Fresh Paint
The Aten Design Group website has a new look. Well, maybe not an altogether new look, but a revised look. We’ve modified the typography, adjusted the layout, and made some color changes. The blog sports a reversed color scheme, with syntax highlighting for code examples.
The copy has changed, too. We’ve added projects to the portfolio, added text about our technical proficiencies and our iterative process, and added a couple employee profiles.
And then there is the technical platform - you guessed it, that changed also. We moved from a hybrid combination of custom PHP plus WordPress to a shiny clean installation of Drupal. The new framework provides a more robust environment for potential changes in the future, offers site-wide categorization, and provides better user management for delegating content development internally. It’s easier to publish content, faster.
So maybe “Fresh Paint” is a bit of an understatement — it’s more like “New Foundation, New Walls, New Furniture and Fresh Paint.” But what a mouthful.
08/19/08
Matt Tucker said:
Congrats Aten. It really does look quite nice. Very nice use of textures and color. It is great to actually see some of the work that you guys have been working on. Thanks for updating the portfolio. There is so much new content.
Wonderful display of the power of Drupal.
08/19/08
Ted Pearlman said:
Hey guys: the new (aka “revised”) site looks awesome. A great balance between flourish and restraint.
08/19/08
Jacques said:
Nice design and layout. But be careful about fonts. I’m on Firefox 3 for Windows XP and font are very hard to read. The anti-aliasing is very bad.
You should remove “Lucida Sans” to resolve the issue.
On the Mac “Lucida Grande” will be displayed correctly.
For Windows, fix the issue with “Lucida Sans Unicode”.
Cheers.
08/20/08
Rick Vugteveen said:
Excellent work! The design is modern and clean, especially for Drupal. I notice that you’ve cleaned up the standard comment form so there are no instructions. Keep up the solid design and theming work. On a side note, the font size in this text area is very small - likely a bug. I am using FF3 on OS X, if that helps your debugging.
08/20/08
Ken said:
Thanks for the feedback! We’re really happy with the direction the site has taken.
@Jaques & Rick:
Thanks for the feedback on the fonts. We’re ironing out a few last details across browsers.
09/19/08
phil said:
A most un-drupal-like drupal site! I could wax eloquent about design which belies the elements employed in it’s creation, but I won’t. I have too much work to do now!
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