url: http://www.sandboxdev.com

SDAC Inc. provided:

• Web/Graphic Design
• XHTML/CSS programming
• CMS (XOOPS) configuration
• XOOPS/SMARTY theme
• Custom PHP programming

technologies used:

XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, XOOPS, SMARTY, PhotoShop Elements

user interface:

This web site was for my consulting company. I wanted to create a web site that was easy to navigate, and professional looking. This site uses SMARTY templates so I was able to edit a small number of templates that are used with all new pages - allowing me to have consistency throughout the entire web site.

lessons learned:

More and more clients wanted greater control over their content, so I wanted to learn a new Content Management System. This web site was my first attempt to roll out a CMS (content management system) using (XOOPS). A good lesson for CMS developers (which I learned), even though there is a lot of built in functionality with CMSes, it still takes several hours/weeks to customize the framework.

random thoughts:

CMSes like XOOPS can sometimes be overkill for small companies like mine. I ended up moving everything to WordPress (see SDAC 2006) after I learned XOOPS and implemented another XOOPS web site.