phillip at communitybandwidth
Feb 23, 2010, 4:08 PM
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Very nicely done. Looks great. Congrats! :-)
On 23-Feb-10, at 6:12 PM, Schults, Chris wrote:
> Last week PCC launched its redesigned website, which is a blend of
> Bricolage, Drupal and custom PHP.
>
> One of the biggest challenges was devising a way to simultaneously
> work
> on the current and redesign versions of the website. I ended up
> creating
> a new output channel and replicating the necessary templates. This
> worked out nicely for the most part as this phase in the redesign
> spanned about six months. Users could easily preview under the current
> and new templates, while publishing only to the production server.
> When
> it was time to deploy, I removed the redesign output channel and
> updated
> the templates (among other things).
>
> I also took the opportunity to rely more heavily on utility templates.
> (If you aren't using them, do.) And when possible, I found more ways
> to
> use includes, auto-generated content and triggered publishing.
>
> So far, the response has been very positive, and I invite you to give
> the new site a whirl:
>
> http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/
>
> Chris
>
> P.S. Thanks to those of you who responded to my mailing list
> questions.
>
> --------------------------------
>
> Chris Schults
> Web Developer
> PCC Natural Markets
> 206-547-1222 x104
> chris.schults [at] pccsea
> http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com
>
> Sign up for PCC Fresh, a monthly newsletter filled with seasonal
> recipes, exciting new products, and more:
> http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/enews
>
>
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