Website Development
Scope of Work
A corporate website, dynamic content architecture, and custom administrative control panel built for NextGO Epi's technology, products, research, and industry presence.
Document Map
- 01 Project Overview
- 02 Front-End Website Development
- 03 Database Configuration
- 04 Administrative Control Panel (CMS)
- 05 Multilingual Website Support
- 06 Project Deliverables
- 07 Project Timeline
- 08 Expedited Development Schedule
- 09 Website Transfer & Project Handover
This scope of work describes the complete front-end website, database architecture, and custom administrative control panel to be delivered for the NextGO Epi corporate website, along with the project timeline and handover process.
Project Overview
What the new NextGO Epi website is, and the experience it is designed to deliver.
Project Overview
The new NextGO Epi website will consist of a modern, responsive front-facing website designed to showcase the company's technology, products, research, and industry presence. The primary user experience will revolve around a single immersive homepage containing dedicated content sections that introduce each area of the company. Visitors can then navigate to dedicated pages for more detailed information.
The project also includes the development of a custom Content Management System (CMS) allowing NextGO Epi administrators to independently manage products, news, research publications, and event information without requiring future development assistance.
Front-End Website Development
The single-page homepage experience, its twelve sections, and the dedicated pages each one leads to.
Homepage (Single Page Experience)
The homepage serves as the primary marketing experience and contains the following sections:
01 Hero Section
- Company introduction
- Mission statement
- Primary Call-to-Action
- Animated visual background
02 Company Overview
- Company Story
- About NextGO Epi
- Technology Overview
- Industry Positioning
03 Our Technology
- MOCVD Process
- AI Production System
- Device Demonstrations
- Technical Highlights
04 Leadership & Founding Team
- Executive Profiles
- Company History
- Scientific Background
05 Industry Partners
- Partner Logos
- Collaboration Showcase
06 Why Gallium Oxide
- Educational Overview
- Four Interactive Technology Advantages
- Supporting Graphics & Visualizations
07 Featured Products Preview
Homepage widget displaying featured products. Includes:
- Featured Product Cards
- Quick Specifications
- "View All Products" Navigation
08 Latest News Preview
Homepage widget displaying recent announcements. Includes:
- Recent Articles
- Featured News
- Read More Links
09 Featured Research Preview
Homepage widget displaying recent publications. Includes:
- Research Paper Cards
- DOI Links
- Publication Preview
10 Upcoming Events Preview
Homepage widget displaying upcoming conferences and exhibitions. Includes:
- Calendar Preview
- Upcoming Events
- View Event Details
11 Contact Section
- Contact Information
- Email CTA
- Inquiry Button
- Location Information
12 Global Components
- Responsive Navigation
- Sticky Header
- Footer
- Privacy Policy
- Impressum
- Language Toggle (English / Mandarin)
- Mobile Navigation
- Search Engine Optimization
- Responsive Design
Dedicated Website Pages
Each homepage widget redirects users to a dedicated content section.
Dynamic product catalog featuring approximately seven products. Features include:
- Product Listing
- Individual Product Pages
- Technical Specifications
- Product Images
- Expandable Information
- Future Scalability for Additional Products
Database-driven news center. Features include:
- News Listing
- Individual Articles
- Featured Images
- Rich Text Formatting
- Categories
- Search Engine Metadata
Publication library. Features include:
- Research Listings
- DOI Links
- Citation Information
- External Publication Links
Dynamic event calendar. Features include:
- Event Listings
- Calendar View
- Conference Information
- Event Details
- External Registration Links
Database Configuration
The content stores that make products, news, research, and events fully database-driven — and the system-level configuration underneath them.
Database Configuration
The following content will be fully database-driven to allow future growth without requiring website redevelopment.
- Product Information
- Specifications
- Images
- Categories
- Display Order
- Articles
- Featured Images
- Publish Dates
- Categories
- SEO Metadata
- Research Titles
- Authors
- Publication References
- DOI Links
- Categories
- Event Information
- Dates
- Locations
- Conference Type
- External Links
- Booth Information
System Configuration
Additional database configuration includes:
- Media Library
- Website Settings
- User Authentication
- Language Configuration
- Administrative Permissions
Administrative Control Panel
(CMS)
A custom administrative dashboard allowing authorized users to manage website content without modifying website code.
Administrative Control Panel (CMS)
A custom administrative dashboard will be developed, allowing authorized users to manage website content without modifying website code.
