Struggling with a legacy system based on WooCommerce, and being increasingly dependant on third party systems to sync products from an in-house database, Absolute Antibody challenged us to completely reinvent the website and product sync.
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WooCommerce forms the foundation for this API integrated fully custom E-Commerce solution. We had to heavily customise WooCommerce to work with the unique Antibody product structure, making use of grouped products and variable products to form a three-tier product structure, all driven by their internal database.
The new site includes:
- Responsive Web Design and Custom WordPress theme
- Elasticsearch integration indexing all product data for better search and faster load times
- Social media integration
- API bridge sync tool developed on Laravel connected to a Microsoft Access Database middleware solution
This website and API sync is proof that WooCommerce can be used for complex, non standard products, and be connected to existing product inventories for easier data handling.
I’ve worked with Hexagon Webworks since 2015 and they have been fantastic. They are super responsive, essential when you are trading from your website, but were equally patient with us as we were evolving our requirements. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking to take their website to the next level and have someone trustworthy manage it.
Dr. Michael Fiebig, Absolute Antibody
