Three-Language Storefront
Every page exists in English, Bahasa Malaysia and Simplified Chinese, with a language switcher and Chinese fonts swapped in automatically.
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Case study
Afterglow
Candle shop
A three-language candle shop with a bag, order form and custom-candle requests, backed by a private admin panel for orders, events and stock.
Sector
Handmade scented candles, Kuala Lumpur
Scope
Shop site, ordering & admin panel
Projects like this
From RM 5,000
Typically RM 5,000 to RM 7,000
The brief
A candle shop that takes orders, in three languages
Afterglow hand-pours custom scented candles in Kuala Lumpur. The brand needed a shop that felt as soft and giftable as the candles, in English, Bahasa Malaysia and Simplified Chinese.
Behind the storefront it needed a real back office: orders and custom-candle requests landing in one place, pop-up stall dates to publish, and stock counts for both finished candles and raw materials.
What we shipped
A storefront with a real back office.
Bag, Order Form and Custom Requests
Shoppers fill a bag and place an order, or ask for a custom label and scent strength. Orders are saved to the shop database, then confirmed over WhatsApp, where payment is arranged: the site takes no money online.
Scent Quiz and Product Motion
A four-question quiz suggests a scent family, and each candle can be turned by drag or arrow keys. Animations switch off under reduced-motion settings.
Private Admin Panel with 2FA
The owner signs in with a password and an authenticator code. The panel is never exposed on the public site, and every change is written to an audit log.
Stock and Materials Tracking
Candle stock, wax and fragrance materials, recipes and production runs, with low-stock warnings. Counts only change through checked database functions.
Orders, Requests and Events Inbox
Orders, custom-candle requests and upcoming pop-up stalls are managed from one panel, and published events appear on the shop automatically.
In the browser
Soft on the outside, strict underneath.
velasbyafterglow.com/shop.html
velasbyafterglow.com/product.html?id=p1
velasbyafterglow.com
Stack & approach
Light front, careful back.
27
Pages (9 per language)
3
Languages
8
Candles in the catalogue
109
Backend test functions
Plain HTML, CSS, JS
A no-build storefront: 27 pages, all imagery drawn in SVG and CSS, no external image hosts.
FastAPI
Separate public and admin apps, so admin routes can never be reached from the shop.
PostgreSQL
Versioned migrations, a live replica and connection pooling, with the app running under a restricted database role.
Security
Strict content security policy, hashed passwords, encrypted 2FA secrets, login lockout and an audit trail.
Testing
109 backend test functions plus a browser check that runs across all 27 pages.
Build with us
Want a shop that takes orders, not just likes?
A shop of this scope (three languages, ordering, admin panel and stock) starts from RM 5,000. Tell us what you sell and how orders reach you today, and we will quote the right build.