Web Design / Custom Admin Panel
Hotspot Cafe — Custom Site, Blog & Shop
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Hotspot Cafe outgrew their old template site. We rebuilt it from scratch on a custom PHP & MySQL stack — a real online shop, a blog with AdSense monetisation, live menu management, and a custom admin panel that hands the client full authority over every product, post and page.
The Challenge
A growing café brand that needed more than a template could offer.
- Old site was static — no shop, no blog, no way to self-manage content
- Menu updates meant calling a developer every time
- No path to monetise their growing food & lifestyle content
What We Did
A fully custom-built platform — no CMS plugins, no page builders.
- Custom PHP & MySQL admin panel built from scratch, not WordPress
- Full online shop for merchandise and products
- Built-in blog with Google AdSense integration for ad revenue
- Live menu management — client edits items, prices and photos instantly
- Complete authority in the admin panel — pages, shop, blog, menu, everything
The Result
A platform the client fully owns and runs — no developer required.
- Client manages shop, blog and menu entirely independently
- Blog now earns ad revenue via AdSense
- A genuinely custom platform, not a templated site with a new skin
Client
Hotspot Cafe
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