Campus Vortex City Guide

Campus Vortex, a Craigslist-done-well classifieds site for college campuses, wanted to move into restaurant listings. Their vision was to allow students to quickly and easily search local restaurants by distance, price, cuisine, and even whether they are currently open or delivering.

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Premium accounts and online payment

Vestal Design responded within two months, building out the existing site with a new design that meshes well with the original branding. A credit card payment system allows restaurant owners to buy an account, and to upload a logo, post specials, upload a PDF menu, and more.

Mitigating a data entry nightmare

One of the client’s main considerations was data entry — Vestal helped modularize and simplify the system to meet the gargantuan task of gathering a mountain of data on each restaurant.

Community tools and API integration

Finally, Vestal drew upon it’s extensive experience with and community building tools and web service APIs to implement a Facebook sharing link and a Google mapping feature (showing a map of every restaurant). Watch out as Campus Vortex rolls out to cover an ever-growing number of campuses!