On Feb 6, 10:55 pm, Cerebrus <[email protected]> wrote:
> First and foremost, I assume that when you say ASP, you mean classic
> ASP 3.0 and not ASP.NET. If however, I am mistaken in this assumption,
> the rest of my reply would prove pretty irrelevant. I would also add
> the necessary disclaimer that this group is expressly dedicated
> to .NET technologies and not to legacy technologies like ASP.
>
> The major problem with ASP(classic ASP) was that there was no
> separation of code from rendering elements. They all were
> intermingled. This "facility" led most site designers to design sites
> with complete disregard to any type of logical tier separation. While
> it is possible that the site in question has been designed in a very
> object oriented manner where all dynamic elements are clearly
> separated from static elements, I strongly doubt it.
>
> My experience with ASP sites indicates that anyone taking up the
> responsibility of redesigning the site would need to have an intricate
> understanding of ASP and how the code logic dictates the conditional
> rendering of different pages. Designers for ASP sites usually provide
> a static representation of the prospective design (HTML/PSD) and allow
> the programmer to recreate that design using code. In other words,
> they are only able to provide a 'picture' of what the site should look
> like. The complete implementation needs to be done by the programmer.
>
> To summarize, I do not believe it would be relatively easy to design a
> new look and integrate it with ASP pages.
>
Thank you for your insight, it helps.
> On Feb 7, 2:20 am, "Le'Dude" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > A client wants to redesign a .asp site. They want to keep the current
> > technology that is in place (shopping, showing product variations,
> > etc), but they want a different look and feel. For practical
> > purposes, what exactly would be involved in creating a new visual look
> > for the site? How would one integrate a new graphic design with an
> > asp site? I noticed that in Dreamweaver one can work on asp but I've
> > never done that.
>
> > What I need to do is assess whether or not this is something I can do
> > as a graphic designer, or if what the client really needs is a
> > programmer and an art director.
>
> > Here is the site in question:http://209.223.98.170/istar.asp
>
> > Just to recap, what would be the normal procedure for visually
> > revamping a site like this for somebody who is used to working in
> > Dreamweaver. Can I redesign this in Dreamweaver, and then have it
> > integrated into the site architecture pretty easily if I have the
> > original site to work with? Or would I just redesign the visual
> > element and then hand that off to somebody who knows asp? Could I
> > design it in HTML and then transfer that to ASP?
