Tracktime Corporate website
The first incarnation of the Tracktime Corporate website in 2002 provided information on their motorsport services. Photography from track day events and race circuits is used extensively thoughout the site to further highlight the exciting nature of the business.
However, keeping the site maintained became difficult due to the fact that it had been coded using tables. This might have been acceptable in 2002 but not in 2006 when XHTML and CSS standards are. The advantages in taking this approach are numerous:
- CSS is well supported by most browsers
- separation of structure (XHTML) and style (CSS)
- table-free layout (except for tabulated data) meaning less code and faster page loading times
- cost savings in less bandwidth being used
Prior to the redesign and recode tracktime.com.au weighed in at nearly 20mb. After the redesign – about 10Mb with images. Quite a dramatic reduction.
