🍯 Honey Treasures

Modern, secure and mobile E-Commerce system for small apiaries

Project Overview

Honey Treasures is a full-featured E-Commerce web system for family beekeeping businesses. The application enables customers to order honey products online and provides comprehensive management for the family business.

✅ Production System

Live & Active: https://honey-treasures.com

Not a demo project – This is a real production system actively used by a family beekeeping business for daily operations, order processing, and inventory management.

Status

Live & Productive

Fully functional

Target Audience

Small Apiaries

Family businesses

Languages

German ✅

Hungarian 🔄 (in development)

Case Study

Problem

A small family beekeeping business needed a way to sell honey products online without relying on third-party platforms. The system had to handle:

  • Product catalog with multiple honey varieties and container sizes
  • Inventory management with automatic stock tracking
  • Order processing and customer notifications
  • Admin interface for non-technical users
  • Secure payment handling (manual processing)

Solution

Built a custom E-Commerce system with:

  • System Architecture: Django MVT architecture with custom admin system, role-based access control, and analytics dashboard
  • Automation: Automatic inventory updates, email notifications, order status tracking, and shortage warnings
  • User Experience: Mobile-first responsive design, intuitive shopping cart with volume discounts, and streamlined checkout process
  • Business Logic: Flexible product management, multi-language support (German/Hungarian), and comprehensive reporting

My Responsibilities

  • Design: Complete UI/UX design with mobile optimization and accessibility considerations
  • Backend: Django application architecture, database design, business logic implementation, and API development
  • Deployment: Production server setup (Nginx + Gunicorn), SSL/TLS configuration, backup strategies, and monitoring
  • Security: CSRF/XSS protection, SQL injection prevention, GDPR compliance, and secure authentication

Status

Production System – Actively processing orders, managing inventory, and serving customers since deployment. Regular maintenance and feature updates based on real-world usage feedback.

E-Commerce Features

🛍️

Product Catalog

Comprehensive honey products from the family apiary with detailed descriptions, categorization, and availability display.

🛒

Smart Shopping Cart

Volume discounts from 7kg, automatic price calculation, and clear order overview.

💳

Payment Methods

Bank transfer, cash payment, PayPal (all manually processed). Stripe integration in development.

📦

Inventory Management

Automatic stock management with shortage warnings and bucket shortage notifications.

📧

Email System

Automatic notifications to customers and family business with HTML templates.

📱

Mobile Optimization

Touch-optimized user interface for all screen sizes with mobile-first design.

Advanced Admin Functions

Product Management

Manage honey varieties, bucket sizes, categories for family business

Order Management

Comprehensive overview and status management for family business

Analytics Dashboard

Real-time monitoring with interactive charts and reports

Role Management

Granular user permissions with 5 different admin roles

Order Process

1

Product Selection

Customer selects honey products and quantities from the comprehensive catalog.

2

Shopping Cart

Smart discount logic from 7kg honey with automatic price calculation.

3

Checkout

Comprehensive input validation (email, phone, address) and payment selection.

4

Order Confirmation

Automatic emails to customer and family business, inventory management updates automatically.

Technology Stack

Backend

  • Python: 3.11+
  • Django: 5.x with MVT architecture
  • django-modeltranslation: Multilingual data models
  • Database: SQLite (easily portable to PostgreSQL/MySQL)
  • Custom Admin System: Role-based user management with analytics

Frontend

  • HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript: Modern web standards
  • Mobile-First CSS: Responsive design with media queries
  • Touch Optimizations: Larger touch targets, touch feedback, iOS zoom prevention
  • Vanilla JavaScript: Interactive features without frameworks

Deployment

  • Nginx + Gunicorn: Production server setup
  • Let's Encrypt: SSL/TLS certificates
  • Raspberry Pi: Server hosting
  • Backup Strategy: Automated daily backups

Security

  • Web Security: CSRF, XSS protection, SQL injection protection
  • SSL/TLS: Full HTTPS encryption
  • GDPR Compliance: Comprehensive privacy policy
  • Monitoring: Comprehensive logging and security tracking

Architecture Overview

The system follows Django's MVT (Model-View-Template) architecture with a custom admin layer:

  • Models: Product catalog, orders, customers, inventory with automatic stock management
  • Views: RESTful request handling, business logic separation, transaction-safe operations
  • Templates: Reusable components, multilingual support, mobile-optimized layouts
  • Admin System: Custom role-based access control (5 admin roles), analytics dashboard, bulk operations
  • Middleware: Maintenance mode, permission checks, request logging

Security Implementation

Authentication & Authorization

Django's built-in authentication system with custom role-based permissions. Admin users have granular access control based on their role (Super Admin, Order Admin, Product Admin, etc.).

CSRF Protection

All forms protected with Django's CSRF middleware. Token validation on every POST request to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks.

XSS Prevention

Automatic HTML escaping in templates, content security policy headers, and input sanitization for user-generated content.

SQL Injection Protection

Django ORM provides parameterized queries by default, preventing SQL injection vulnerabilities. No raw SQL queries used.

Deployment Security

HTTPS enforced via Let's Encrypt, secure headers configured (HSTS, CSP), environment-based configuration for sensitive data, and regular security updates.

Screenshots

Honey Treasures Admin Dashboard

Admin Dashboard - Analytics, order management, product overview

Honey Treasures Shop Frontend

Shop Frontend - Product catalog, shopping cart, mobile view

Honey Treasures Checkout Process

Checkout Process - Order form, validation, confirmation