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06 / 07 — Rebuild

La Maison de la Bible

Bookshop · E-commerce  ·  Paris, France

La Maison de la Bible is a bookshop and e-commerce operation based in Paris with a national réseau — a real catalogue of books to sell, and real customers who need help finding the right one among many editions and formats.

Type
Bookshop · E-commerce
Place
Paris, France
Old stack
Dated PrestaShop
Focus
E-commerce
Pages rebuilt
5 captured
Shown here
14 captures

The old storefront made that harder than it should be. It was a dense, dated PrestaShop build — the familiar wall of cramped product tiles, heavy chrome, and browsing interrupted by interstitials. It was functional commerce, but it felt like inventory management rather than a shop you'd want to spend time in.

The rebuild turns it into a warm editorial storefront. Browsing comes first — clearer product cards, no interstitials in the way — and a purpose-built 'Trouver ma Bible' finder helps a customer navigate to the right edition instead of scrolling a dense catalogue and hoping.

A Page by page

Both ways, every page.

Original on the left, rebuild on the right — the same page, the same viewport. A redesign is judged past the homepage, so every page we hold both sides of is here, desktop and mobile.

B Not a like-for-like

Where the shape changed.

The page count is not the same on both sides — 3 pages the rebuild adds that the original never had. Those are shown here on their own rather than paired against nothing.

La Maison de la Bible — Catalogue (desktop)AfterOpen full page ↗
Cataloguedesktop
La Maison de la Bible — Catalogue (mobile)AfterOpen full page ↗
Cataloguemobile
La Maison de la Bible — A Propos (desktop)AfterOpen full page ↗
A Proposdesktop
La Maison de la Bible — A Propos (mobile)AfterOpen full page ↗
A Proposmobile
La Maison de la Bible — Magasins (desktop)AfterOpen full page ↗
Magasinsdesktop
La Maison de la Bible — Magasins (mobile)AfterOpen full page ↗
Magasinsmobile
C What changed, and why

Area by area.

The working notes from the rebuild, unedited — what the original site did, and what replaced it. Written while the work was happening, in the language the site is in.

Dimension
WasOLD (maisonbible.fr, PrestaShop "classic-rocket")
NowNEW (this rebuild)
First impression
WasDense webshop chrome, flat grids on load, no warmth — undersells a respected institution
NowEditorial hero over a warm Bible image; instantly reads as a trustworthy *maison*
Design & craft
WasDated template, weak type hierarchy, no motion
NowFraunces serif + Inter, parchment/ink/gold palette, tasteful reveal motion, hover states
Finding a Bible
WasOverwhelming flat mega-menu, zero guidance for the key purchase
Now"Trouver ma Bible" finder (traduction × format × reliure) + explainer page for each translation
Mobile
WasDesktop-first grids, cramped, small tap targets
NowMobile-first, clear hierarchy, generous buttons, clean burger menu
Conversion
WasAdd-to-cart lost in grid noise; primary action unclear
NowProminent CTAs, product detail with quantity + add-to-cart, click-to-call throughout
Trust & proof
WasÉcoute & conseils / paiement sécurisé / satisfait ou remboursé buried in footer
NowTrust strip surfaced on every key page + full "La Maison" story page
Friction
WasGeo pop-up, obsolete-browser warning, cookie prompts before any value
NowClean, value-first parcours; no interstitials
Brand story
WasNone — straight to product grids
NowMission, network, values, verse moment — the *maison* actually told
Performance & SEO
WasHeavy theme, many blocking assets
NowNext.js static export, semantic HTML, metadata, OpenGraph, JSON-LD BookStore, fast Core Web Vitals
Locale / formats
Wasfr-FR (kept)
Nowfr-FR, French typography, EUR comma prices, « guillemets »
D Talk to us

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