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// WORK — CASE_STUDY_LOG v2026
Stewart
& Cavalier

Stewart & Cavalier are mechanical and structural engineers with 75 years of history, designed for fast visitor experience and easy self-management by the team.

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// PROJECT_OVERVIEW
THE PROJECT
IN DETAIL

Stewart & Cavalier are mechanical and structural fabrication engineers with over 75 years of trusted history. We delivered a website that is fast, modern, and incredibly easy for their team to update themselves. Built on a reliable, secure platform with long-term hosting and support, the new site effectively showcases their expertise and strengthens their professional presence online.

Web Design & Development CMS Hosting Support & Maintenence
PROJECT_DETAILS
CLIENT
Stewart & Cavalier
INDUSTRY
Mechanical & Structural Engineering
LOCATION
Te Awamutu, NZ
SERVICES
Web Design & Development · CMS · Hosting · Support & Maintenance
STACK
WordPress
// THE CHALLENGE
WHAT WE
WERE UP AGAINST

Stewart & Cavalier operate across a wide and diverse range of engineering services - from dairy spray dryer valve servicing and water filtration systems, to structural fabrication, CNC machining, stainless steel work and site installation across New Zealand. Communicating that breadth clearly, while giving their own team the tools to keep content fresh without relying on a developer every time, was the core challenge. Their previous website wasn't doing justice to the scale and quality of their operation, and the team had limited ability to make updates or publish new content independently. They also needed a dependable hosting environment they didn't have to think about.

// COMPLEXITY LEVEL

Multi-service · Self-managed · Long-term hosting partnership

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// COMPLEXITY MATRIX
Design Custom Theme & UX
Content Self-Managed CMS
SEO Search Foundation
Infrastructure Hosting & Support
// THE SOLUTION
HOW WE BUILT IT

Web Design & Development

We designed and built a modern, mobile-responsive WordPress website that clearly communicates Stewart & Cavalier's full range of services and capabilities. The site was structured for easy navigation across a broad service offering, with strong visual presentation of their work, projects, gallery, and technology partnerships including Swagelok.

Content Management

A key focus was empowering the Stewart & Cavalier team to manage their own content — publishing blog posts, updating service pages, and keeping the site current without needing developer support. WordPress was configured to make this as simple and intuitive as possible.

Hosting

Netbyte has hosted the site since launch, providing a fast, reliable and managed environment that the team never has to worry about.

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// OUTCOMES
THE RESULTS
WordPress
Self-managed CMS
10+ Years
Support & hosting partnership with Netbyte
Self-Managed
Team publishes content independently
Responsive
Mobile-optimised across all devices
// KEY OUTCOMES
Professional website clearly communicating a broad engineering service offering
Team fully empowered to publish blog posts and update content without developer support
Reliable long-term hosting with consistent performance since launch
// LONG-TERM IMPACT
A digital presence that reflects the quality and scale of Stewart & Cavalier’s operation
More than a decade of trusted partnership with Netbyte
Website cited by management as a critical part of ongoing marketing strategy
// TECH STACK
BUILD LOG
NETBYTE@BUILD — BUILD_LOG
$ composer require wordpress/wordpress
WordPress - installed, CMS environment configured
$ wp theme install netbyte-stewcav
Custom theme active — mobile responsive, brand aligned
$ wp plugin install advanced-custom-fields
Custom fields configured — services, projects, gallery live
$ wp plugin install yoast-seo
SEO foundation active — meta structure and schema configured
$ npm run build
Front-end compiled — production build complete
$ deploy --env=production
StewCav live · Uptime monitoring active
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[ START A PROJECT ]
WordPress
Self-managed CMS - easy for the team to own and operate
CORE
PHP
Server-side application layer powering the WordPress build
FRAMEWORK
Custom Theme
Netbyte-designed theme - responsive and brand-aligned
FRONT-END
Yoast SEO
On-page SEO, meta structure and schema baked in from day one
SEO
Netbyte Hosting
Managed hosting and support since launch — reliable long-term
HOSTING
// READY TO BUILD?
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LET'S
BUILD
SOMETHING

Got a project in mind? Whether it's a new website, ecommerce platform, or custom system — we're ready to craft it with you. Let's start the conversation.

Email serious@netbyte.com
Base Auckland, NZ
Scott Wilson
Grant Newman
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// Project Type

ENCRYPTED · SECURE · NETBYTE_NZ · netbyte.com