EVula's Blog

I've got too many websites!

Believe me, I never thought I'd say that. :)

No Lair update today because I've been working on a new website. This isn't an Empire site, it's a site for a pro-bono client of ours, ACT 1.

Those that pay close attention will recognize them as the theatre company that I do most of my shows with. Three guesses as to how they became a client! :)

I'm really happy with how the website has turned out. Visually, it's far better looking than anyone else's in town, and is more attractive than most of the sites I saw when I did research on other theatre sites. I've also been able to turn the site into a working archive of their history; there are numerous rotating images that showcase their past shows (as well as pimp their current productions), in addition to pretty comprehensive listings of every show (well, every show that I could get the program for; more will come post-release) that list every actor and crew member, as well as featuring a few shots for the play.

The only thing I'm not too pleased about is the fact that it is unfortunately a table-based layout; I'd prefer that it was strictly CSS-based (like the Lair and this blog are), but I have absolutely no idea what the typical user of the site is, so I had to play it safe. Oh well, it's a fairly minor issue in the long run anyway.

I'd love to show you the site, but since it's still under construction, I'm not going to give out the dev URL. I might be convinced to give out the URL via iChat, but no promises. ;)

I will, however, link to their current site (unattractive though it may be). act1online.com is the domain. I'm hoping that the site will get switched over by Friday; the domain still has to resolve to the site host, and I've got a list of things that have to be done first. I'll post when it's done.

For those that are keeping track, that makes six websites that I either own or manage (four Empire sites, work website, and soon ACT 1).

Posted by Eric at September 12, 2005 09:15 PM