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Gantry framework only website - NDB Europe
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- Matty B
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Site Name:
NDB Europe - Business & Marine I.T.
URL/Link:
http://www.ndb-europe.co.uk
Concept:
What good is creating a customer website with Rocket Theme when you don't know much about the framework it's built on?
During my last few website builds, I came to realise that I really needed to learn more about the inner workings of Gantry, so I opted to create our company website from scratch using the Gantry framework, rather than just editing a Rocket Theme template.
I made good use of CSS (although I still need to optimise and compress) and page class suffix.
Extensions:
Extensions I used include the fantastic tabber, and jumi. Everything else is pretty much css manipulation, and html markup.
I opted to use Wufoo for the contact form (not a Joomla! extension) as I could sit this in a module at 50% width with the contact information also 50% width. I used the jumi extension to inject javascript onto pages that required it (rather than loading into all pages).
I still have a little work left optimising the website, but I am happy with the overall feel.
Would love to hear your feedback!
Category:
Computing and Technology
Template:
Gantry only! - Matt
http://www.ndb-europe.co.uk
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- Cliff Pfeifer
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- Website Developer
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Looks good, nice work
- The difficult we do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer.
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- KonstantinDK
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- You need to add some blank space at the bottom. It's hard to see whats down there. See the pic.
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- Matty B
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Thanks for the feedback!
I had a big look at that front page when I was designing it - I really wanted the background image to stretch but allow for all links to be shown. I opted for overflow:hidden in the end to get rid of the scroll bar.
After reading a few design articles (mostly smashing magazine) I decided to cater to the most used resolution in my Google Analytics profile.
What resolution are you using to view the front page? - Matt
http://www.ndb-europe.co.uk
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- KonstantinDK
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- Oh, sorry, almost forgot. I always use 120% zoom in my browser. Looks fine on normal.
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