Over the last several weeks, Family Roots Publishing has been going through a website redesign, and upgrade. Not only does the site have a more modern look, but it’s more user-friendly and allows the user to do things that were not possible before. Following is a list of the obvious upgrades:
- The site is redesigned, with a new look, while still keeping familiar aspects of the past.
- PDF downloads of books, laminates and such are now automatic, with immediate download capability. Previously, FRPC had a message posted that said that an email to download links would be sent within 24 hours – meaning they had to physically send the link to the patron. Now it’s on auto-pilot.
- The Category pages have an added line at the top stating that the patron should “Scroll Down to See Category-wide Resources.” Some pages were getting so many subcategories that it wasn’t always obvious that the category-wide resources were found futher down the page. Example: Under USA – by State, Virginia has so many COUNTY subcategories, that the Virginia statewide products can’t been seen without scrolling down the page.
- After putting an item in the shopping cart, the program now sends the user to go back to the search results or category page from where they made their initial selection when they click on “Continue Shopping,” instead of the FRPC home page. This makes shopping a much easier experience for the patron.
- A table was created that allowed FRPC to lower the shipping cost for extremely light items, such as laminates.
- The search engine was upgraded and indexed, allowing faster product searches.
- Titles were added to the featured items on the home page.
- Buttons for Pinterest, Facebook, Google+, and Twitter were added to the Product Description pages.
It’s hoped that you will enjoy the site. Feel free to browse at any time.
