Atomised: the Web Design Co-operative

The Project

We were delighted when Ethos public relations approached us with a brief to design them a new website. They had clear ideas about the direction they wanted to take and particularly wanted to ensure that they were taking advantage of the latest web technologies.

We had no reservations about employing Symphony 2 as the CMS for this project. Opensource and well supported by a vibrant community, this tool offers great flexibility to the developer and a clean and intuitive interface to the user. Using some of the new features in Symphony 2, we were also able to simplify the process of bringing external feeds into the CMS.

One of the most attractive things about Symphony from a developer's perspective, is it's use of XML for all datasources and XSLT as the core templating language. This combination allows for rapid development of front-end pages and good compliance with web standards.

By leveraging some of the most exciting tools available today, we have been able to produce a fresh new site for Ethos, which has not only met but exceeded their expectations.