Just went online, my last MODx powered website built for a small business specialized in importing/exporting exotic fruits and vegetables :
http://sworld.com
Content is not entirely finished but the client needed the website to be online anyway thus here it is !
Even though it has not come easy - lots of never-ending modifications along the way + low budget is not the easiest of equation to solve (and I won’t do it again) -
it’s a simple website, the main item is a catalog (thanks Ditto and TVs !) and a calendar (hand built - would have prefered doing it with Ditto) to inform clients of the availability of products.
The website also uses extensively the
DirectResize plugin (great work alphanono) to manage auto-resizing the pictures fed by the client (FYI I’ll be handling translating in english the plugin’s doc very soon).
I usually don’t say this but I need to make it clear
there are many things I would have done differently had modifications been granted any additionnal budget. I had to deal with the fact (I was too deep into it to go back) and get the best out of very little, which involved some quick and dirty choices I am not happy with (especially when layout repeatedly changed @client request).
Anyway, it’s still the first website where I used
jQuery to provide visual effects. Also the first one which has a flash intro (I hired someone for that). The Flash is embedded thanks to
swfobject.
About jQuery effects : I am very much aware Safari suffers from a very nasty "jumping" effect and I am not done solving this one (I have read intensively the jQuery mailing list but no luck so far : I must be doing something wrong most probably). Opera just seems locked like js is disabled. IE6 also has an issue though it’s much lighter and IE7 is doing well. I wouldn’t know about Konqueror (if someone can provide feedback).
If you see any (other) outstanding issues please tell me !
Thanks
