Looks like we are becoming specialist for creation of off-road online stores. OK Auto had s strong online presence for years presenting themselves as a source for all of your automotive and off-road needs. It is always a challenge to decide to abandon existing website backend and move to a new platform, especially when you have a lot of content. OK Auto had this courage and moved to Magento & WordPress integration using advantages of both platforms to the maximum.
A little bit of OK Auto: Today, over 30 years later, OK Auto can be your main source for all of your automotive and off-road needs. With 22 employees who have worked here an average of 13 years, they have cumulative 267 years worth of industry experience! You can find them at the lovely place called Stewartsville in New Jersey, USA.
With standard features of an online store that fit into Magentos’ in-the-box feature list, they wanted News Article Manager, Image Gallery, Event Calendar, Shop by Vehicle Fit extension, and many more. After some consideration whether it is better to have everything in Magento or go worth WordPress integration, we decided to take the second route. Magento is getting better CMS features with every version, but it is still long way from WordPress. Check the website out at: http://ok4wd.com/
Let me be blunt: Magento development isn’t for the faint of heart. Magento development is extremely involved as its file structure and the way it functions is complex. Not to mention its extremely picky about the way things must be done. It’s very easy to be over your head in problems and confusion. The guys at Surgeworks/Inchoo not only knew what they were doing, but also helped keep the project moving when we dragged our feet. Everyone was professional, knowledgeable, and took great care in not only the website, but also our company as a whole. When we had crazy idea’s, they let us know if it were possible or if were about to build a sand castle in quick sand.
I cannot explain how grateful I am that we had such a group of knowledgeable developers working on our website. Over the past two years (I said we dragged our feet!), it seems like I can now fly out to Croatia, call my friends at Inchoo and grab a bite to eat. They are just that great as developers and as people. To be honest, I couldn’t see anyone else doing what they did. Looking back, we had some crazy request and features we wanted. They went beyond the call of duty as developers and as long as I’m in charge, no matter the company I work for at the time – these guys will be the first that I email.
James Henry, Website Project Leader, OK Auto
