Redesign: Børn i Byen

I totally forgot to mention this when it actually went live a few weeks back. At Børn i byen we’ve been busy redesigning and changing things around, and the result is now live at bornibyen.dk

New look and feel

I can’t claim credit for the actual design itself, though, I only chopped it into clean markup and implemented it in the application. The design was made modern and spiffy by 11design and the information architecture was hammered into place by Ingrid Haug from Usable Machine.

We are still cleaning up the corners of the site, removing remnants of the old site design, which - to be honest - I am pleased to see go. It served us well, but looks real dated by now.

Århus

Traditionally Børn i byen has only been focused on places and events in Copenhagen but time has come to expand the scope of the site. With this redesign launch we’ve opened up for parents in Århus, and we’re busy writing up content and finding partners in Århus for the club.

That said, as a user driven website the users are in control of what gets added. So if you’re not in Århus or Copenhagen, there is nothing stopping you from adding your favorite places from your home town.

Technical

Børn i byen is the first site I’ve launched that carries a HTML5 doctype (unless you count Progress Wars). I didn’t quite take the full leap and use HTML5-only elements like section and article yet - call me cautious.

Instead, I have taken small steps towards HTML5 using class names reflecting their HTML5 counterparts (ie <div class="section"></div> instead of <section></section>. When I am confident enough with browser support for the new elements, this should make upgrading to full HTML5 that much easier.

Other HTML5 goodies like email input fields and placeholders have been put to good use, and a few CSS3 goodies are sprinkled liberally throughout the site.

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