EngagingNet http://www.engaging.net Ways for becoming internet bodies en adam@engaging.net Copyright 2008 2008-11-08T01:49:35+00:00 Websiteforall relaunches home site using ExpressionEngine http://www.engaging.net/news/websiteforall-relaunch-using-ee Always pushing to improve offerings to clients, award-winning creative web agency Websiteforall set out to standardize content management onto a single system—and selected ExpressionEngine. The first step: to convert the Websiteforall site itself to EE. Websiteforall principal Stephen James asked EngagingNet to implement the EE deployment while he redesigned the site. The result is an extensive portfolio that conveys Websiteforall’s services and track record more immediately than before. Indeed, so streamlined is the site that it’s produced by a single EE template. Always pushing to improve offerings to clients, award-winning creative web agency Websiteforall set out to standardize content management onto a single system—and selected ExpressionEngine. The first step: to convert the Websiteforall site itself to EE. Websiteforall principal Stephen James asked EngagingNet to implement the EE deployment while he redesigned the site.

The result is an extensive portfolio that conveys Websiteforall’s services and track record more immediately than before. Indeed, so streamlined is the site that it’s produced by a single EE template.

]]> 2008-11-08T01:49:35+00:00 Helping Khoi Vinh migrate Subtraction.com to ExpressionEngine http://www.engaging.net/news/helping-khoi-vinh-migrate-subtractioncom-to-expressionengine If there be classics of web design Subtraction.com is surely among them. The personal site of Khoi Vinh, now Design Director of nytimes.com, its design is so obvious and authoritative that it almost should be ubiquitous, and yet of course it’s unique. For me currently only www.guardian.co.uk jumps to mind as a rival in the art of employing spacing to augment reading. In January 2008 Khoi announced that he was switching the site’s publishing system from MovableType to ExpressionEngine. I offered to help out and he took me up on it. Following is a detailed explanation of the ExpressionEngine templates that now serve up Subtraction.com as of v7.1. If there be classics of web design Subtraction.com is surely among them. The personal site of Khoi Vinh, now Design Director of nytimes.com, its design is so obvious and authoritative that it almost should be ubiquitous, and yet of course it’s unique. For me currently only www.guardian.co.uk jumps to mind as a rival in the art of employing spacing to augment reading.

In January 2008 Khoi announced that he was switching the site’s publishing system from MovableType to ExpressionEngine. I offered to help out and he took me up on it. Following is a detailed explanation of the ExpressionEngine templates that now serve up Subtraction.com as of v7.1.

]]> 2008-09-28T02:46:01+00:00 Coral Ridge Church launches new web site http://www.engaging.net/news/crpc-launch Now online at crpc.org, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church’s new web site is authored by the church’s staff, with multimedia content such as audio files, photos, billboards and PDF documents as well as web-native news, events, activities and more. EngagingNet was tapped by WebLadyBug of Fort Lauderdale, FL to collaborate on designing and developing the content-managed site. Coral Ridge is the founding church of the Evangelism Explosion movement, which now has a presence in every nation of the world. Now online at crpc.org, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church’s new web site is authored by the church’s staff, with multimedia content such as audio files, photos, billboards and PDF documents as well as web-native news, events, activities and more. EngagingNet was tapped by WebLadyBug of Fort Lauderdale, FL to collaborate on designing and developing the content-managed site. Coral Ridge is the founding church of the Evangelism Explosion movement, which now has a presence in every nation of the world.

]]> 2008-06-19T12:39:00+00:00 Bestnetworksecurity.com switches from Joomla to ExpressionEngine http://www.engaging.net/news/bestnetworksecurity-to-ee BestNetworkSecurity, a web site selling network security products and expertise, was running on the Joomla content management system and perplexing not only its users but even its owners. The site had various types of content, including products, vendors, seminars and articles, but all were being handled the same way. Things should be as simple as they can be, as a wise man once said, but no simpler. With the conversion to ExpressionEngine, we added enough complexity to the site architecture to simplify both its maintenance for the owners and its navigation for users. BestNetworkSecurity, a web site selling network security products and expertise, was running on the Joomla content management system and perplexing not only its users but even its owners. The site had various types of content, including products, vendors, seminars and articles, but all were being handled the same way. Things should be as simple as they can be, as a wise man once said, but no simpler. With the conversion to ExpressionEngine, we added enough complexity to the site architecture to simplify both its maintenance for the owners and its navigation for users.

