After a few longer workdays, finally the first stage of the 4M NOE's website re-design is finished.

It was interesting mainly from the communications point of view. I think I learned some things in that area. Otherwise the website is (somewhat) sectioned into four distinct areas. I really like the idea of having icons for them in the sidebar. From a visual point of view I like the distinct sidebar as well. It clearly separates the visual concerns - content and navigation/utilities.

Fair enough - there is a lot still to do:

• Cleaning up the code to be w3c verifiable.
• Testing in browsers, I have a sneaky feeling that IE is going to be a majour pain, make it work, or use the sections module for the admin interface.
• Streamlining the permissions
• Streamlining the use of the taxonomy system
• Writing more documentation
• Communicate, communicate, communicate

Still loads to do. Probably even during the Amsterdam experience.