David Emery OnlinePut your sunglasses on
18 August 2006
I think I may have used up my colour quota for the year; everything else is going to have to be monochrome.
We’ve just launched the new Basement Jaxx site: Crazy Itch Radio
Where to even begin on this site; boy does it have a lot packed in! It’s based on Textpattern which powers both the News and also the Shoutout section (which is all based on Textpattern’s comment system). There’s liberal use of javascript, for the player, the ticker (which also uses Ajax so it stays up to date with the latest shoutouts), the News which is also all Ajax-ified (so that you can sit and listen to the music, which is about an hour and a half long, and still navigate the site) and also the little jingle knobs as well.
Needless to say, it’s a pretty complicated site, with lots of little bits like the mix (which was done by Basement Jaxx), the quicktime player and the flash animations at the top all being done externally and then all coming together at the last minute.
It all worked out quite nicely in the end though…