Kamehameha Shopping Center
Kamehameha Shopping Center (KSC) is a long-standing neighborhood plaza in Honolulu, serving the community with food spots, retail stores, and essential services. After their old website went offline, they needed a fast, modern, mobile-ready site to restore their online presence and support merchants.
Client
Patrick Ahler
The Goal:
Restore Kamehameha Shopping Center’s online presence quickly with a modern, mobile-first website that made it easy for visitors to browse merchants, find store hours, and access services. The client needed a fast solution to replace a defunct site while supporting future expansion and community engagement.
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The Challenge:
The project came with a few real-world curveballs: • Tight Deadline: A fully functional MVP was needed in under 2 weeks due to downtime. • Limited Content: Many merchant details were outdated, inconsistent, or missing altogether. • Mobile Bugs: iOS Safari overflow issues required debugging to ensure seamless mobile UX. • API Limitations: Constant Contact newsletter integration lacked open API access. • Scope Drift: The merchant directory logic changed mid-project, requiring CMS adaptability.
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The Result
Despite tight constraints, the final site delivered on every front: • A fully responsive Framer website was launched in just 2 weeks. • Built a robust merchant CMS, with category filters and scalable structure. • Delivered pixel-perfect responsiveness across Android & iOS devices. • Created fallback UX for newsletter/contact forms to handle API limits. • Validated MVP with client pausing onboarding post-launch to reorganize—confirming site’s success as a foundational rebuild. The project proved that even under pressure, design + strategy + speed can lead to a high-impact outcome. It also reinforced the power of scalable CMS setups and pre-planning for API limitations.
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