I designed, developed and built amllp.com, a J1.5 website running K2 (and lot of other extensions) for the largest CPA firm in California. Prior content (300+ pages) had to be entered manually (I was able to import some with the very handy K2 import component). One major project goal was to implement a robust SEO campaign - this meant an initial intense phase of wire-framing as well as ongoing client education (client's first reaction to designs: there's too much verbiage, etc. etc.).

The site was an interesting challenge on several fronts, beginning with the accordion panels, which include modules from a wide range of components (K2, Joomla articles, JCal Pro, Docman, contact forms etc.). I created a custom mod_k2_content template with an accordion widget built on mootools. Using the 'modules anywhere' plugin, I then embedded each module into K2 items in order to add/customize intro text and other parameters.

K2's extra fields were a critical part of the individual partners' pages - the right column lists out extra fields data - I made extensive use of the very handy script for hiding null (blank) extra fields.

I created a vertical sliding tab widget based on the Qlue tabs module for the 'people' and sub-group landing pages. The js functionality was easy to customize - as in most of the site, the heavy lifting focused on the css.  The amount of AJAX functionality and very particular UI requirements forced the use of flash widgets on landing pages. Using the swf object module mitigates any SEO detriment.

I took many insights away from this project, which was costly (I went way underwater due, among other things, to ever-shifting client goals) and extensive (8 months from start to launch this past January). The social media networked multi-functionality diverse UX of this site exemplifies a new paradigm of digital publishing - let's call it Web 3.0 - that both extends and transcends the technical apparatus of web 2.0. In a site like amllp.com, the Web 3.0 is an ecosystem of technologies and UXs rather than a single-website entity. At the core of this ecosystem: K2.

Alan,

Congrats on the long tour to completion on this project.Its a stunning example of what can be achieved through the integration a variety of leading Joomla extensions and K2.

Stand back, pat yourself on the back and get on with the next awesome K2 project :)

Thanks for sharing.

Simon