Well it's about time I practiced what I preach, and it's time fidgen.co.uk got a complete makeover. The old design worked to a point, but it wasn't very functional and it completely lacked the dynamic content which I always provide my clients.

The redesign had a simple brief - make fidgen.co.uk look flash and professional, but keep the user interface extremely easy to navigate, and highlight the important elements of my work clearly. I also wanted a site which was really easy to update, as my time is getting more and more put-upon as new contracts come in, so I can't afford to spend too long each day ensuring my own site is fresh and up-to-date.

Content Management System was the key word here, and again Joomla seemed to be the easy option, as it came with content editing as the core feature, and the extensions directory provides any and all extra functionality I required. Saying that I don't tend to use the 3rd party extensions if I can help it, so a lot of this site is heavily customised and coded by me!

The end result is coming along nicely it has to be said! I've broken my own golden rule about thorough testing before the site goes live, as I really need this ASAP, and there are still indeed some sections which are rather bare of content! But then it's christmas soon, and there should be a slow period over the festive bank holidays where I get an hour or two to rectify this.