Overview
Lentiful is a life sciences awards and events organisation that needed a digital home for its awards ceremony, conference programme, and sponsorship opportunities. The site needed to serve two distinct audiences simultaneously: attendees looking for event details and programme information, and sponsors evaluating partnership and brand exposure opportunities.
They came to Figmafy with a complete Figma design and a firm deadline tied to the event calendar.
The challenge
Awards and events sites face a specific set of UX pressures. Attendees arrive with a short attention span and a specific question — when, where, how to register. Sponsors arrive with a commercial lens — what visibility do they get, what tiers are available, who else is involved. Both audiences need to find their answer immediately, or they leave.
The build had to handle:
- Intuitive navigation that guided both attendees and sponsors to the right information without confusion
- Clear calls to action for registration and sponsorship enquiries, placed where each audience would naturally look
- Sponsor sections with dedicated space for logos, tier descriptions, and partnership details
- A custom thumbnail gallery slider with "view more" functionality for event photography and highlights
- A tailored popup feature implemented with custom code for announcements or lead capture
- Full responsive design so the site worked cleanly on mobile, tablet, and desktop
The gallery slider was the most technically involved element — the requirement was a thumbnail strip with a "view more" toggle, smooth transitions, and consistent behaviour across devices. We implemented this with custom code rather than a plugin to keep the codebase clean and avoid dependency bloat.
Our solution
We built the site on WordPress using Elementor as the primary page-building layer, supplemented with custom code for the features that Elementor alone couldn't deliver cleanly.
- Design audit and structure planning. We reviewed the full Figma design and mapped each section to the appropriate build approach — Elementor widgets for standard layout sections, Custom Post Type UI for structured repeating content, and custom code for the gallery slider and popup.
- WordPress and Elementor build. We built all primary sections — event information, schedule, speaker listings, sponsor tiers, and registration CTAs — inside Elementor with a clean, consistent design system matched to the Figma. Responsive optimisation was applied at every major breakpoint.
- Custom gallery slider. We coded the thumbnail gallery slider from scratch: a responsive image grid with a "view more" toggle that expands the gallery without a page reload, and smooth transitions that felt native rather than plugin-generated.
- Custom popup feature. We implemented a tailored popup with custom code for announcements and calls to action, with controls for display timing and dismissal that the client team could adjust without a developer.
- Sponsor section build. We created structured sponsor spaces with logo placements, tier labels, and sponsorship enquiry CTAs clearly separated by package level.
- Responsive QA. We tested every section across mobile, tablet, and desktop to confirm smooth navigation and correct layout at every viewport width.
Technologies used
- WordPress — CMS and site foundation
- Elementor — page layout and design system
- Custom Post Type UI — structured content types for repeating sections
- Custom code — gallery slider with "view more" functionality and tailored popup feature
- Responsive design optimised across all device sizes
Results
The site launched within the 2.5-week timeline, giving Lentiful a polished, fully responsive platform ready for the awards and conference cycle. Attendees can navigate to event details and registration in seconds. Sponsors have dedicated, clearly structured sections that communicate the value of each partnership tier. The custom gallery slider and popup feature both work smoothly across all devices without plugin dependencies.
The platform now serves as the central digital hub for the awards and conference — engaging for attendees, commercially clear for sponsors, and fully maintained by the Lentiful team.
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