Flamingo Marine is a startup that designs and builds modern electric boats. They needed a new website that was both easy to update and flexible in layout. To make that happen, they chose Orchard Core as the CMS and brought us in to build a modular, widget-based solution.

Bryan, our main contact, picked Lombiq based on our deep expertise with Orchard Core, our track record of delivering high-quality work on time and on budget, and his previous positive experience working with us at other companies (see our previous case study about one of these).

While we typically work on more complex platforms and portals, this project was a great opportunity to put Orchard Core’s CMS capabilities to use in a simple but design-focused way. For us, it was a chance to show how Orchard Core can be used not just for enterprise-level platforms but also for clean, lightweight sites that don’t compromise on flexibility or maintainability.

Even with a smaller scope, the UI came with some unique challenges: for example, a “hero” section where the background remains fixed, and the content scrolls upward until it locks into place, then the page continues. Another challenge was the dual-slider carousel, where images and text move independently but stay visually in sync. This was implemented using synced Slick sliders, backed by our own reusable UI components. Beyond those, we built several custom widgets to make content editing easier for the client: team member cards with popup bios, call-to-action buttons, and media blocks that can be quickly reused or reconfigured in the CMS.

To support the build, we relied heavily on our open-source modules, including:

• Lombiq Helpful Extensions – for common content types like Pages and AdditionalStylingPart to inject utility CSS classes to widgets.
• Lombiq Helpful Libraries – for various extension methods and helper utilities used throughout the codebase.
• Lombiq Node.js Extensions – for automating compiling .scss assets to CSS.
• Lombiq Base Theme – as the base theme for the site.
• Lombiq UI Kit – used for the carousel component based on Slick.
• Lombiq GitHub Actions – used to build and test the codebase in CI and manage deployment workflows.
• Lombiq UI Testing Toolbox – for automated UI testing, HTML validation, accessibility checks, and backend/frontend log inspection.

Bryan also took part in the development. We laid the groundwork and implemented the initial set of widgets. After that, Bryan began adding new ones, learning our development approach along the way. Once we completed our scope, he continued building out the site further.

We also closely supported the client during the production rollout. Based on our experience managing Azure-based Orchard Core deployments, we helped configure their hosting environment, assisted with domain setup, and set up Cloudflare, including its origin certificate, proxy settings, and DNS rules. We also ensured that the application’s production slot was correctly mapped, availability tests were in place to alert if anything goes wrong in production, and everything was ready for launch. This hands-on support made it easier for Bryan and his team to take over confidently after the handoff.

“The Flamingo Marine website is now the third time I will have had the joy of working with Lombiq. When it comes to site build-outs, effectiveness, and efficiency Lombiq is always my first choice. I knew going in that we would be using Orchard Core as our base, mainly due to its flexibility and ease of development, and wanted to build a site that not only was a solid and entertaining front end experience but was easy for our internal teams to update quickly. I knew from experience that we could benefit greatly from the platform knowledge and understanding of customers that the Lombiq team is highly effective at. And what can I say, Lombiq definitely delivered.”

Need a CMS that’s flexible, easy to maintain, and won’t slow you down when your site grows? Get in touch with us.