We love sharing stuff over here at The Escape so we thought we’d let you into a little secret.
No. we haven’t recorded a cover of an old Beatles song, we’ve just had a bit of a play around with our company website. You know the sort of thing… to use ‘marketing-speak’ we’ve basically given it a really good shake to see what falls off.
Well, it turned out to be a terrific team effort involving almost everyone within the business with the whole thing conducted at break-neck speed.
The concept and design was discussed, agreed and implemented in hours (let alone days or even weeks) while the hard-core techie bits were shared out amongst members of our technical team for rapid deployment. (They’ve been known to go from 0-60 lines of code in under 5 seconds you know!)
Of particular interest are elements of the page which have been coded using the most bang-up-to-date web functionality including HTML 5.0 and CSS 3.0. And we have to say, it doesn’t half open up loads of exciting possibilities.
Naturally, we’re dead serious about our new-look homepage so we’d love to know what you think. Please take a few moments to provide us with a bit of feedback by leaving a comment below. Go on, don’t be shy – tell us what you reckon!
We’re not saying the new style will definitely stay – nor will it necessarily go. All we’re saying is, if the feedback’s good then who knows?
As for the result of our handywork (all done at the speed of light), well… [drum roll] why not see it for yourself?
Footnote: Some of the really neat stuff we’ve done is so new that it’s beyond the scope of even the most recent of the main web browsers. This is work in progress for both us and the browser developers as the technology rolls out. If you wish to see the effects in all their glory, use Apple’s Safari browser which you’ll need to download and install.
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Hey guys, really like the new site – who does your illos? they are fab!!
If you’re open to feed back, tiny things – the links that drag you up and down arent very obvious so i ended up manually scrolling which negates the lovely (jquery??) smooth auto scrolls. Maybe colour them in – felt tip stylee
Web examples – make them clickable to send user to the live page – i really wanna explore that ‘Royal’ mountain bike site!
keep it up! great stuff and if you ever need a freelancer give me a buzz – love to all that remember me!
Danno
Comment by - Dan Date Posted - September 1, 2010
Hey folks…
Think the functionality & navigation of the new site is great — Really simple and easy to use. The illustration style is OK, though I’d be worried it might date quickly? Also, I’m not keen on the stick men Escapees but that’s a personal preference.
The main thing (for me) is that it neither looks like a ‘grid’ based design or a ‘liquid’ based one and feels like it needs bringing together somehow!? So I’d be interested to see how it develops…
Comment by - Andy Russell Date Posted - September 1, 2010
Looks nice but logo is way too small!
Comment by - Ben Date Posted - September 1, 2010
Doesn’t work with Firefox 3.6.3 on my PC nor with Explorer 8 – just seems to keep loading but never arrives. Works on the Desire – look complicated on a small screen but as others have said ‘Brave’ and good to be different. If you can get it to work with Firefox and Explorer I’d keep it!
Comment by - Peter Bird Date Posted - September 1, 2010
It works in firefox on a mac
Comment by - Dan Date Posted - September 1, 2010
Hi Guys,
The new site looks very clean a little gimmicky, but over all a good improvement. I would put more emphasis on the logo as it pales into the background with the rest of the design.
Comment by - Alan Date Posted - February 7, 2011