Client Challenge
PEC, the Pedernales Electric Coop contracted with Steel Advertising to create a re-imagined WordPress website. Steel's team completed designs in Adobe XD for build out in a WordPress environment using the Elementor page-builder.
Steel contracted with Standard Beagle of Austin, TX to complete the page and template build outs, including a javascript-based rate estimation tool for residential customers. While the javascript was left "in-house" at Standard Beagle, I contracted to build the site, pages and elements as defined in the Adobe XD documentation.
Technology Stack
- WP_Engine
- WordPress
- Elementor Page Builder
- Gravity Forms
- GTranslate
- Cisco Chat
LESSONS LEARNED
- Ask more questions about technically complex elements
- Spend more time going through client-provided designs
- Do not underestimate time required to learn new page/theme builders
Results
- Pages, templates and theme elements that work well cross-platform and browser agnostic
- Improved Information Architecture
- Enhanced presentation of content to site visitors
Custom Loops
Elementor lets designers and developers create custom cards for post-based content and allows for easy incorporation into responsive loop carousels and loop grids.
SAVED ELEMENTS
One of Elementor's strengths is its ease-of-use regarding saving templates individual page elements for repeated use throughout the site.
Accessibility
Designs compliant with standard WCAG 2.1 AA