House of Desserts
- Client: House of Desserts
- Services: Website setup and content writing
- Website: House-of-Desserts.co.uk
- Source code: on git.chobble.com
Lutterworth's newest dessert shop came to me seeking a new, easy to update, and super fast loading website to show off their menus and contact information.
At the time, my Chobble Template didn't have any built-in menu support, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to add that. Many restaurant or cafe websites have their menus hidden in PDF downloads that are awkward to navigate and hard to copy/paste from. I wanted to make something that was as easy to edit as uploading a new PDF, but much more pleasant for visitors to use.
By setting the system up to work with PagesCMS, the nested and flexible menu system can be edited - for free - without technical know-how. If we want to store more data or organise it differently later, it's probably a really simple tweak.
When the business changes text in the PagesCMS editor, the site rebuilds in under a minute. That fast feedback loop gives all the benefits of static sites - fast, cheap hosting - with the flexibility of a full CMS.
Because the site is based on the Chobble Template a tonne of other functionality is available built-in, ready to be activated whenever the business fancies:
- News posts
- Events
- Reviews
- Products
- Team profiles
- Galleries
..And more to come! I'm always updating the template, and because it uses Git, every version is stored - we can roll back to any point to fix issues.
One honest limit: the menu system is for browsing rather than buying. Online ordering is a different build; table bookings might work through Chobble Tickets - worth a chat.
If you want a website for your restaurant or cafe, check out the Chobble Template - it's open source and free for anyone to use. And if you want me to build you a website based on it then just fill in the form below to get in touch!