SugarFactory.com: World Famous Restaurant, 25 Locations

The SugarFactory world famous restaurant are known for their celebrity endorsed Couture Pops, and designer accessory in pop culture. Those pops have been endorsed by big names like Kylie, Britney, Drake, Kim Kardashian, and more! Their menu features amazing foods and artistic drinks. With over 25 world wide locations, SugarFactory is a household name amongst the cultural elite! Locations are in the most cosmopolitan cities in the world, like: Las Vegas, New York City, Bahrain, Manilla, Miami, Dubai, Chicago, and Orlando.

Chris elevated this world famous restaurant brand by implementing a new design for the site. Part of the new design was individual location pages, each managed by their location. Integrations with popular plugins and third-party apis, like OpenTable, were implemented by hand, before ready-made solutions existed for them. Chris also ensured 99.9% uptime and under 2 second page load speeds.

Logo for the world famous restaurant, Sugar Factory!

Highlights from Services Provided for World Famous Restaurant

Development & Implementation

  • Collaborated on a design with SugarFactory’s vision in mind
  • Created online presence by implementing their first website
  • Theme creation, setup, and admin tools
  • Celebrity photo-gallery page logic
  • Implemented uncommon, but effective, SEO markup to improve search rankings
  • Highlighted each location with a dedicated page and editing tools
  • many, many more features

Maintenance

  • Bi-monthly updates and improvements
  • Iterative improvements on site speed
  • 1-minute granularity backups and recoveries
  • Hosting setup and management
  • Third-party service replacements and improvements

Security

  • Comprehensive WordPress security analysis & report
  • Server & Services setup and routine auditing
  • Password policy creation & enforcement
  • Firewall level client blocking
  • Round the clock security monitoring
  • HTTPS setup and maintenance

Custom Themes & Plugins

  • Completely custom, high-availability tuned theme
  • Admin improvements for staff efficiency
  • Caching & security plugins
  • Admin tools to control locations and celebrity gallery pages
  • Site organization and optimization plugins

Hosting Setup

  • Initial setup of hosting & ongoing account management
  • Evaluation of hosting costs
  • AWS management
  • Integration of CloudFlare & interaction with CloudFlare API