March 22, 2011

Last year in March I was contacted by the Montessori Early Years in LaSalle to design, develop and administrate their website. It was the first time they’d ever had a website designed and they weren’t sure exactly what they wanted or what’s more, what their customers wanted. I designed a simple site for them that listed their general info, admission fees and contact info. They were very happy with the result.

Early this year, I decided to have a meeting with them to discuss the renewal of their hosting as well as a few things I thought we should add to the site. After a few hours of conversation we decided to scrap the first design and go with something fresh and new. Something that was more playful and lighthearted. What I came up with can be see by clicking this link; Montessori Early Years or viewing the image below.

As you can see I’ve done away with the black and dark brown theme of the site and gone with a more light-hearted yellow and blue. I’ve also added a Javascript to the header of the site which switches the main image each time a page is viewed. As far as the back-end goes, it’s all done with CSS and a DIV based layout. I’ve added a “members only” area using PHP which parents can log into and view important PDF’s as well as private photo albums. I’ve also added a “news” section which can be updated easily by staff at Montessori or by myself.

Suffice to say the new design went over very well at MEY. The principal couldn’t be happier with the result and said their parents loved the new photo album viewer (which I did with a simply Lightbox).

If you’re interested in having a website designed and/or developed by me, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. I offer some of the best affordable custom web designs in the Windsor area.