There Once was an Apartment and an OAK
Back in 2011, at a networking event in town, Apt613’s François Levesque made an open request asking for help with an improved calendar for their site. OAK’s Manu Sharma, ever present at such events and a huge fan of Apt613 (as we all are at OAK) stepped up instantly, recognizing that this partnership would bring good things to Ottawa’s community engagement.
From Calander to Full Redesign
As with any good design process, it all starts with some lengthy (sometimes coffee accompanied, sometimes beer accompanied) conversations. What’s working? What’s not? What’s your goal? How do you want to scale? All of these have to be answered.
And what the conversations illuminated was that Apt613, with its thousands of daily readers, had outgrown its present template WordPress solution. They now needed a custom WordPress solution to suit their new needs: look fantastic, flexibility to highlight specific content, spotlight events, advanced search, maximize automation and minimize required training. Read the rest of this entry »
