The Pure Gym website has had an in depth make over to give it a more modern appearance and to add some extra features.
Pure Gym is a low cost, 24 hour gym with no contract, making it an ideal gym for a lot of people. One of the most revolutionary things about Pure Gym is that the joining process takes place online. This means that the company website is under even more pressure to look good and also to perform well, making the makeover of the Pure Gym website a big challenge.

The makeover meant not only changing the look of the website but also adding extra content, all whilst maintaining the back-end functionality that made the website so successful to begin with.
On the homepage, the changes to the site are evident. The most obvious change is the change in the overall colour scheme. This has been changed to meet the companies new branding, using a darker green instead of the lime green more regularly used on the old website. Another change in colour on the new site when compared to the old, is the more predominant use of white. This has helped to space the objects of the site out and give the site a look that is a lot cleaner and brighter.
The new homepage of the site also differs from the old site by containing a scrolling image. The scrolling image is the main focal point of the homepage and is used to convey marketing messages and also to give the user a taste of what Pure Gym’s look like. By scrolling to a new image after a certain interval of time it also helps to make the homepage more dynamic and interesting to the user.
Another new feature of the homepage which has helped to ensure a more dynamic, variable page is the “From the Blog” section. This allows the user to see a snapshot of latest content that has been posted to the Blog, helping to direct them towards the content that is contained there.
Another new addition to the homepage is video content. As shown in the screenshot above, this helps to make the page look brighter and fresher, as well as giving the user a chance to find out information about Pure Gym without having to navigate away from the homepage.

Other changes on the Pure Gym site were improvements to the gym pages. These pages are a big part of the website, as this is where potential members go to read about the gyms and will often be the page they use to access the joining page.
The gym pages have been upgraded to include a number of features to make the choice of joining Pure Gym easier. This includes a selection of high quality images of the inside of the gym, a map showing the location of the gym, a list of the classes that are on that day at the gym and also a link to the social media for that gym so that they can ask questions about the gym and ask current members their opinions.
The gym pages provide an area that can tell the user everything they need to know about the gym including location, equipment and any classes that are on at the gym. This helps to speed up the user’s decision to join the gym and also saves them time navigating to other pages to find out this information.
There were a number of other pages added to the Pure Gym site in order to make it an easier process for members to find out the information they needed to join. These pages are the equipment page, the class page and the FAQ page. These pages mean that users of the site can find out if Pure Gym meets their needs for classes, equipment etc and often saves them the time of having to search forums, social media or even get in touch with the gym to find out the details.

Another page that was added to the site in order to give members an insight into gym news and updates is the Pure Gym Blog. This allows the sharing of competition winners, equipment focus, Personal Trainer focus and other pieces of information to be shared with the members, helping to drive more traffic to the site.
A feature that has been carried over from the old site is the ability for members to log into a members area. This allows them access to class timetables, gym usage data and other information about their gym. This was also given a face lift to make sure that it is in keeping with the branding on the rest of the site. The facelift however did bring some extra features to the members area.
One of the new features that was added to the members area was a fitness & nutrition section. This was to give the members information about the recommended nutrition and fitness programmes they should follow in order to meet a selection of goals. For example Get Strong, Get Toned, Get Trim and Get Fit are all goals that a member can select and they are then given information that they can use to meet the goals.
In order to maintain the new Pure Gym branding and theme across the internet, the Pure Gym social media also needed to be updated. In order to do this, we changed the Pure Gym profile picture so that it was in-line with the new branding and moved away from the older Facebook format of FBML to use up to date iframes. Iframes allowed us greater flexibility and allowed us the advantage of being able to use CSS instead of the outdated FBML styling. We have used the iframes to allow Pure Gym members and potential members to see what gyms are available to join, what the current competition is and a page encouraging members to join the gym. 
Overall the new Pure Gym website is a major improvement on what was already a very popular successful site. This has been done by combining a new clean looking colour scheme and new features making it easier for the user to find out the information they need to join the gym and then being able to join, all in one place. To have a better look at the Pure Gym site, please look through the selection of images below, or visit the Pure Gym website.