A website for 'GoPeterborough'. Designed for Element 011 of The Mobile Web (Level 5) module of the BSc (Hons) Computing and Information Systems course. Designed with a mobile-first approach.
GoPeterborough is a website that allows people coming to Peterborough to get access to local information that might be of interest to them.
The following device level APIs have been implemented to allow further interaction with the site.
The device's location is obtained to provide better suggestions to the user.
It's possible to place phone calls directly from the browser to allow users to contact certain vendors and activity providers to enable better ease of use.
A number of APIs will be included within this website in order to add extra functionality.
A forecast and historical weather data API. This website is Powered by DarkSky
DarkSky is no longer open for registration, and will not be supported after December 2021.
An API from Zomato - the restaurant aggregator. Provides access to information about over 1.5 million restaurants across 10,000 cities globally.
A free online web mapping service. The API provides multiple tools such as mapping, geocoding, directions, search, search ahead, static map, traffic, data manager, nominatim, and elevation.
An API to obtain details about upcoming concerts, shows and events in Peterborough.
There are a few plugins that enable increased usability on this site, these are listed below:
- Slick - a jQuery based plugin to enable image carousels/slideshows
Below is a list of web fonts used within the website:
- Righteous (Google Fonts)
- Quicksand (Google Fonts)
- Weather Icons - A webfont that provides a number of different meteorological icons to supplement the weather widget.
- FontAwesome - A webfont with a massive range of symbols and icons.