site like this built before. I felt that Idea Maker and Tom had built numerous sites like this, and they were pros.
Idea Maker's portfolio is what drew us in. Their design style was in alignment with what we were after. We had initial consultations with 3 companies that we had narrowed it down to. Once we had our initial meeting with Tom at Idea Maker we knew we had the right choice to make. Their communication style works well for us.
Their customer service is excellent — they’re incredibly accessible and available, which I appreciate. Furthermore, they have enough experience and bandwidth to fulfill all my needs. They’re one of the best vendors I’ve worked with.
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