Parallel Lives – textile exhibition

Steve Dalgleish — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:35:11 +0000

A major exhibition in November 2011 by two textile artists needed a site to promote the event. Given the relatively small volume of content to be displayed, it was decided that this site could be centred on a single page design.

While the site is only a single page, it uses the jQuery javascript library to create the illusion of multiple pages with near instant page switch.

Some of the features of this site include:

Bing map integration to show the location of the exhibition
jQuery javascript library to create the page switching effect
Image galleries to highlight examples of work that will be on display
Methods of contacting the artists

The site was kept purposefully simple to keep the focus on the content.

Textile Artists Freewheeling site launches

Steve Dalgleish — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:15:25 +0000

Freewheeling is a group of textile artists who have recently teamed up to hold quilting exhibitions around Scotland. They were looking for a site that would allow them to highlight their talents and raise awareness of their abilities.

esspeedee decided to use the open source content management system WordPress due to its simplicity for end users to maintain. Additionally, WordPress provides the flexibility to implement all the functionality that Freewheeling were looking for.

The Coppermine photo gallery solution was implemented to host photos of Freewheeling’s work. This was closely integrated into WordPress and with the addition of Lightbox technologies gives a modern and professional look.

esspeedee produced a clean design that highlights the profiles of the group members and their work. It excels at re-use of content which is essential in creating a “sticky” web site that encourages visitors to remain on the site and click to more pages.

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Parallel Lives – textile exhibition

Textile Artists Freewheeling site launches