This site is not yet in official use because I am waiting on the client to finish creating content for all of the pages. It is the second site built on the amalga•muse theme I created in November. This was a fun project for me as it allowed me to become more acquainted with Judaism in general, and Messianic Judaism in particular. The client is Beth Emanuel Synagogue in Holbrook, NewYork.
The logo was originally conceived by another graphic designer hired by the synagogue. I gave it some fresher colors and added some dimension to it when I developed the masthead. The challenge given by the rabbi was to create a site that’s look and feel struck a balance between new and old, contemporary and traditional. They feel this design accomplishes that. The structure of this incarnation of the amalga•muse template is heavily inspired by The Morning After Wordpress theme. Again, part of the fun with this project is leveraging Wordpress as a CMS to run a site with lots of static pages alongside dynamic blog-like entries while delivering to the client ease of use and the ability to self-publish changes.
My friend, Trevor, the communications/creative director over at Calvary Church in Santa Ana (my former employer) facilitated this job. The synagogue found him because of freelance web design work he did for another synagogue here in Orange County (and I designed the menu system for it). This was a good collaboration. It was a blessing to have someone else interfacing with the client on such a large project. That way, I was able to concentrate solely on the design and coding. Trevor has a great eye for aesthetics, and I appreciate the way he gently pushes me towards better and better designs as he reviews drafts with me. As they give us content, Trevor will flesh out the site’s pages.
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for the theme israel langugage theme thank god theme
May 7th, 2008
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