A couple of weeks ago, I completed another ‘iceberg’ Web site, in which most of the site is restricted. As part of the process, I learned how to create a complete WordPress theme (about time I got round to properly theming this blog…) and a Wiki. I chose WordPress for the blog because it has all the features my clients were looking for, and is kept up-to-date by a dedicated community. For the Wiki I tried no fewer than 3 other versions before I settled on DokuWiki.
Unfortunately, I can’t show you either—unless you are an AFPO Calpe member, in which case you can head over to the site and log in! I suppose that means a few more people will see those pages than see my lovely designs for the Jalón Villa Rentals management interface, which only the owner and I ever see. (Actually, I could add the index page to my page designs—so you can see if it’s as lovely as I claim. I’ll put that on my to-do list.)
What anyone can see are the public pages. They are quite text-heavy, so I compensated by setting text in plenty of whitespace—actually buff—and creating what I hope is an imposing header.
This header is in part based on the AFPO magazine cover: it was from there that I got the blue and the yellow, and the overlapping titles. At the end is an image of the Peñon, with a cloud halo. I love the photo, which featured on the previous AFPO site, and still appears on their stationery. I’m not so sure about the heavy gilt lettering—but the President told me he didn’t have a copy of the photo without the lettering, and I’ve now got quite used to it.
Because of the big header, I gave the Web site a left-column menu.
I explain the background to this commission, and the thinking behind particular design decisions, in my notes on my website portfolio page. And you can of course visit the AFPO Web site itself!
