Selling Cakes Online: A Web Design For Managing a Cake Shop Online

In recent decades, the rapidly increasing expansion of science and technology has been widely represented through online businesses. In particular, information technology, which includes the use of digital technologies in business fields, has tremendously improved and developed. The use of management and profitability through an online website instead of manual management and purchasing in small or large enterprises is extremely beneficial to entrepreneurs. Online shopping has widely deployed as a business framework, promoting a website in terms of using an open-source platform, customers could purchase products without having to physically visit a store. The main objective of this research project was to construct a website that included engagement in conversations and solutions regarding appropriate platforms that connect with social media in a family business, selling and managing a cake shop. There were two parts that consisted of the thesis: the theoretical part and the implementation part. The theoretical discussion about open-source platforms and businesses is influenced by e-commerce websites. The implementation part focuses on the installation progress and website construction with module functionality deployments. The commissioner intended to promote her business to a bigger level, from a Facebook fan page to a website. The outcome of this thesis was a functional website for Honi Cake88's business. Both installation as well as construction of an e-commerce platform to perform online shopping operations will be presented in this thesis, based on the working experience with the PrestaShop platform. A website as well as its functionalities are included and demonstrated as an example in this thesis