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Web Entertainment Guide (WEG) is your source for all the best in original online programming .The idea for the website was developed by a fan for fans of web series who felt that there needed to be a place where web consumers could easily find and access original shows online without having to spend hours searching.
The Team
Company: Schipul - The Web Marketing Company
Project Manager: Albert Hughes
Design: Brandi Lalanne
Build: David Stagg
SEO/PHP Developer: John-Michael Oswalt (JMO)
Timeframe: 90 days
The Dream
The concept was the "Dream Site" of film and web enthusiast, Michelle Mower. Michelle came to Schipul The Web Marketing Company wanting the following
- A browse able catalog of Web Series with each Web Series having it's own unique page
- The ability to post news related to the world of Online Entertainment
- The ability to post interviews of individuals involved in Online Entertainment
- The ability to have multiple people blogging about Online Entertainment
- A way to display ads
This was Schipul's first Full Design Drupal website and we learned a lot, had a great time and ended up with a pretty good looking, functional website that our client was very pleased with.
A few Drupal Modules we used
- CCK - used to create custom content types for Web Series, Interviews, News, Featured items, and the Spotlight Clip area on home page
- Views - Created multiple views for the main content types (news, interviews, blogs, web series) such as blocks for the home page and a list view for the content type landing pages.
- Embedded Media Field - Used in the Web Series content Type and allows the easy embed of videos from various Video Sharing sites such as YouTube, Vimeo and Hulu
- File Filed,Image Field,Image Cache, Image API - Used in all of our content types and allows contributors of the site to upload images of any size and have them resized and positioned in a uniform way
- Nice menus - Created our drop down menus
- Path Auto - Used to automatically create search engine friendly urls based on content type and title
Theming
For our home page we created a custom home page template (page-front.tpl.php) and for each content type we created a custom node template (node-contenttype.tpl.php)to give us the look and feel that we desired.
The rotator on the home page was built using Tabs, Views, CCK and some jQuery
Resources
- We received a lot of help form the Drupal Handbooks
- Lullabot Podcasts
- Lyndia.com
- Good Ole Fashion Trial and Error
Conclusion
Thanks to Drupal's flexibility and its strong online community we were able to create a fully functional, highly customized website that fit all of the needs of our client.
We also created a list of Drupal Modules and common terms as well as a Drupal Music Video for you to enjoy!
Comments
Really nice typeface styling
Really nice typeface styling and colour choices. Nice navbar elements; great layout.
It's nice to stumble upon well styled Drupal sites.
Congrats to all involved.
This is the first Drupal showcase website that I've bookmarked so that I can view regularly.
Some comments about Safari... http://webentertainmentguide.com/webseries/agency-record
This page breaks the layout in Safari.
Thanks!
Thanks SplashWorx for the feedback!
the video is really funny.
the video is really funny. Very good rapping and nice beat!! Nice singing too!!! ;-)
Drupal Rap Video!
Thanks Tafa..Be on tha look out for another one coming soon!