Did a little digging in Google Trends for the Dutch habits when searching for takeout food.
Turns out “afhalen” is by far the most used. With takeout and takeaway coming behind. Funny thing was that to-go is more significant than togo. Guess we are grammatically correct rather than convenient.
Complete overhaul of an outdated Drupal website. Tracked down the host (TCOhost in UK) through whois and contacted them. Hosting packaged was paid up for three years, so they assisted me promptly.
Created a new site online in WordPress.com and reorganized the site in accordance to the in-take discussion with the client. Main activities are horse riding tours for cruise ship day tourists, riding lessons for locals, inhabitants and expats and the pet farm for children of all ages.
Main improvement is the streamlining of the order process. All pages are linked to a central booking for where the customer fills out the activity he or she is interested in and the request gets sent to booking office at Seaside Nature Park where it can be followed up.
Should a PayPal for Business be added, this setup can be easily extended to include payments and reservations.
Future improvements are daily or weekly blogging by the staff to showcase their passion for the park and their jobs and improved sales funnel to help guide potential visitors towards their purchase.
The alumni association ENIAC of my (Dutch) Alma Mater, University of Twente, wants to redesign its website and focus on its primary services. Many aspects have changed I first moved the website from flexible but labor-intensive WordPress.org over to a hosted (but somewhat restricted) WordPress.com platform. Facebook has become ubiquitous and mobile (smart)phones make it easier for alumni to stay in touch, check content and sign up for events, update their data in the alumni database and post pictures during events.
While the static content, such as official documents for annual member meetings, statutes and the monthly glossy, are still important to maintain, events, sign-up forms, social media and calendars will likely be the center focus of the new site.
Exact requirements and desires are still being discussed by the board, but here is heads-up. The main complication is how to cater to 3 vastly different groups of alumni: < 30, 30-50, > 50
If you are a member of ENIAC and are reading this, feel free to share your ideas for the new site and give your input to me or the board.
The site no longer functions as my IT-oriented website but more as an overall personal portfolio showcase website. Hence, the theme was changed and content revised and added.
Work in progress as it takes a while to expand upon all my activities and projects, past and future.
Christian Peper 