Seamless Redaxo Development for a Swiss Local Café
Client: Café Brändle
Platform: Redaxo CMS
Industry: Local Swiss café
Project Overview
The objective was to deliver a sleek, SEO-friendly, and high-performance website that conveyed the café’s personality while ensuring fast load times, mobile responsiveness, and ease of content management.
Technology Stack
The project was created with the following technology:
- REDAXO CMS – Content Management System
- PHP & MySQL – Backend stack
- Massif Minify Add-on – Performance optimization
- CDN Integration – For asset delivery and speed
PHP – Backend
Challenges & Solutions
Reusable Modular Architecture
- To ensure flexibility and future scalability, we built modular, reusable templates and components within Redaxo.
- This architecture allows editors to easily create or update pages with consistent design and layout, reducing maintenance efforts.
SEO-Friendly Architecture
To ensure high search visibility, we integrated custom metadata fields (title, description, keywords) into the backend, and used SEO-friendly URL structures.
Lazy Loading for Performance
The site uses lazy loading to improve user experience and reduce initial load time, especially on image-heavy pages. This ensures that media content loads only when visible in the viewport, resulting in smoother browsing.
CDN for Static Asset Delivery
- Static content such as images, JavaScript, and style sheets is served through a Content Delivery Network (CDN).
- This reduces server load, enhances page speed, and ensures a consistent experience across different geographic locations.
Massif Minify Addon for Code Efficiency
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Minify and bundle CSS/JS/SCSS files
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Use cache-busting version strings
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Automatically compile updated files
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Integrate SCSS and dynamic JS with PHP
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Improved Lighthouse and Core Web Vitals scores
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Faster page loading
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Enhanced SEO performance
Multi-Purpose Modules for Editor Efficiency
We engineered each Redaxo module to support multiple content use-cases, reducing the total number of modules and simplifying backend management. The admin UI is intuitive, making updates quick and stress-free for non-technical users.
WebP Image Support with Fallback
To improve loading speed without sacrificing compatibility, we integrated WebP image support with automatic fallback to JPEG/PNG. This ensures that all visitors – regardless of browser – enjoy optimized visuals.
Why Choose Soft Solutions4U for Redaxo Projects?
Our Capabilities:
- Redaxo CMS implementation & custom module development
- On-page SEO setup with editable metadata
- CDN & lazy loading for performance optimization
- Massif Minify integration for clean, efficient code
- WebP fallback integration for media optimization
“The quality of the work was better than we expected.” - Feedback from the CTO of SwissAgency to Rene Haflinger (Klarplan AG)
“The quality of the work was better than we expected.”
- Feedback from the CTO of SwissAgency to Rene Haflinger (Klarplan AG) 
