Integrated Blog

INTEGRATION: The Ohio Boating website's new, integrated front page. Old blog links have were moved below the header image and styled to blend with the existing design. CSS drop shadows were added to the entries. (That's an AstonishMe! exclusive, in which we'll showcase the technique in an upcoming member's exclusive CSS "How-to" entry).

The Problem: "We have a nicely designed, 10-page website, but the designer doesn't know anything about blogs or PHP. His pages are difficult to update and most of our content is in the blog, which is just one link button on the front page. Can you help?"

The Solution: "Sure. We recommend integrating the blog skin with the current site design and move the blog to the front page, replacing the existing (relatively static) content."

The Challenges: Working on a live site, maintaining all internal links, doing the work as soon as possible and ensuring that all old, inbound links point to the correct, new location.