- Website Overview
- Quick Access Navigation
- Administrative Summary
- Add Products
- Edit Products
- Remove Products
- Upload Images
- Edit Specifications
- Control Display Order
- Create Articles
- Edit Articles
- Draft Publishing
- Featured Images
- Publish Scheduling
- Add Publications
- Edit Publications
- DOI Management
- External Links
- Create Events
- Edit Events
- Calendar Management
- Conference Information
- External Registration Links
- Upload Images
- Organize Media
- Replace Assets
- Administrator Accounts
- User Permissions
- Login Security
- Company Information
- Contact Information
- Footer Settings
- SEO Defaults
- Language Configuration
Multilingual Website
Support
English / Mandarin. Two paths for a bilingual site — a fast third-party translation layer for launch, and a fully custom localization platform for teams that need complete control.
Two Implementation Paths
The website has been architected to support multiple languages. There are two implementation approaches available depending on NextGO Epi's long-term goals.
A custom translation management system built directly into the website and administrative control panel. Every piece of content is stored, managed, and served in multiple languages from the website's own database, rather than through an outside service.
A third-party translation platform such as Weglot, Crowdin, or GTranslate. Faster to implement, lower up-front cost, and lower ongoing maintenance, in exchange for a recurring subscription and reliance on an external service.
The current proposal and timeline assume delivery of the agreed-upon English-language website and CMS, using a third-party translation platform to enable Mandarin support at launch. Option A remains available as a future enhancement, detailed later in this chapter.
Translation Platform Comparison
A side-by-side look at the three leading third-party translation platforms considered for Option B.
| Feature | GTranslate | Weglot | Crowdin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | ~$20 / month | ~$39 / month | ~$59 / month (team plans vary) |
| Machine translation | Yes | Yes | Uses DeepL, Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, and others |
| Human translation support | Limited | Yes | Excellent |
| Auto-detects new content | Yes | Yes | Via workflow / API |
| React compatibility | Basic | Excellent | Excellent |
| Database content support | Partial | Excellent | Requires integration |
| SEO friendly | Premium plans | Excellent | Excellent |
| Language switcher included | Yes | Yes | Custom implementation |
| CMS integration | Moderate | Excellent | Excellent |
| Translation editing interface | Basic | Excellent | Industry-leading |
| Best for | Small websites | Business websites | Enterprise localization |
| Ongoing maintenance | Very low | Low | Moderate |
| Developer setup | Low | Low – medium | Medium – high |
Recommendation
For the current scope of the NextGO Epi project, Weglot provides the best balance between implementation time, translation quality, SEO, and long-term maintainability. This solution allows the project to remain within the proposed development timeline while providing professional multilingual functionality.
- Automatic translation of static and dynamic content
- Supports React and CMS/database-driven content
- Built-in translation editor
- Excellent multilingual SEO
- Auto-detects newly published content
- Minimal development overhead
- Allows manual correction of machine translations
Rather than simply translating webpages, Crowdin manages translation workflows for software projects. It requires considerably more configuration and development effort, making it more appropriate for larger software products than a corporate marketing website.
- Best suited to large software products
- Supports professional translators
- Excellent version control and translation memory
- AI-assisted translation and developer workflows
GTranslate offers the quickest implementation and lowest monthly cost, in exchange for less control and flexibility.
- Very fast deployment
- Automatic translation
- Minimal setup, low recurring cost
- Less control over translations
- Fewer editing capabilities
- Reduced flexibility versus Weglot
- SEO features vary by subscription level
Custom Translation Framework — Option A
As an alternative to a third-party service, NextGO Epi may elect to implement a completely custom multilingual management system — a fully integrated framework built into the website and CMS, rather than a hosted layer on top of it.
Development scope
- Custom internationalization framework (React + i18next)
- Custom language provider
- Language detection and dynamic switching
- Dynamic routing for multilingual pages
- Translation routing and middleware
- Language-aware APIs
- Database localization architecture
- Administrative translation interface
- Localized URLs (optional)
- SEO language metadata / configuration
- Language persistence
- Fallback language handling
Database integration
Every database-driven module requires additional multilingual support:
- Homepage content
- Products
- News
- Research Papers
- Events
- Navigation
- Footer
- Website Settings
Administrative workflow
Whenever content is created or updated, the system must:
- Save the original language, then generate or retrieve translated content
- Store each language version independently
- Validate translation completeness and keep records in sync
- Display the correct language version to each visitor
Quality assurance
Because multilingual support affects nearly every public-facing page and CMS module, additional testing is required across:
- Language switching
- Database synchronization
- Navigation & responsive layouts
- Character encoding / rendering
- Mobile compatibility
- Search engine indexing / SEO metadata
- Translation accuracy
- Fallback language behavior
- Administrative workflows
- Database update triggers & publishing workflows
A fully custom multilingual framework typically increases project scope by 20–40%, due to the additional application architecture, database engineering, interface development, integration, and quality assurance required.
