Challenges & Solutions
The site design all revolved around the key visual, and needed to include the volcano, the unique flora and fauna, and the sugarcane, as well as, of course, the product itself.
We opted for a more quirky and artistic slant to the UI and styling approach than usual, which made for a challenge in terms of finding new way to treat the navigation and content flow, but resulted in a dynamic, and visually rich site, hinting to the depth of flavour of the product itself.
Bringing Sugarlandia to Life
Because the imagery was so important to client, we wanted it to come alive. In order to do this without it being overwhelming, we decided to keep the key animations subtle.
There are fourteen hidden animations within the homepage…
Keeping the Cocktails Current
Client wanted the facility to add and update cocktails over time, so we built the cocktail page to pull content from a headless WordPress install.
This allows the client to add and change cocktails whenever they wish.
