A bilingual site for a handmade-paper atelier, with a catalogue the manager edits herself
A Lisbon atelier making handmade paper, letterpress and papier-mâché pieces needed a site that feels handmade and can be updated without a developer.
The situation
Craft work sells on images and story. The atelier needed a site that works in Portuguese and English and that the manager could keep up to date.
What I built
- A homepage with hero, manifesto and process, plus a product catalogue with detail pages and web addresses that are easy to read.
- Light and dark mode.
- Full Portuguese and English versions, with the site remembering the visitor's choice.
- A content editor for every section and a product manager with image and video upload.
- A translation check that lists any English text still missing, and a button that suggests a translation, which is never saved on its own.
- Monthly automatic backups, with optional copy to Google Drive.
- An audit log, visit statistics and a site-notice banner.
- A built-in tutorial for the admin.
What it looks like
The site is still being built. These images are previews of the current version, with demo data.
The home page, in English (still in build).
The admin, editing the banner text. The admin is in Portuguese. Demo data (still in build).
Product import from CSV, with a preview before publishing. The admin is in Portuguese. Demo data (still in build).
Compliance and quality
- Privacy policy in both languages, backed by a register of every cookie and stored item.
- Analytics without cookies and without storing the IP address.
- Structured data for products, plus a generated sitemap.
- Automated tests (unit and browser) run in CI, and error tracking (Sentry), to be switched on at launch.
What your project can have
- A catalogue you edit yourself: products, images and video, without depending on anyone.
- You sign in with your Google account, and each team member only sees the areas they need.
- You import your products in one go from a CSV, with a preview before you confirm.
- You rename a product without losing its old links.
Technology
Common, well-documented technologies, so the project can grow or change hands.
Want something like this?
Much of what you've seen here is already built and tested. Tell me how your business works and I will show you a first version in days.
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