A website in a day

Sometimes it's excellent fun to work with somebody to produce a website in a day. With no requirement for ongoing support, just get it up and running, instant gratification. In a way, it says, "Look what we can do when we set our minds to it!"

New site for the Winchester Web Scene
winchesterwebscene.co.uk

Yesterday, @sydlawrence phoned me to ask if i'd like to help make a new site for the Winchester Web Scene. Without a second thought, i said, "DEFINITELY!" We got together at 3pm today at the Bridge Patisserie. We drank lots of coffee, went on to the Bishop on the Bridge, then went back to Syd's house and ate pizza. We got the whole site designed, coded, integrating with Twitter, Flickr, Google Maps, Gravatar and Campaign Monitor for email subscriptions, with a blog plus comments, events list and RSS feeds … in about 5 hours.

It was nice that two Winchester web companies, Marmalade on Toast and Eden Development were able to combine talent to work on a fun social project together. The two of us had a great time making it!

The site gives a far greater prominence to the Winchester Web Scene than the old Ning site did. Still in its first few hours of existence, the site has already had 71 unique visitors. The future of the Winchester Web Scene is looking very bright!

The next event is a barbeque at the Hyde Tavern on the 6th July from 7pm. If you live near Winchester and are interested in anything to do with the web, you're very welcome to come along! :)

Posted: June 20th, 2009
Categories: friends, geeky, social, web 2.x, winchester, winchesterweb
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  • Akter Mituakter Mitu2

    I was rum to see what possibility you were using, and only the term cookie obloquy gave it absent. Never heard of Kohana before but I strength looking into it when I'm next hunting at doing a PHP app!

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  • Stampoo

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  • Akter Mituakter Mitu2

    Each website should be just the front piece
    on an overall technology strategy. It must be part of an overall strategy to
    integrate the internet into your business - whether its saving money on
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  • Website in a day is quite interesting. I think it will possible with well experienced persons.

    Thanks
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  • Working with the Marmalade-On-Toast team has been as pleasant as biting into a warm slice of toast with Butter AND Marmalade!"

  • Nice post, I think when you work as a team nothing is impossible. It's all about sharing the work, thoughts & ideas. Maybe it wasn't possible to work this fast individually. I belief that, If some one have skills & belief in himself, he can do things fast & If people from related profession work together, they always gives a good results.

  • webdevelopment

    It's Amazing within short time website quite interesting. Good work.

  • thank u for posting

  • Wow, It's Amazing within short time preparing a web site. It is good work.

    thanks sharing.

  • That's all well and good but it's never that easy in the real world.

    I find that I have to go through a ridiculous amount of designs before my clients will pick one.

  • You have done a marvelous job by completing with such a short period. Great Work. Really it motivates the others. Thanks for sharing.

  • executiveresumewriter

    Wow. Impressed. 5 hours? You must have been drinking really strong coffee. ;)

    I have a "work" website already, but am thinking of possibly starting another for side interests, crafts, coffee, etc.

    Thanks for the motivation.

    Erin

  • Nick

    Nice work - I was curious to see what framework you were using, and only the session cookie names gave it away. Never heard of Kohana before but I might look into it when I'm next looking at doing a PHP app!

  • Nice work, I find it amazing. It all depends on the manpower to to complete the task in such short time.

  • For as long as you have the man power to do and separate task it's easy.

  • I am also trying to schedule a task to open a specified website every work day at a specified time.

  • Wow, that is an impressive amount of accomplishment in such a short time!

  • Thanks! We had a lot of fun doing it too. Nice to do something quickly and not have it drag on for ages!

  • nice work, I find it amazing how many people are getting ready to get ready and never get their idea off the ground. It doesn't have to take an arm and a leg if you just get moving

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