Site Info Colophon.
About aigaaustin.org
This is the 5th or 6th visual design of the AIGA Austin site, but more importantly, it is a structural rebuild of the underlying technology that can (hopefully) withstand any number of visual redesigns in the future. The idea is that, in web development, a “redesign” and a “rebuild” are not the same thing.
The site uses semantic XHTML and CSS on the client-side, and a fully open-source LAMP set-up for the server-side architecture. The CMS was custom-developed for this project and will be open-sourced to other AIGA chapters (and possibly to the public) once the site administration functionality is complete.
Like any site, this is currently a work-in-progress and all feedback is welcome. Other features currently planned, but yet to be added, include photo galleries, web service feeds (RSS/RDF/iCal) for site content, and more. Please feel free to suggest other features…
Accessibility
This site was designed to be fully compliant with the national and international accessibility standards of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) and Section 508 of the Workforce Rehabilitation Act of 1998. We believe that good design is accessible design. Find out more in the site accessibility section.
Customization
Customize your site experience and reading comfort level by changing the default typeface and font size in the site customization section.
Site Credits
This site was designed and developed in large part by James Craig, the AIGA Austin Web Communications Director at the time of this writing. However, the site could never have been completed without the generous efforts, large or small (content, design, development, quality assurance, and even just brainstorming), of the following voluteers, listed here alphabetically by last name.
AIGA Austin Web Contributors
- Tom Bartling,
- Kelly Blanscet,
- Tim Chavez,
- Joe Clark,
- Doug Cook,
- Mike Cravey,
- Amanda Cochran,
- Robert Cope,
- Rick Ebert,
- Marc English,
- Leslie Ernst,
- Victor Espinal,
- Dennis Fagan,
- Adam Fortner,
- Kristian Gallagher,
- Geneve Gil,
- Diana Guentzel,
- Keith Hall,
- Michael Holdren,
- Jennifer Idol,
- Gabriel Jeffrey,
- Rob Jones,
- Bill Keaggy,
- Dane Knecht,
- Paul Lange,
- Eiwe Lingefors,
- Melissa Maldonado,
- Shawn McKinney,
- Harsh Patel,
- Jordan Phillips,
- David Poehlman,
- Elizabeth Pyatt,
- John Slatin,
- Sue Taylor,
- Jim Thatcher,
- Scott Thomsen,
- Armin Vit,
- Jessica Weida,
- Yimay Yang, and
- Charlene Zvolanek.
Thanks for the hard work, feedback, and brainstorm sessions. Someone was bound to be left off the list, so please remind the Web Director if credit is due.
Photography
Unless specific to a calendar event or otherwise noted, all photographs on the site were taken by Charlene Zvolanek, the AIGA Austin Design Ranch Director at the time of this writing. The photographs are copyrighted works, used here with permission, and are not to be reused without written permssion from the photographer.
Case Study
At some point, this site redesign/rebuild process will be documented as a case study…