Developer's Recommendation
A custom React / i18next implementation isn't just "adding translations" — it's building a localization platform. Every database table needs language-aware fields or related translation tables, every API endpoint needs to become locale-aware, and every component has to consume translations. The admin panel needs its own interfaces for managing translations or triggering AI translation, along with caching, fallback logic, error handling, and synchronization whenever content changes. Every page then requires additional QA in each supported language, including layout testing for text expansion, mobile responsiveness, and navigation. That is why multilingual support can easily add 20–40% more engineering effort to a CMS project.
For a startup like NextGO Epi, I'd recommend launching with the English site first — using a service like Weglot to bring Mandarin online at the same time — and treating a fully custom framework (Option A) as a Phase 2 undertaking. It gets NextGO Epi online by August 1, keeps the CMS manageable, and preserves the flexibility to migrate to a fully custom multilingual system later if complete control over translations and SEO becomes a priority. That balances cost, timeline, and future scalability.
Project impact
The current proposal and timeline assume delivery of the agreed-upon English-language website and CMS, launched alongside a third-party translation platform (recommended: Weglot) to support Mandarin from day one. Should NextGO Epi elect to implement a fully custom multilingual management system instead (Option A), the project scope expands considerably due to the additional front-end, back-end, database, and administrative development required. That work would be quoted as a separate project phase or change order, with a revised development schedule to account for implementation and comprehensive quality assurance testing.
Project Deliverables
What NextGO Epi receives upon completion of the project.
Project Deliverables
Upon completion, NextGO Epi will receive:
- Fully responsive corporate website
- Modern animated homepage
- Dedicated Products section
- Dedicated News section
- Dedicated Research Library
- Dedicated Events Calendar
- Database configuration
- Custom Administrative Control Panel
- Mobile optimization
- Search engine optimization foundation
- Language support framework
- Future scalability for additional content
Project Timeline
A phased approach: the public website launches first, with the administrative control panel following.
Project Timeline
The completed front-facing website will include all agreed-upon public features and functionality, including:
- Homepage
- Products
- News
- Research Papers
- Events
- Contact
- Responsive design
- Animations and interactions
- Database integration for dynamic content
This milestone represents the agreed-upon deliverable and allows the website to be publicly launched while administrative features continue through final development.
Development of the custom Content Management System (CMS) will continue following the public website launch.
The administrative portal includes custom dashboards, database management tools, media management, authentication, and content editing capabilities.
This phased approach allows NextGO Epi to establish its online presence as quickly as possible while ensuring the administrative system receives the additional development and testing time required.
Expedited Development
Schedule
Why the timeline is accelerated, and what that acceleration requires.
Expedited Development Schedule
A project of this scope would typically require approximately six weeks to complete under a standard development timeline.
To accommodate the requested launch schedule, development has been accelerated to deliver the complete public-facing website by August 1, 2026. This expedited schedule requires increased development resources, extended work hours, and parallel production workflows, and is reflected in the project pricing.
The Administrative Control Panel (CMS) will continue to be finalized after the public launch and will be completed within the standard six-week development window.
Website Transfer &
Project Handover
What happens once the final project payment is received, and what continues afterward.
Website Transfer & Project Handover
Upon receipt of the final project payment, ownership of the completed website and all associated project deliverables will be transferred to NextGO Epi.
The handover process includes
- Deployment to the client's hosting environment (or assistance configuring a new hosting provider)
- Transfer of website source files and production build
- Database export and import (if applicable)
- Configuration of the production environment
- Domain connection and DNS assistance (if required)
- Transfer of all website assets, including images, documents, and media provided for the project
- Delivery of administrative login credentials
- Basic post-launch verification to confirm successful deployment
Following project handover and acceptance, ongoing maintenance, future enhancements, feature requests, and technical support will be considered separate services unless otherwise specified under a maintenance or support agreement.
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Pricing for each of the four development systems outlined in this proposal — Strategy & Architecture, Design System, Engineering, and Launch — is broken out in the companion Project Investment document.
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