]]> 2008-03-12T09:20:44+00:00 Extreme Elements TV quits Joomla for ExpressionEngine http://www.engaging.net/news/extreme-elements-tv-quits-joomla-for-expressionengine Since EngagingNet doesn’t work with any content management system other than ExpressionEngine, it’s hard to say for sure whether it’s the best. But Florida-based Extreme Elements does—or rather, did: While EngagingNet built one site in EE for the adventure travel company, another agency built a second site in Joomla. After about a year Extreme Elements principal Paul Caswell threw in the towel with Joomla and asked EngagingNet to redo that second site, extremeelements.tv, in ExpressionEngine. Since EngagingNet doesn’t work with any content management system other than ExpressionEngine, it’s hard to say for sure whether it’s the best. But Florida-based Extreme Elements does—or rather, did: While EngagingNet built one site in EE for the adventure travel company, another agency built a second site in Joomla. After about a year Extreme Elements principal Paul Caswell threw in the towel with Joomla and asked EngagingNet to redo that second site, extremeelements.tv, in ExpressionEngine.

]]> 2008-01-16T16:07:00+00:00 EngagingNet scripts “amazing” date-based calculator http://www.engaging.net/news/engagingnet-scripts-amazing-date-based-calculator JavaScript is touted as a disruptive technology: many tasks previously done within desktop applications are now more easily doable for JavaScript-enabled web browsers. We’ve known this was coming—it’s why Microsoft was so desperate to kill Netscape, because it feared the web browser would become the new desktop—but like all technological revolutions, the change has come more slowly than we all thought. Here’s an extremely modest example of client-side programming that EngagingNet was asked to build. JavaScript is touted as a disruptive technology: many tasks previously done within desktop applications are now more easily doable for JavaScript-enabled web browsers. We’ve known this was coming—it’s why Microsoft was so desperate to kill Netscape, because it feared the web browser would become the new desktop—but like all technological revolutions, the change has come more slowly than we all thought. Here’s an extremely modest example of client-side programming that EngagingNet was asked to build.

]]> 2007-11-10T17:58:00+00:00 Manufacturer’s site layout fixed for IE6, IE7 browsers http://www.engaging.net/news/manufacturers-site-layout-fixed-for-ie6-ie7-browsers The subtle differences among web browsers can make producing HTML and CSS for a web site tedious and time-consuming. In particular, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6, which dominated the market longer than it should have, creates problems for CSS coders because it has a number of insidious bugs and does not support some important CSS directives. Web pages that render properly on less popular but more standards-compliant and modern browers, such as Firefox, do not render properly on the older IE6 (or sometimes even the new IE7 for that matter). The subtle differences among web browsers can make producing HTML and CSS for a web site tedious and time-consuming. In particular, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6, which dominated the market longer than it should have, creates problems for CSS coders because it has a number of insidious bugs and does not support some important CSS directives. Web pages that render properly on less popular but more standards-compliant and modern browers, such as Firefox, do not render properly on the older IE6 (or sometimes even the new IE7 for that matter).

]]> 2007-05-14T13:58:00+00:00 Extreme Elements now blazingly static http://www.engaging.net/news/extreme-elements-now-blazingly-static As both a travel store and a sports media destination, traffic at extremeelements.com spikes during competition time. With the new site’s complex pages her first outing was a disappointment, the server frequently becoming overwhelmed and collapsing. A workaround entitled “publish static” now provides a blazingly fast, stable site and at least one added benefit besides. As both a travel store and a sports media destination, traffic at extremeelements.com spikes during competition time. With the new site’s complex pages her first outing was a disappointment, the server frequently becoming overwhelmed and collapsing. A workaround entitled “publish static” now provides a blazingly fast, stable site and at least one added benefit besides.

]]> 2007-04-30T09:21:00+00:00 “Perfect” new content management system for fabric fashion site http://www.engaging.net/news/perfect-new-content-management-system-for-fabric-fashion-site Without a content management system, maintaining the relatively simple Carolyn Strauss Collection website had become cumbersome and time-consuming. Vector Computer Consulting sought “a way to automate this process with a Content Management System (CMS) that can take care of the entire process of uploading, resizing, and adding collections to the navigation lists.” EngagingNet provided a solution, and upon trying it Vector principal Matt Weinberg christened it “perfect”. Without a content management system, maintaining the relatively simple Carolyn Strauss Collection website had become cumbersome and time-consuming. Vector Computer Consulting sought “a way to automate this process with a Content Management System (CMS) that can take care of the entire process of uploading, resizing, and adding collections to the navigation lists.” EngagingNet provided a solution, and upon trying it Vector principal Matt Weinberg christened it “perfect”.

]]> 2007-04-04T14:20:00+00:00 Archaeological Center auction #40 biggest yet http://www.engaging.net/news/archaeological-center-auction-40-biggest-yet Because this Archaeological Center auction was so unusually large, the printed catalog could not be delivered to international bidders in time, so they relied on the website alone to view lots and make pre-auction bids on them. Because this Archaeological Center auction was so unusually large, the printed catalog could not be delivered to international bidders in time, so they relied on the website alone to view lots and make pre-auction bids on them.

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