CHARBONNEL ET WALKER - GIFT FINDER PROTOTYPE
Recognition Design & Marketing Limited
recognitioncreative.com


WHAT THIS IS
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A clickable prototype of the proposed Gift Finder, referenced
at section 4.6 of the Growing Online Sales proposal and set out
in full in the accompanying design brief.

It is a working demonstration of the journey and the matching
logic, not a visual design and not production code. Product
names, prices and links are taken from the live charbonnel.co.uk
catalogue so the recommendations are realistic.


WHAT'S IN THE ZIP
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gift-finder/index.html    The prototype. One self-contained file.
gift-finder/.htaccess     Optional server settings (see below).
gift-finder/README.txt    This file.

There are no images, stylesheets or scripts to upload separately
- everything is inside index.html.


UPLOADING VIA CPANEL
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1.  Log in to cPanel and open File Manager.

2.  Navigate to public_html (or the document root of whichever
    domain or subdomain you want to use).

    IMPORTANT: do not extract this zip directly into public_html
    root without reading step 4 first.

3.  Click Upload, choose this zip file, and wait for it to finish.
    Then click "Go Back to..." to return to File Manager.

4.  Right-click the zip and choose Extract.

    The zip contains a folder called gift-finder, so extracting
    creates:

        public_html/gift-finder/index.html

    It will not overwrite your existing site index.html. If you
    would prefer a different folder name, rename the extracted
    folder afterwards - nothing inside depends on it.

5.  Delete the zip file from the server once extracted.

6.  Visit the URL in a browser:

        https://yourdomain.com/gift-finder/

    Because the file is named index.html, the trailing slash is
    enough - you do not need to type the filename.


USING A SUBDOMAIN INSTEAD
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If you would rather it sat at something like
demo.yourdomain.com, create the subdomain first in cPanel
(Domains > Create A New Domain), note the document root it
gives you, and upload there instead. The steps are otherwise
identical.


PASSWORD PROTECTION (RECOMMENDED)
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This is unreleased client work sitting on a public server. The
page carries a noindex tag so search engines should ignore it,
but that does not stop anyone who has the URL.

To lock it down properly:

    cPanel > Directory Privacy > select the gift-finder folder
    > tick "Password protect this directory" > add a user.

That takes about a minute and is the simplest reliable option.


ABOUT THE .HTACCESS FILE
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The included .htaccess adds a noindex header and a few sensible
defaults. It is optional - the prototype works without it.

Note that .htaccess is a hidden file. If you cannot see it in
File Manager after extracting, click Settings (top right) and
tick "Show Hidden Files (dotfiles)".

If your server throws a 500 error after uploading it, simply
delete it. Some shared hosting configurations do not permit the
directives it uses.


NOTES
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- Fonts load from Google Fonts, so the page needs an internet
  connection to look right. It stays perfectly usable without.

- The dark bar at the top is prototype scaffolding and would not
  appear in a live build. It includes a "Show design notes"
  toggle that reveals the reasoning behind each screen - useful
  for internal review, best switched off when demonstrating.

- Nothing is saved and no data leaves the browser. The email
  field and Add to Basket buttons are demonstrations only.

- Works in any current browser, desktop or mobile. It was
  designed mobile-first, so it is worth viewing on a phone.


QUESTIONS
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Recognition Design & Marketing Limited
The Design Studio, Buckland Manor Farm
Lymington, Hampshire SO41 8NN
01590 677064
recognitioncreative.com
