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Huffington Post, Dashlane, Allwomenstalk, Tunein, SkyHook, Distractify, Avaaz, Beakun, RebelMouse, Perx
You-Doo is a reminder, task scheduler and handy to-do-list based on proximity altogether.
We were tasked to ensure the following:
An app that is very easy to use and provides such powerful features as:
calendar view,
live timeline,
task history,
GPS groups,
and much more.
A pro version with even more functionality like:
device syncing,
friend share,
recurring tasks,
cloud saves,
Outlook import,
etc.
This platform is an entire search engine optimized for distribution of fashion-related products. Amazing functionality and easily accesses solutions have transformed DressMe into the #1 tool for people with intention of buying closes.
ailoring a solution that creates a simple, user-friendly, location-based search engine for those looking for fashion-related merchandise. Our team focused on increasing the “In-Store Footfall” in development of this alternative search engine tailored for flawless Affiliate Marketing.
Combination of Drupal 7 and the Apache Solr engine were used to create solid, unbreakable search functionality;
The platform contains 10 000 brads as well as 20 000 stores inside its database;
All that data is being synchronized from a remote storage several times per day;
Approximately 2000 unique users per day are easily supported thanks to Memcache and Varnish caching;
Integration of the Google Maps API for geo-targeting...
Site YoungCuts.com represents an informational resource for competitors, critics and spectators of the yearly movie festival of young stage directors, which takes place every October in Canada. The site represents means of communication of this event's participants and an informational system for the movie critics' work. Every competitor has the possibility to download a short film (up to 10 Mb), which will be accessible for general viewing further and it can be assessed by the jury members as well.
From technical point of view the site is developed with the Drupal CMS.
Forum and support are switched on;
File downloading system is present and integrated;
Additional functionality includes, yet is not limited to:
Voting system
Mailing system
E-commerce system
Banned ad functionality,
Comments section,
Filter of obscene words is enabled
Considering the stakes, we chose Drupal as the platform for development of the website. It is easily maintainable and highly reliable. Rich functionality and custom-built modules have allowed us to ensure a stable, reliable and secure website with login and registration functionality an integrated payment system and heavy use of social media APIs that enhance user engagement.
Login field and membership application fields: all data entry fields are secure. The site is protected from malicious inputs. Considering a lot of personal data is required in order to apply for membership, the process is divided into several screens with intuitive interfaces and data backup functionality.
E-payment systems we have created allows fast transactions. Receipt is easily accessed by users after payment. All incoming and outcome transactions are encrypted and protected.
The site has a responsive design meaning it is friendly to users that visit it from mobile devices.
...OUR SOLUTION
We have chosen to develop our solution based on the Drupal CMS. Drupal combines might and flexibility and grants limitless possibilities to skilled developers. Wide availability of numerous modules allows mind-blowing development that satisfies all slightest business requirements.
Experts from QArea implemented all following functionality in the Icerink site:
We used views +CCK to create a convenient information modification system for all existing pages.
A video gallery was created with the Embedded Media Field.
An image gallery was designed and created in a manner which allows it to use pictures from files that are stored in the file system of the product. Brilliant Gallery was used to achieve this goal.
Galleries can be created based on those stored in Facebook accounts. This approach delivers even more engagement to users and adds a fine, personalized feel. We have used the fb_gallery module to...
The main goal of the project is making it easy to select and purchase goods, ensuring simplicity of navigation, establishing maximum speed for accessing the pages and surfing from page to page, etc. And that is exactly what we did.
Additionally, product suppliers can sell goods at different stores within the platform. We have created LagaochDUKA.se in a manner where a complete cycle of distribution is available. It begins with either manual adding of the product to the database (store) or same may be done via importing the product from the ERP. Then the process goes as follows: sakes, delivery, and report viewing functionality. Sales data and metrics can be analyzed with OLAP as well as DataMining.
This site is a sweet portal created sourly for search, purchase, and deployment as well as marketing purposes of goods from Spain (such as designer clothing, accessories, etc.). These goods are sorted by groups in specialized stores. You will pretty much have a shopping mall right inside your browser.
The site is based on Drupal 6 and Ubercart. The Sphinx is the pages search engine. That ensures a massive searching speed-up. As if that was not enough the Sphinx will also decrease the pressure caused on servers.
The original task was to create a platform that would be allowing users to create their own online shops. In those shops the user may create and manage and sell new goods. The products status and condition as well as orders from customers are manageable as well.
The user is capable of creating and designing his store by his bidding in order for the store to match all the goals as well as marketing strategies.
