The Bowmen of Lyme Website.

When the Bowmen of Lyme originally approached MDESystems, they already had a webpage but this was quickly becoming un-manageable and so required a new website to be built.

They specified that the website should be built entirely in HTML as they wanted to use the cheapest Hosting Package available.  They also specified that the website should be cross browser compatible, fully accessible, W3C compliant and easy to keep up to date.

The first site made for the Bowmen of Lyme used frames.  MDESystems created one 'Master Page' that sorted out the look of the site and then 'content' pages to store the actual details to be shown on each page.  Although this does have its drawbacks, it is the easiest to maintain as each 'page' has its own document, therefore making it very easy to update.  The main downside to this approach is that you actually have only one visible web page, this can result in a lower your website rating in some search engines.

In Autumn 2006, the Bowmen of Lyme requested that their site be brought up to date with a fresh new look.  This new site was contructed without using frames to ensure that they could work towards being AAA compliant.  The site now sports a completely new style and allows them to have different 'themes' that can be applied at different times through the year.  The structure of the site will also allow for an easy transition to an asp.net website at a later date.

The image shown below is their original framed website.

and the one below is their brand new look showing their 4 themes, one for each season.  Notice that the images also change to show how the club changes through the year.

As you can see, the new look is a lot cleaner than the previous version and is fully compliant with all major browsers.

For a closer look, why not visit their site to see it in action.