RH Corporation, a sister concern of Aziz Group, supplies the textile industry in Bangladesh with chemicals and dyes, machinery and auxiliaries, and services and spares, representing global brands such as CHT, M&R, SAATI and ITACA. Their website was static HTML and CSS: every new product, brand or event meant changing code. In 2022 we rebuilt the whole site in WordPress from their UI design, moved their content across, and trained their team, so RH Corporation's own staff now keep it up to date. It took one month with two people.
At a glance
- Client: RH Corporation, a sister concern of Aziz Group, Dhaka
- What we built: the entire corporate website in WordPress, from RH Corporation's UI design (web development)
- Replaced: a static HTML and CSS website
- Purpose: branding, product enquiries and the corporate website
- Timeline: 1 month, in 2022
- Team: a WordPress developer and a project manager
- After launch: RH Corporation's staff update the site themselves; we trained them
The challenge: a static site for a business that keeps growing
- No CMS. The old site was HTML and CSS only, so every change needed a developer.
- A lot to show. RH Corporation works across textile chemicals, dyes, printing, machinery, spares, ceramics, testing and training, for many international brands, and the list keeps changing.
- A site that has to sell. The website carries the brand and brings in product enquiries, so it needs to stay current.
A distributor's website is its catalogue. If adding a product means calling a developer, the catalogue falls behind the business.
What we built: the whole site, on WordPress
- The full corporate website, built in WordPress from the UI design RH Corporation already had
- Product ranges: chemicals and dyes (pretreatment, dyeing, finishing, coating, printing, digital print and more), machines and auxiliaries, services and spares, and ceramics
- The brands they represent, each with its own page
- Company pages: About, RH Lab (testing and training facilities), RH Green, Events and Contact
- A complete CMS, so the team can add and edit products, brands and events without code
Built around how a textile buyer looks for products
- Find by process. Chemicals and dyes are organised by textile process, from pretreatment to finishing, so a mill finds the right range quickly.
- Find by brand. Each global brand RH Corporation represents has its own page.
- One place to ask. Contact details for the Dhaka and Chattogram offices on every page, for product enquiries.
How we built it
From an existing design and existing content
RH Corporation came with their UI design ready. Our job was to build it, faithfully, in WordPress. The content came from their previous site, which we moved across, and a point of contact on their side sent every image and asset we needed on time.
Handing over a site they can run
A CMS only helps if people use it. We trained RH Corporation's staff to update the site, and they've kept it up to date themselves since.
What went right
Nothing on this project was hard, and that's the lesson. A ready design, content that already existed and a client contact who answered quickly meant two people could deliver the whole site in one month, on time.
The results
| Before | After |
|---|---|
| A static HTML and CSS website | A complete WordPress website with a CMS |
| Every change needed a developer | RH Corporation's staff update it themselves |
| Products and brands fixed in code | Product ranges, brands and events managed in the CMS |
Delivered in one month, on time, by a WordPress developer and a project manager.
What we'd do again
- Start from an agreed design. Building from RH Corporation's own UI design removed the back and forth.
- Reuse the content that exists. Moving the old site's content across saved weeks.
- Ask for one point of contact. One person on the client side for images and assets kept everything on schedule.
- Train the team before handover. A site the client can update stays current.
Frequently asked questions
Why move a company website from HTML to WordPress?
So the company can update it without a developer. RH Corporation's old site was static HTML and CSS; on WordPress, their own staff add and edit products, brands and events.
How long does it take to build a corporate website in WordPress?
RH Corporation's took one month, with a WordPress developer and a project manager. It helped that the UI design was ready and the content already existed on their old site.
What should a textile supplier's website include?
The product ranges, organised the way buyers look for them, the brands the company represents, company information, and a clear way to make an enquiry. RH Corporation's site covers chemicals and dyes by process, machinery, spares and services, ceramics, its lab, events and contact details.
Can a company update its own WordPress website?
Yes, with a little training. We trained RH Corporation's staff at handover, and they have updated the site themselves since.
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