Details

Client: Sono Restaurant
URL: http://www.sonorestaurant.com.au/

Launched: 12 June 2007
Agency: Cru Digital
Project: 2 Flash Restaurant Websites

Recognition:

• W3 Bronze
• Horizon Interactive Awards (Silver)
• Interactive Media Awards (Outstanding Achievement)
• Webby Award Honoree (2008, Website, Restaurant)

Major Features:

• 2 Websites using the one Content Management System (CMS) for shared content and media.
• Designed and developed to be handle all browser sizes.

The Story:

This has to be one of my favourite projects. Usually I get over my projects after a week of the completion. The reason why this one stands out in the pack is because of its principles behind it. It is a great example of maximising web technologies.

With the budget provided for 2 average websites, we devised a plan to use one CMS and spend the time on a single high-end website. The single Flash website was treated like an engine - all the menus and content was fed through the CMS. The CMS was treated like the fuel. Whatever fuel was fed through to the engine producted the final outcome: one being the Brisbane City website and the other was the Portside Wharf version. All the mechanics and layouts were identical.

If further stores were to open all that’d be required are new photos, new content and a new background.

Technology Analysis:

• Flash w/ Actionscript 2
• PHP w/ MySQL CMS
• XML
• Javascript

The Team:

• Specifications - Ben Stokes & Damien Bredberg
• Designer - Garth Sykes
• Photographers - Damien Bredberg & Dean West
• Backend Developer - Steven Miles
• Copywriting - Lisa Bianchi
• Flash Developer - Neil Nand

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