La Barca Auto
smog and auto serviceA driver can see if the shop is open and call or text, in English or Spanish. The shop updates its own photos.
The headache
Most people looking for a smog check are already in the car. They want to know if the shop is open and how to reach it, and they want it in their own language. The site also lived on a hosted builder.
In the way: The shop's customers are split between English and Spanish.
What I built: The whole site runs in both languages, navigation included, and one tap switches between them.
In the way: A driver should not have to work out the hours.
What I built: The page says open or closed, worked out from the shop's real hours.
In the way: New photos should not need a developer.
What I built: The shop has its own photo manager and changes the pictures itself.
In the way: A site on a hosted builder is rented.
What I built: I moved it off the builder and onto its own hosting.
A family-run smog and auto shop in San Bernardino whose customers are split between English and Spanish, so the whole site runs in both, one tap apart. The pitch is speed, and the page is built to answer one question fast: can I drive in right now.
Up close
The look, and why
White, with a deep navy, #0c1c36, for every word and one blue, #1350d0, kept for the thing to press first: the call button. A smog check is a trust purchase more than a taste one, and a bright, plain page with the shop's own photograph on it reads as a place with nothing to hide. Everything is set in Manrope, heavy for the headline and regular below it, and a navy strip across the top says whether the shop is open and when it closes.
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