It's now month three of 2025, March to be exact and we are proud to announce that we've finally found a solution to deal with mobile and desktop navigation. One of the hardest problems with web application design is creating responsive design layouts that are user-friendly and offer a great user experiences. When this web application was built the map was raw and hard to use but we were committed to keep it for a few reasons:

1. Immediate Searching By Geo Location
2. One or Two Moves From Locating Hard To Find Auto Parts
3. Motivate Users To Engage Our Website Data

The main focus is getting users the power to make decisions quickly and we thought what better way than featuring rich information that a user cold without even clicking anything to find the data they are looking for. From there, if satisfied, with the information would naturally commit more to using the mobile or desktop application.

On the desktop we have mega menus with search filters that will take their search or exploration curiosity to the next level. If on mobile we have at least two places where users can use the almighty search feature to hone down what they are looking for.

So What Did We Upgrade With The Map?

One of the downsides to using a map is the free-flowing movement of the map, it has a way of trapping users and not letting them scroll the rest of the page. We finally added a locking mechanism near the toggle zoom in and zoom out buttons. It's simple and easy to use on both desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.

What's Next . . .

Looking Ahead: Auto Part Category Creation

This was a short update, but behind the scenes, we are making way on several major systems that power our web application. We are still laser-focused on building out 900 auto parts category pages and ensuring they’re populated with solid base data.

Stay tuned—we’ll be back with another update when we hit this milestone, with hard-to-find auto parts data ready to go! 🚀