As part of my duties at Beckman
Coulter, I was asked to design and build a new website for the Beckman Coulter Foundation, an independent philanthropic organization founded by Beckman Coulter, Inc. This is a small informational site which was a pleasure to build. I had moderate creative freedom and a chance to try some new techniques.
The site is primarily static HTML, with SSI to consolidate the header, nav and footer. A little classic ASP in the header file generates the appropriate titles, meta data highlighted navigation tab depending on the active page. The shadows in the design were acheived using .png images, and the requisite Internet Explorer workarounds. Another tricky aspect was creating a footer which is always at the bottom of the window, unless the content is longer.
The board of the foundation was pleased with the result, which should make it much easier for them exchange information with grant-seekers, and ultimately help the company donate more efficiently to worthy causes.