A new update for LightingSALE.com is on its way. I have been working on this for a while. My goal is to recreate all the lighting images on the website to look more modern. I am also trying to develop an overall theme for the entire collection of our sites with emphasis on indoor lighting. So on a bigger scale, the theme could tie into all of our sites from Butler lighting to our exclusive Hinkley lighting site, HinkleyLight.com. I have spent a few weeks working off and on to remake each set of images.
The new design is pretty simple and works well with the lighting theme. Like the Hinkley site, I started my design with the center of the page – the banner. The banner is actually the biggest piece of the redesign because it involves animation. The banner actually displays different promotions and links to featured lighting products and manufacturers. Although the images are complete, I am still working on the banner effects such as fade and pause.
After creating some header graphics I moved on to other images such as the graphic for free shipping that is offered at ButlerLighting.com. I also had to make small changes to our LightingInsideOut lighting blog logo. Although I spent a lot of time on different pieces of our site the most important part was the body of our site. LightingSale.com’s main home page link is indoor lighting. Selecting the right image to represent the indoor lighting category was very time consuming. I finally settled on a Hinkley light. I picked the Hinkley 3508 which is a Tuscan black chandelier and am happy with how it looks on the home page.
The LightingSale redesign is still in progress and is not ready to be released. We are trying to focus on indoor lighting although we still offer outdoor lighting, fans, furniture and more.