Challenge
Professionally trained NABAS balloon decorators came to me about setting up a website for them. I was shown some pictures and given some text to think about the image for the site as well as a brochure that was designed for them.
The main goals of the website were:
- To all them to promote their skills
- Have the ability to edit content
- Have the ability to upload photos
Solution
Design
I began thinking about their brand identity and what features I could include to make them stand out.
What instantly came to mind was balloons floating up into the sky – like one would see countless times on TV. I pictured a blue sky, clouds and the website being taken up. I drew a couple of sketches of what I thought it could like. Their main colours were pink and gold. I loved the idea of making a colourful site like this, as most of the time I’ve been subjected to endless alterations to what I believed was a perfect design.
Development
In terms of development, the site needed editable pages with a easy-to-use CMS which controlled the work entry pages.
CMS
I used my dust framework to develop the front and back end of the site. By using dust it was easy to create a custom built content management system for them. The CMS consisted of two sections, Work and Pages.
Work would allow an entry and each entry allowed copy and multiple picture (with reordering functionality and meta data) uploads.
Pages section allowed editing a predefined set of pages.
Imagery
I also integrated PHP’s image capabilities to allow them to upload, resize and order images within each work entry.
