Sofie Estolloso Hofmann Designs International

The Patria Diesel Power Plant Issue Website (PATRIA! THE UNDISCOVERED PARADISE! NO TO DIESEL POWER PLANT!) was first designed way back in November 22, 2002 to December 22, 2002 at the height of the protest against the proposed diesel power plant in Patria, Pandan, Antique, Philippines. The site has not been redesigned since then and was rarely updated when the issue somehow ended in early 2003.

The site was designed using simple HTML, and so when I decided to redesign it, I use PHP for easy updating. But instead of just using simple PHP, I use WordPress as CMS (Content Management System) with this site. I especially use WordPress so the site can be easily and regularly updated from now on. The updates may not be about the issue itself but at least they will be most likely related to the issue concerning diesel power plants and other topics related to power and energy, and most especially probably about alternative energies.

The old site used one layout only. The newly redesigned site uses one layout too. The web design is actually still the same, nothing really changed except for the scripting programming language. The old HTML web design was just converted into a new WordPress theme with fixed width and two columns, having the main column for content on the right side and the side bar being situated on the left side.

The site was tested at Safari 3, Firefox 2, Firefox 3, Opera 8.5, Opera 9.2, Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7, even tested it with screen resolutions like 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024 and even bigger than 1280×1024. So far, everything looks fine at all the browsers.