Danswerkhuys site
Posted: 02 November 2005 03:28 PM   [ Ignore ]  
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The “Danswerkhuys” (dutch for dance workshop) site was a site that had been screaming for a make-over for too long, so a few months ago I volunteered and did a pro-bono job.
The old site was clobbered together in Frontpage 4 (oh, the horror) by the founder of this non-profit organisation, who’s a nice guy and a decent dancer, but who’s clueless when it comes to webdesign.
I’m not even going to show you some of the old pages, that’s how bad they were grin

Anyway, their new site is up!
http://www.danswerkhuys.be

(in English and Dutch, although content is still a little scarce and some things like feeds and search boxes still need implementing)
I realize the design is nothing earth-shocking, but again none of the source material of the old site was usable, I even rewrote most of the copy because it was so badly written.
The header image I got from iStockphoto, I don’t know why but it just “gave” me that sweaty, dance workshop feeling…
Most of the site (if not the entire site) validates (XHTML strict, CSS2), there’s just a little float bug to take care of in IE PC on the teachers page.
Given the budget (non-existent) and the source material (almost non-existent) it turned out pretty well, I guess.
Thanks Leslie for handing them a non-profit EE license!

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Posted: 02 November 2005 08:35 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Very nice indeed.

Clean, functional, good looking and all on a tight budget.

Congratulations

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Posted: 03 November 2005 06:31 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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Clean and elegant - very nce.

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Posted: 03 November 2005 01:33 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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e-man,

that’s a beautiful site. You might consider putting in a request to get it featured on pMachine.com.

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Posted: 07 November 2005 05:10 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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Very nice work.

How did you manage the two languages?
Did you use separate custom fields for each language on one weblog?

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Posted: 08 November 2005 06:50 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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I’m going to refer you to the original thread , several good suggestions there.
That very site should go live this month (I hope), the people at the hotel are starting to realize that having a 3-language site also means adding content in 3 languages, which at times is a lot of work.
I’m currently awaiting the content in German and Spanish to finish of the hotel site, at which point I’ll probably add an article to the wiki/post on my blog about it.

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Posted: 08 November 2005 01:50 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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Thanks a lot e-man for your answer. smile
Looking forward to you wiki/post.

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Posted: 13 December 2005 08:25 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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For those who might’ve missed it:
Multi language site in EE

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Posted: 13 December 2005 04:03 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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Thanks e-man. Great stuff. smile

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