Tasks

The task of this project was to build a platform where London’s mothers could communicate and share relevant information about their children, activities and events.

Challenge

Having analysed the market, we have found several dating forums and a couple of popular niche websites built on old-fashioned CMS. Bearing in mind that Brits prefer having old-fashioned but well-functioning sites rather than new and low-functioning sites, we have agreed that the platform should be functioning better than others. What’s more, we have decided to develop not only a forum but a social media platform with an activity timeline, city billboard, and directory.

Solution

Since we have taken the decision to develop a social platform where users could share their personal information with limited access, we have decided not to use WordPress because its safety level is very low. We have coded the website CMS (both front-end and back-end) from scratch without using any third-party modules or extensions.
We have built a platform of forums with moderation features and a smart anti-spam system. Also, we have created a system for users’ personal pages and subscription features to follow friends’ news.
The marketplace was developed to enable users to create a free online shop, upload products and sell them. Another important feature we have built is a directory with listings that can be integrated with forum topics, articles, news and market products.
The last feature that needs to be mentioned in the activity timeline. We consider it to be important since the website’s target audience is people from a certain location. Thus, the activity timeline allows London mums to follow local events.