Design and development of a showroom website for Simpl Vintage using WordPress and Elementor, based on provided wireframes, a customized theme, and fine-grained user role management.
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OpenClassrooms project context :
As part of starting my position as a junior web developer at Empreinte, an agency specialized in building WordPress websites, I was tasked with designing the showcase website for Simpl Vintage. The brand wanted a simple website quickly to promote the upcoming opening of its showroom. The project was based on a set of specifications including 5 wireframes, functional requirements, and a folder of graphic resources.
The website had to be built quickly without high-fidelity mockups, while still remaining consistent with the brand’s identity and the client’s functional needs. It was also necessary to set up suitable editorial management for the News section, with limited permissions for the content writer, and to prepare a site package ready for production deployment through a full site export.
I developed the website locally using WordPress and Elementor, selecting a theme close to the project’s needs in order to speed up production. I then created a child theme to customize the interface and align it with the provided wireframes.
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The showcase website was delivered in a functional, manageable, and deployment-ready state. This project allowed me to work through a complete WordPress workflow: theme selection, child theme creation, content integration, user role management, and migration-ready delivery preparation. The final result met the client’s needs with a simple, clear interface suited to a temporary showroom website.
