EngagingNet http://www.engaging.net Ways for becoming internet bodies en adam@engaging.net Copyright 2010 2010-10-17T12:59:46+00:00 Music Box Theatre, powered by ExpressionEngine, gets an overhaul http://engaging.net/news/music-box-overhaul Since Engaging built out the Music Box Theatre and Music Box Films web sites in ExpressionEngine 1.x in 2009, not only have the sites grown but so have Music Box and ExpressionEngine themselves, to the point where it was time for an overhaul. Content management systems, Since Engaging built out the Music Box Theatre and Music Box Films web sites in ExpressionEngine 1.x in 2009, not only have the sites grown but so have Music Box and ExpressionEngine themselves, to the point where it was time for an overhaul.

]]> 2012-04-10T20:53:18+00:00 Backstage at the new US Sports Camps web site http://engaging.net/news/ussc-backstage Sponsored by Nike, US Sports Camps is a fabulous, accessible nationwide directory of sports camps for adults, teenagers and children. Sponsored by Nike, US Sports Camps is a fabulous, accessible nationwide directory of sports camps for adults, teenagers and children.

]]> 2011-03-01T13:24:27+00:00 A revamp and redesign for Antidote Europe http://engaging.net/news/antidote-europe-revamp French non-profit Antidote Europe works to overcome the inertia of decades of outdated and horrendous vivisection, updating research and testing with more modern techniques such as toxicogenomics. For years their web site antidote-europe.org was faithfully maintained without a content management system; press releases and articles were added regularly but often lost to the visitor due to the site’s lack of information architecture. Engaging.net was honored to be approached to revamp and redesign Antidote’s web site. [Update 2013 Mar 22: Maintenance of the site has changed hands and is now run on a WordPress theme]. French non-profit Antidote Europe works to overcome the inertia of decades of outdated and horrendous vivisection, updating research and testing with more modern techniques such as toxicogenomics. For years their web site antidote-europe.org was faithfully maintained without a content management system; press releases and articles were added regularly but often lost to the visitor due to the site’s lack of information architecture.

Engaging.net was honored to be approached to revamp and redesign Antidote’s web site. [Update 2013 Mar 22: Maintenance of the site has changed hands and is now run on a WordPress theme].

]]> 2010-10-17T12:59:46+00:00 Progress at the Israel Center for Social & Economic Progress http://engaging.net/news/progress-at-icsep Lately Engaging.net has most often been tapped for fulfilling back-end system dreams, so it was an exciting pleasure to get back to the front-end for the redesign of the Israel Center for Social & Economic Progress web site. The pro-market thinktank’s previous site design, made back in 2001 for 800px-wide screens, was beyond stale. The ICSEP site has three types of content: commentary by founder and president Daniel Doron originally published in newspapers and magazines; information about the organization, including its rationale and programs; and updates on recent activities held under the auspices of these programs, such as individual conferences and reform plans. Our brief for the homepage (which is all we’ll discuss here) was to display all three types of content, along with new video and a donate form, without being overwhelming. Lately Engaging.net has most often been tapped for fulfilling back-end system dreams, so it was an exciting pleasure to get back to the front-end for the redesign of the Israel Center for Social & Economic Progress web site. The pro-market thinktank’s previous site design, made back in 2001 for 800px-wide screens, was beyond stale.

The ICSEP site has three types of content: commentary by founder and president Daniel Doron originally published in newspapers and magazines; information about the organization, including its rationale and programs; and updates on recent activities held under the auspices of these programs, such as individual conferences and reform plans. Our brief for the homepage (which is all we’ll discuss here) was to display all three types of content, along with new video and a donate form, without being overwhelming.

]]> 2010-09-24T14:37:05+00:00 Take Control Books, now with account management http://engaging.net/news/takecontrol-account-management Back in April 2009, Engaging.net helped Adam and Tonya Engst power takecontrolbooks.com by ExpressionEngine; a first phase. In June of that year, phase #2 automated updating Take Control ebooks from links within the PDF ebooks themselves. Last week (July 21st) we launched phase #3, the most ambitious yet: account management. Back in April 2009, Engaging.net helped Adam and Tonya Engst power takecontrolbooks.com by ExpressionEngine; a first phase. In June of that year, phase #2 automated updating Take Control ebooks from links within the PDF ebooks themselves. Last week (July 21st) we launched phase #3, the most ambitious yet: account management.

]]> 2010-07-28T09:34:02+00:00 Come springtime, southeast England’s countryside is powered by ExpressionEngine http://engaging.net/news/ee-countryside Countryside 2010, a government-supported initiative to promote outdoor activities in the southeast of England, showcases hundreds of events taking place in the countryside from 29th May to 13th June. Commissioned by Rural Ways to implement the site, Dominic Sawyer of Hastings-based Dot Tourism selected ExpressionEngine as the site’s publishing system and tapped Engaging.net to deploy it. Countryside 2010, a government-supported initiative to promote outdoor activities in the southeast of England, showcases hundreds of events taking place in the countryside from 29th May to 13th June. Commissioned by Rural Ways to implement the site, Dominic Sawyer of Hastings-based Dot Tourism selected ExpressionEngine as the site’s publishing system and tapped Engaging.net to deploy it.

]]> 2010-04-06T11:20:10+00:00 Get saltEE: salt-co.com retrofitted with ExpressionEngine http://engaging.net/news/get-saltee The folks at salt., the London company that helps finance, package, launch and sell films, were very happy with the design and content at salt-co.com produced by The Foundry Works, working with The Danny Barnes here in Brighton. But salt. wanted more control over the site’s display; although produced using PHP pages, no content management system was installed, and any editorial change required emailing Danny to do it. The folks at salt., the London company that helps finance, package, launch and sell films, were very happy with the design and content at salt-co.com produced by The Foundry Works, working with The Danny Barnes here in Brighton. But salt. wanted more control over the site’s display; although produced using PHP pages, no content management system was installed, and any editorial change required emailing Danny to do it.

]]> 2010-02-23T11:21:26+00:00 Extend ExpressionEngine’s reach with External Entries v2 http://engaging.net/news/introducing-external-entries-v2 2010-02-09T22:53:12+00:00 Get more next/previous power in ExpressionEngine with Nearby Entries http://engaging.net/news/announcing-nearby-entries 2010-01-17T13:47:34+00:00 Introducing Tied Entries, a new dimension for ExpressionEngine sites http://engaging.net/news/announcing-tied-entries You’re building a comprehensive web site in ExpressionEngine for a large church, where each ministry has activities, each activity holds events, and photos are taken at each event. You have a channel each for ministries, activities, events and photos. Photos have a relationship field linking to events, events to activities, and activities to ministries. You don’t want to enter redundant data, relating the photos to the ministry, because the system should already know that. But how does it? On the ministry homepage, how do you display the five latest photos from across that ministry’s events? Content management systems, You’re building a comprehensive web site in ExpressionEngine for a large church, where each ministry has activities, each activity holds events, and photos are taken at each event. You have a channel each for ministries, activities, events and photos. Photos have a relationship field linking to events, events to activities, and activities to ministries. You don’t want to enter redundant data, relating the photos to the ministry, because the system should already know that. But how does it? On the ministry homepage, how do you display the five latest photos from across that ministry’s events?

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