For their African branche interior design trader "The Naked House" required a fast e-commerce site with attractive but not too complex layout and latest e-commerce engine. On the site designers can trade their products to end-consumers. Besides the e-commerce functionality, a magazine blog informs interested visitors regarding latest interior design trends ensuring their return to this well-visited site. Visitors can subscribe and write their design ideas theirselves winning travel prices. The loading and scrolling speed is ensured by light-weight CSS (tableless) programming and optimal caching. The annual fee is including full day standby support.
Online: December 15, 2007 Design: Tuni Mohan Production: Mandla Customer price: R7400 once off, R1900 annual * Site:www.thenakedhouse.co.za
* including hosting, e-mail, domain, helpdesk, online support, small adjustments.
The National Africa Foundation (NAF) facilitates study and business between the United Stated on one side and Africa in general and Ghana in specific on the other side. The foundation is supported by globally renowned and acknowledged universities and researchers on the area of e-learning and ICT. For the NAF we designed this community site, including classified advertisement area to link community members between US / Europe and Africa for starting business in Africa.
Online: December 20, 2007 Design: Djamil Anzlas Production: Maarten Jongmans Customer price: R7900 once off, R1400 annual * Site: www.nationalafricafoundation.org
* including hosting, e-mail, domain, helpdesk, small adjustments.
Ingrid Mitchell is well known in the veterinarian Gauteng scene. Working for premium dog food supplier Iams (Eukanuba) she also has trained dogs her whole lifetime. For her puppy school she wanted a site that would make a difference. Many puppy school sites are created by nephews or neighbours which is withnessed by the result. Ingrid wanted a business like, professional designed site, including full content management system for her to maintain text, pictures and calendar items herself. Djamil designed for her a state of the art flash site - integrated with latest Joomla 1.5 content management system.
Online: December 1, 2007 Design: Djamil Anzlas Production: Maarten Jongmans Normal value: R8900 once off, R1400 annual * Site:www.sithappens.co.za
* including hosting, e-mail, domain, helpdesk, small adjustments.
Initialized and supported by several South African medical and international development organizations, BreastSens aims for prevention and awareness of breastcancer amongst poor black woman in rural areas of Southern Africa amidst overwhelming HIV / Aids focus. Site moderated by South African TV personality who is also victim and survivor of breastcancer and member of website production team. To ensure easy and low level access, popular artists have been linked to the project. Also the site has lots of interaction, is Web 2.0 enabled and has flashy effects embedded. Site maintenance is powered with latest Joomla 1.5! version including and integrated with CRM (with SMS services). Layout designed according "magazine" grid format for efficient and well-structured communication and information sharing. Also supported is the submission of monthly scheduled newsletters.
Online: October 12, 2007 Design: Cecile Navaronne, Markus Neuert, Tuni Mohan Production: Mandla Youngsman and Molebatsi Pooe-Shongwe Normal value: R7900 once off, R1900 annual * Site:www.breastsens.com
* including hosting, e-mail, domain, helpdesk, small adjustments.
This organisation required a strong identity and clear message boxes for news and events. The events are facilitated by an online calendar. No IT or professional webmaster was available for maintaining this website. Therefore key in the choice for Umphakatsi was the ease of adding new pages, maintaining the menu structure and inserting boxes left and right to emphasize certain events or summons. The design supports the identification of the home-land both in colors as the Victoria falls on left upper part.
Online: August 4th, 2007 Design: Nora Tapiwa and Mandla. Price for customer: R5900 once off, R1900 annual * Site: www.zimcsoforum.org
* including hosting, e-mail, domain, helpdesk, small adjustments.
Zimbabwean organisation monitoring, researching and reporting human rights violation in current Zimbabwe and related areas. The site informs current developments in a journalistic manner supported by video. Via this website the organization tries to establish contact with victims of the current Zimbabwean regime. To engage discussion an on line forum is implemented and visitors can leave comments on all content. The award nominated banner is designed by the Umphakatsi design team and symbols a white pigeon flying around fence hole with Zimbabwean country contour symbolism the peaceful intentions of Zimbabweans in exile awaiting return to their homestead. The site is engined by the Umphakatsi content management system. Online: April 14th, 2007 Design: Frank Munyaradzi and Tuni Mohan Production: Tawanda Hoven Price for customer: R5900 once off, R1900 annual * Site: www.zimexilesforum.org * including hosting, e-mail, domain, helpdesk, small adjustments.
caching. The annual fee is including full day standby support.
Africa for starting business in Africa.
management system.
Layout designed according "magazine" grid format for efficient and well-structured communication and information sharing. Also supported is the submission of monthly scheduled newsletters. 
