30 May 2008

Last night our team breathed a sigh of relief as the final pages were saved, all apps connected and the last button pushed to publish the Innovate08 site and make it live.

For the first time we developed a mini-site from the ground up. Not just pages in a folder on WiredChurches.com, but a fully functional site with it's own domain name, hosting, navigational structure and registration component.

The entire process began in brainstorming sessions with the arts department. At that time we picked stop motion photography as the theme that would be used throughout the conference - from print to web to media/transitions during the conference.

Specifics
From there it was creating a dark web backdrop and UI that incorporated some of these images. Dump in all the necessary content and you have a website. I was lucky enough to work with a great team that put together the following elements:

• Stop motion photography
• Graphics for website
• Print elements (example: 2008 Brochure)
  
• Facebook Page
• Twitter Page/Feed
• Funny FAQ Videos
  
• Forms for Innovate08 Registration and sign-ups for Casual Q&As
  
• PayPal integration
• And much more that I'm forgetting...

This project was hammered out in less than a month and only happened because each person took their specific area of expertise and made it happen.

Great job guys! I love this stuff.

Task List
Go register for Innovate08 right now - I'll see you in September.