The Antropy Ecommerce Blog
Jun 6, 2022
Derails OpenCart Rebuild
We have worked with Derails for many years and undertaken numerous smaller projects over the years. However the time had come to undertake an OpenCart rebuild as they were running off an older 1.5.4 version which was in drastic need of a revamp! Staying on a legacy version like 1.5 is very bad for...
May 18, 2022
Sparks Electrical OpenCart Rebuild
Near the end of 2020 we were tasked with updating a very tricky custom built OpenCart store for a company called Sparks Electrical. They are a well established company based in London and had an outdated OpenCart store, running on version 1.5 for 10 years! The site hadn’t been touched for a very...
May 6, 2022
Blocks of Hours vs Support Retainers vs Fixed Price
So we have a number of different ways of working on a project basis with clients. In this blog I will highlight the different ways we can tackle your project
Apr 21, 2022
Hawkins OpenCart Rebuild
We have worked with Hawkins Hobbies since the middle of 2019 and undertaken numerous smaller projects over the years but we were very happy to sink our teeth into rebuilding their OpenCart site. They had been running off an older version of OpenCart for some years and needed a refresh, which we...
Mar 25, 2022
Celena Website Rebuild
It is always pleasing to see a client returning to get their website upgraded after we built their first site. We first built the Celena website back in 2014 and almost 8 years on we were tasked with giving it an updated look. The last site was built off Concrete CMS and we continued with the...
Jan 17, 2022
Antropy's 2-Step Strategy for Handling Complex OpenCart Rebuilds
The normal way rebuilds run is we undertake a Phase 1 and then put the site live, if any further work is needed after this then that goes into a Phase 2. However with some sites where they are heavily customised this process isn’t one we would recommend or follow.
Dec 16, 2021
Vape Liquid UK OpenCart Build
We have recently built a brand new website for a new vaping company called Vape Liquid UK. We once again based the new site on our iStore theme and tried to keep the design as simplistic as possible.
Nov 19, 2021
British Land Rover Parts Website OpenCart Rebuild
We were asked to rebuild the British Land Rover Parts website as they were running on version 2.0.3.1 of OpenCart which was in need of a recharge. For the new site we upgraded their theme based on our Multipurpose Theme.
Nov 2, 2021
Master Plastics OpenCart Upgrade
We were asked to rebuild the Master Plastic website as they were running an older version of OpenCart which was in need of an update and refresh. For the new site we upgraded their theme and mirrored the design based on their old site.
Oct 13, 2021
Organic Textile Company OpenCart Rebuild
We were asked to rebuild the Organic Textile website as they were running an older version of OpenCart which was in need of an upgrade and refresh. We based the design off our iStore theme and only made slight changes to the top bar, header and footer so that the site's design was very similar to...
Oct 6, 2021
Total E Liquid OpenCart Rebuild
We were asked to rebuild the Total E Liquid website as they were running an older version of OpenCart which was in need of an update. We used our iStore theme and as per the client’s brief, we kept the colours in place from the previous site. The design we kept very basic and simplistic as the...
Sep 29, 2021
Plantex OpenCart Rebuild
We were asked to rebuild the Plantex website as they were running off an older version of OpenCart and in need of an update. For the new site we created a custom theme based off the existing theme they had. We tried to keep the new sites look and feel similar to the old website so that the branding...
Sep 17, 2021
Quay Traders OpenCart Rebuild
We were approached to update and rebuild the Quay Traders website as they were looking for a fresh, yet simple new site. Using our iStore theme, we created a modern looking homepage with two slideshows of images. The top bar we made a simple grey colour and the footer a light blue to make it stand...
Sep 7, 2021
Cold Spring Website Merge
This was a website merge and update that we are very proud about. Cold Spring are a niche UK based record label and were looking to merge their two sites together into one main OpenCart site. The main website that was used for News and Artist Biographies was running off WordPress, whilst the store...
Aug 20, 2021
Onion Reporting OpenCart Website Rebuild
Onion Reporting Software are a Belfast based company who specialise in putting your Sage accounts in Excel format. They were running on the old 1.5.5.1 version of OpenCart which made the website look outdated and in need of a refresh.
Aug 12, 2021
Toucan Property Services Website Build
I would roughly guess that 98% of the work we undertake is on OpenCart but we do have a couple of clients that run on Concrete5 and occasionally we undertake a new build on this platform. Whenever we have a client that is looking for a non-ecommerce based website, we always go down the Concrete5...
Aug 6, 2021
Crawley Sheds & Cabins Website Rebuild
We always enjoy helping local companies with their ecommerce websites and the Crawley Sheds & Cabins rebuild was no different. They approached us as their old website was built and run through a company that rhymes with Well (hint hint) and known to be cheap and cheerful. This was all well and good...
Feb 1, 2021
Our New Technical Audit Service Now Available
We have been undertaking our Design and SEO audit for quite some time now and it really helps clients understand what the website is like from a customers perspective as it includes checklisted items like speed, usability, functionality and Google ranking. Although this audit is very useful it does...
Dec 4, 2020
Our Most Viewed Blogs of 2020
Just like in last year's blog, we go through the most viewed blogs written this year according to Google Analytics. This year we have really tried to focus on blogs that will help you as OpenCart users and giving you more 'how to' guides.
Jun 13, 2014
How to Report a Bug the Right Way
In order to get the best out of any web agency when you have a problem with your website, you'll need to give them a very clear description of the problem.
Jul 1, 2011
How to Restore Accidentally Deleted Files in cPanel
However careful you are, mistakes happen. Sometimes surgeons remove the wrong kidney. Sometimes pilots fall asleep while flying a plane. Sometimes those files you thought you could delete... you needed!