The Beakun project consists of a website and mobile applications for Android and iOS that were designed as a tool connecting various businesses with their customers in a simple yet classy manner.
SOLUTIONS
- The portal is based on the Drupal 6 platform and main layout is based on custom pages and blocks;
- Java Script with advanced and complex logic was written to ensure effective operations with Google Maps;
- An API system was developed for efficient connections and cooperation between Android, iOS applications and the mobile site;
- An application designed and powered with PhoneGap technology.
RESULT
QArea has developed a site for everybody who is a business granting a great marketing platform for event arrangement, thus granting common users the ability to stay in the flow of events 24/7.
Kroodle is a site for designed and developed for Agon, a large Netherland insurance company.
REQUIREMENTS
We were to create an astonishing solutions that inspires trust in visitors, embraces rich functionality and delivers fast, complex solutions from the insurance niche to website’s users.
SOLUTIONS
All parts of the project are connected to Facebook Api. Users require valid Facebook accounts to perform actions on the site, otherwise one should be created. All users can buy, edit, cancel insurance, invite their Facebook friends and get bonuses thanks to integration of the Facebook API and vast functionality of developed features.
Client side communicates with the server side are implemented with json and Ajax. The site has responsive design. The project was tested with Jmeter load-test program and showed stable work under 1000+ user load.
REQUIREMENTS
Implementation of as stable, reliable CRM (customer relationship manager) mobile client that is, besides all expandable and, most importantly, it has to be easy tunable.
SOLUTIONS
Few easy steps that have proven to be the most convenient and user-friendly application workflow. Accumulating the required number of stamps allows users to claim their loyalty-program reward from the retail outlet. Once this is done, users get a fresh slate to accumulate more stamps.
As a handy addition the application is supported with a map feature, showing users all the nearby locations of retail outlets that are accepting loyalty cards.
RESULT
Ever since launched in October, 2011 Perx applications have proven to be Singapore’s leading mobile loyalty platform. The amount of users satisfied with application’s convenience and appearance extend 200.000 which is to be just the thing to be expected from a number 1 app in its domain, right?
Avaaz is a global community of citizens, designed to transfer politics to the community! People are empowered to take action on some of the largest issues that take place in the world.
REQUIREMENTS
Specialists from QArea had to deliver a secure platform that would withstand huge loads. Avaaz was destined to become a stable platform for millions of people. It had to be used on a daily basis by people from all over the globe and at the same time. Special attention was given to functional testing to ensure all vital aspects are 100% verified. We have used the entire stack of all available and accurate web technologies.
RESULT
Such an approach has resulted with millions of dollars in donations raised within 2 days of several campaigns and hundreds of thousands emails were sent and delivered to governmental officials, political leaders and organizations.
REQUIREMENTS
The task was to develop a social media aggregator that allows to create user accounts, to connect different social media accounts and conveniently manage the information from them on one single platform.
SOLUTION
RebelMouse is an aggregator for social media and looks like a digital newspaper that represents user’s social media events.
Basic registration allows users to connect their accounts on Twitter and Facebook. The updates from the connected accounts are represented in the collage-styled information flow that shows user’s presence within social media. The RebelMouse platform also works on the mobile application for iOS.
RESULT
Social media aggregator for managing social media information and a flexible iOS application that allows constant presence in the stream of news and current events. The feed of messages may be placed on the home page of your own site as well, or users can share it with friends.
Financial Service Commission Mauritius is started the Online Submissions Platform (OSP) project to turn much of its ongoing paper-based application process into online submissions and to introduce online payments. Our objective was to provide top notch QA works and find all the possible defects of the OSP.
SOLUTION
Test automation was performed on the customer’s request. It covered standard testing scenarios, load, stress, and performance testing. The purpose of automation testing was to save time and increase test coverage, ensuring more effective results. For Performance and Load testing we used Visual Studio and JMeter. For Automation of UI we used Selenium Webdriver.
RESPONSIBILITIES
We performed all testing activities, such as Static Testing of Requirements, Architecture Inspection, Static Code Analysis, Test Preparation, and Test Execution. Both manual testing and automation testing were performed.
QArea was tasked to develop a fine, secure, user-centric application that needed to allow easy, user-friendly communication interfaces, vast functionality with social gamification capabilities and solid client-server architecture that explores and exploits social media potential.
SOLUTIONS
- Knozen’s architecture was planned with respect to future flawless integration with already popular social media solutions.
- Through-game communications were carefully considered and developed with respect to solid client-server data exchange architecture with implementation of REST API.
- Local storage is brought to life via CoreData technology.
- Simple, yet addictive and user-friendly UI/UX designs.
