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Skidder Networks Relaunches MGross.com, Powered by WordPress
Today Skidder Networks launches a redesign of the website of author Michael Gross. With the help of Josh and Taylor, this site has been built over the past several months. Today's launch coincides with the release of Michael's new book 740 Park.
One really cool feature is the Cast of Characters in 740 Park. It's a database full of information about all the "extraordinary group of tenants–achievers, heirs and even a couple of air-heads" that have lived in the building. You can sort the table to suit your liking and see photos and/or relevant web links about most residents.
But my favorite thing about this site is the tight integration with WordPress. With the introduction of Pages in WordPress 1.5, there's nothing to stop you from using Wordpress as a full-fledged CMS. That's exactly what we've done here.
Michael wanted an easy way to update the site himself. WordPress does just that.
Every single page on the site is created on-the-fly by WordPress.
Even cooler, the navigation is generated on-the-fly. So, if Michael adds a page to the 740 Park section, it will appear in the 740 Park navigation bar instantly.
The templating system was so much easier than uploading files using FTP that I found myself running everything through it! I even coded the Cast of Characters script inside of WordPress.
This was my first site developed exclusively in WordPress, but you can bet it won't be my last.
Posted in on October 16, 2005, 02:46 PM | Permalink
Comments
Great site! I love author websites.
One thing I was surprised not to find -- a list of events where Michael Gross is appearing, for instance, book-signings and readings.
It turns out tomorrow night (Oct 25) he's appearing at the Strand bookstore in NYC:
http://eventful.com/events/E0-001-000447569-0
What would be cool is to integrate Eventful / EVDB and his site, perhaps with an Eventful Calendar Sticker. We could help if you're interested!
Posted by: Brian Dear at October 24, 2005 04:37 PM
Those eventful guys are crafty aren't they?
He does have a good point though. Events = <3
Posted by: Taylor at October 27, 2005 12:45 PM
great site, thanks for your hard work
Posted by: Shropshire at December 7, 2005 06:54 AM
