Client:
Floral Chic Design
Description:
Website to showcase the designs of a specialist florist.
Technology:
XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, PHP, CMS, Flickr, Blogger
Visit:
The Brief:
- Design a modern, contempory website to reflect the work of the client.
- Floral theme to match the product.
- Multiple slideshows to showcase work.
- Slideshows and some content to be managable by the client.
Details/Discussion:
Design.
My client wanted the website to have a modern and “funky” feel, along with a floral, arty look. This excellent bit of artistry comes courtesy of gerard79. You can find more examples of his great work on his website or in his stock.xchange account.
Such a powerful background made certain demands on the rest of the website’s appearance and layout.
Structure & Layout
The floral design in the top left corner meant that the logical place for the heading/logo was on the top right. A right-sided navigation system then followed, leaving the content to take up residence on the left.
Content
Slideshows form the key component of the content. Each design is bespoke and has an inherently short shelf-life, so photographic evidence of it’s existence is all that is left. As such I wanted to give a large portion of each page, and indeed the whole website, over to the slideshows of photographs. The client is able to manage the content of these slideshows via her Flickr account.
Other content comes from Facebook via a live stream using the Facebook API. This works particularly well for the "News & Events" page and the "Testimonials" page.
The text based content is managed by my client via a lightweight Content Management System.
Discuss
Further discussion of the styles and techniques used to create this website can be found on my blog. Please feel free to leave any comments of you may have.