I designed goatsquarecottages.com.au for a small bed and breakfast in the Barossa Valley wine district ages ago, but haven't invested much effort into driving traffic to it. Tourism is a difficult industry to achieve good search engine rankings in, as it is very competitive and everyone books accommodation for their holidays online these days.
I enjoyed creating the logo in the site's header, using two fonts which very obviously portray the design principle of contrast. The colour scheme was decided upon by choosing colours from the photo at the top. And all coded using web standards of course. I think it works!
The site is also implemented using a CMS which means that the owners can easily update text content on the site without having to call me!
It was a fun little project, especially because the images were provided by my Dad who is a photographer. If you are ever visiting the Barossa Valley and looking for a place to stay, check out this place as the rooms look amazing and the cottages have a lot of character.
Posted by mattymcg at November 7, 2005 07:25 AMvery nice! did you use textpattern for the CMS? i have to redesign one of my sites and am thinking about using a CMS this time.
Posted by: gleek at November 7, 2005 08:48 AMNice work Matt. Good little plug for your old man too. Keep us up to date with more of the projects you do.
Posted by: Hammy at November 7, 2005 08:51 AMThanks guys. gleek: yes, the CMS is Textpattern. It's definitely come a long way since its beta days.
Posted by: mattymcg at November 7, 2005 09:06 AMgreat clean site and fab images. good teamwork magains!! x x Anna
Posted by: Anna at November 8, 2005 04:51 PMThanks Anna, that's not a bad site you've got yourself ;-)
Posted by: mattymcg at November 8, 2005 10:14 PM