Archive for October, 2006

BATS Website

So I’ve been working on the BATS website recently - http://www.bats.uk.net/ If it looks familiar then you’d be quite right as it’s based on Wordpress - the same blog engine that I use on xanthein.net.

So, why did I use a blog system for a “normal” website? Firstly, you have to understand what the old website was like. Designed completely in static HTML, edited using MS Frontpage - a design straight out of the 90s. From looking at archive.org it looks like the site was updated once in 2003, once in 2004 and once in 2005. In 2006 I took over running the website and only managed to make one change before deciding it was too much work it its current form! Continue reading ‘BATS Website’