We believe Content Management Systems should be deployed to precisely fit your company’s needs. We integrate Content Management Systems that deliver a functional environment where your team can focus on performing their content-related tasks. 

Oshyn facilitates stakeholder interviews to understand and document; the sitemap, schematics for key site sections as well as the logos, colors and styles that define the complete visual design and branding for your site. Some of the deliverables are;

• Sitemap
• Homepage and sub page designs 
• Design documentation (logos, colors, fonts, etc.)
• Homepage Schematics
• Sub page schematics
• Annotated Information Architecture document

Client Success Story: The Walt Disney Company

The Challenge

The Walt Disney Company, one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world, found that its Disney DVD website had become outdated. The website’s simple “movie list” format no longer captivated the audience with the same excitement emulated in Disney movies. The DisneyDVD website was falling short of the objectives of all related departments. Disney’s marketing team wanted to update the website to better represent the vision of the strong Disney brand. The IT department found that a lack of common technical architecture across Disney’s brands was making the website’s maintenance both cumbersome and expensive. The website content editors were limited by the frequency with which they make updates because nearly every change required the assistance of a web developer, leading to additional payroll costs.

Oshyn integrated Disney’s new visual design and implemented a new Content Management System (CMS), and used their technical expertise and enterprise experience to provide architectural and usability improvements. Unlike previous implementations of Disney’s proprietary CMS, the new CMS can be reused across all Disney Studio properties. This CMS minimizes the development updates by automatically creating pages and modules, and by allowing non-technical users to manage the website structure, page layouts, and templates. The new robust CMS is built especially for demands of high-volume websites such as DisneyDVD.com and allows for best practices of web development.

Oshyn improved the usability of the website to make it easier for visitors to find content by expanding the number of searchable categories and genres. This theme of “surfacing” content was also used to expand the video content available, making it center stage on more pages throughout the website.

Oshyn augmented Disney’s new visual design with the use of big, bold hero images that helped build an emotional connection to each new DVD release. A new layer was added to the “Own It Now” button to increase the number of purchasing options directing the customer to Disney Shopping, Disney DVD Gift Express and Disney Movie Club.

The DisneyDVD.com website now has a strong visual presence that is consistent with the Disney family of brands. This new user experience enables DisneyDVD.com visitors to more easily find videos and quickly make purchases, helping increase Disney’s online revenue, by making it the obvious choice for DVD purchases. The new CMS reduces website management costs and optimizes the workflow process for a faster turnaround time and reduced labor costs. 

• Open Source Application Software: Struts 2, Spring Framework, FreeMarker, Hibernate, EHCache, Sitemesh
• Checkstyle
• PMD
• Maven2
• Hudson Continuous Integration server