Designing for Performing Publics

Jul2009

I’ve been doing some web development work for PSi16, an annual conference series hosted by Performance Studies international, an organization that brings together scholars and practitioners working in the field of performance.

The project was organized into two, typical stages: interface design (mockups) and implementation. We decided to go with the WordPress content management system because of available ready-to-deploy modules and ease of theme development. The site makes heavy use of page templates. For example, the front splashpage’s design and layout, while maintaining a dropdown menu system, differs significantly from the regular pages found throughout the site. Page templates are a more efficient method of applying custom theme elements to different pages and helped us speed up the development process.

The website will be launching in late August, with the conference taking place in June 2010.