END RESULT
All the efforts of development have ended with a breathtaking iOS solution that was named one of top hottest startups by BusinessInsider.
Distractify is a leading entertainment company in the mobile era. This fascinating portal follows the trend (among Buzzfeed and Upworthy) for inspiring, funny and eye-catching post titles, often in list form, with video, image and GIF-heavy content.
We are most happy QArea had a chance to assist them and here’s what we did for Distractify:
Development:
Integrating Service-oriented architecture; Android API; IOS API.
Testing:
Functional testing; Compatibility testing; Regression testing; Ad-hoc testing; UI / UX testing; Validation testing; Smoke testing; Bug reporting; Bug rechecking; Documentation creating.
Results were astonishing: Official stats have their unique visitor count at 43 million since its launch in October 2013, and the site has inspired 10 million Facebook shares in that short space of time.
Challenge - making definite entries appear among the results of running search engines queries, SEO optimization, simultaneous maintaining of a large number of users, quick generation of pages.
SOLUTION
The portal is based on the MovableType platform, which has been modified to minimize the number of database queries and to improve performance. To load a server in order to process pictures, CSS and other statistic content, Amazon S3 is used. To ensure stable and efficient work under heavy and peak loads we have used the memcache technology.
Also QArea responsibilities included: black-box testing; manual testing; automated functional testing based on Selenium; regression testing; documentation creating.
RESULT
The site has been featured on the main page of Yahoo several times. The site lives perfectly with 200+k visitors per hour. Also, we have created an iOS client for The Huffington Post news system.
THE CHALLENGE
We were to create a mobile client for the blog. Primarily the task was difficult as the blog was already an established brand. It is popular and beloved, with a unique stile and format. Quite a pack of expectations we had to surpass.
OUR SOLUTION
We created a multilingual iOS application available in English, French, Dutch, Italian and Traditional Chinese. Additionally Twitter was integrated for deeper engagement of visitors. All their favorite posts are now easily shared with but a tap of a finger.
Allwomenstalk app is very like the blog itself, however is more comfortable, runs faster and is simpler in use.
Additionally, we have implemented an astonishing design, transforming the app into something even more lovable and widely accessible than the blog itself.
Our client required a fitting combination of an artistic platform and a prominent market place in a gorgeous wrapping. The site needed to be both functional and convenient to end-users. A customer’s wish is our command!
Third And Wall allows registered visitors to choose from different works and group them into projects with the ability to buy all arts in each project at once.
Pictures can have size, substrate and border variations. We’ve also implemented search functionality to boost up user experience as well as overall convenience of the solution.
In addition, site’s functionality allows to import all products, users and projects from the previous site.
A custom plugin was written to implement project functionality. Іearch functionality was improved to filter images by additional fields and to work with the standard WordPress search system.
Variations of pictures are implemented with another custom plugin to improve performance.
Development of a website that delivers visitors with offers from world’s leading hotels.
The site presents the currently active and future proposals, photos of hotels, rooms and the surrounding area, includes description of features and attractions, etc.
Payment functionality is tailored in a fashion when transactions are possible via numerous systems as PayPal, Click & Buy, Caixa, Banesto.
SOLUTION
We have developed the project based on eCommerce Zen-Cart (PHP, MySQL), a fine CMS that was chosen by our client. jQuery, a JS library was used to juice up instructiveness and provide more functionality. Image galleries and libraries were modified to meet with project scope and business requirements.
Due to high loads (traffic: up to 1.1 million visits per month, 550 thousand registered users) and the large size of the database there significant structure optimization was implemented, that reduces time costs to a minimum.
Skyhook was founded in 2003 to capitalize on the increasing demand for location-based services. The first location technologies, GPS and cell tower triangulation, were inadequate - leaving frustrated mobile consumers with slow and inaccurate positioning information.
Specialists from QArea have been challenged with a series of projects for Boston-Based Skyhook Wireless. This series of projects included Skyhook Wireless WPS, Location Logger, LocalFaves, Internal tests and the big gun – MyLoki. We also needed to implement a website allowing users to register for Skyhook Javascript API key and promoting this technology to web-developers/site owners.
Skyhook Wireless can determine your location based on the nearest WiFi router that it picks up through your computer and is the core basis of MyLoki. We have developed Skyhook Wireless WPS, a location technology that delivers the fastest most accurate location results available for WiFi enabled consumer devices.
Working within a challenging timeframe, QArea rapidly designed and delivered a secure, flawless end product. The software features robust code and a sleek, intuitive UX/UI. The responsive, professional team excelled at communication and documentation.