Monday 29 September 2008

group94



Fully booked for months in advance, Flemish web design agency group94 decided it was time to refresh its company website. The result, which took two months to build, is no ordinary site. While the content itself is relatively straightforward - a news section to explain the agency's approach and showcase some of its work - it's the functionality of the site where things start to get interesting.
"We wanted to showcase our CMS too and decided to include it on the site as well," explains founder and creator Pascal Leroy. "Hence each page has two sides; the actual webpage can be flipped over to reveal the back-end CMS functionality. Visitors are invited to alter the content - they can even upload images and experience its ease-of-use."
Inventing the concept of a double site and CMS was the easy part. The difficult bit was building it, and allowing people to change content. "Integrating typical HTMLfunctionality - use of browser buttons, deep linking, page history and search engine optimisation - to the project was quite a challenge," Leroy says. "More than one would imagine during a simple visit." But it was worth it. "We're happy with the whole project. It generates a lot of very positive feedback."

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