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Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese, UC Berkeley
Current rating: 6.6 (770 votes)
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12345678910Added: 08 March 2007Designer: Miguel RipollSubmitter: Tzmedia (T's something)
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The Spanish.Berkeley website does a great job of mixing bold typography with a minimalist approach to styling, and some beautiful randomly presented header graphics that are quite spectacular. I found myself sitting and clicking the refresh button, just to cycle through the header graphics, which were almost thirty some in number!
Attention to details is evident throughout the site. For example the seldom seen noscript tags, which tells the user in a polite way "Viewing this site with Javascript turned off, or using an outdated browser will not make the content inaccessible in any way, but the visual experience will be somewhat less aesthetically pleasant". Oh how true, the aesthetics that make up this site are very nice indeed.
Employing a variable fixed width layout that works remarkably well, . The div structure breaks down nicely in almost any browser window size, down to an 800 pixel width setting. It is by using a series of div's, float left, and margin left techniques to name a few of the tricks incorporated in this type of layout, that it does it's magic. This smart school of layout is on my short list of must-try design techniques.
Built on WordPress 2.0.2, with a host of additional features and plugins. This setup does a great job of allowing blogs and all sorts of input from school staff and students. All in all the site does a great job of mixing modern minimalist design, with a rich almost old world flavor and heritage.
Reviewed by Tyler Gossman