Sector(s)
Project Team
Project Manager and Site Builder: Inky Talbot
Creative Direction and Interaction Design: Jason Lewis
Junior Developer: Nelly Moseki
Front End Developer and Site Builder: Stew West
The popular weekly and monthly comic and animated series, Supa Strikas, follows the action of a fictional football team - both on and off the pitch, as they travel to exciting destinations around the globe to take on the world's best, in the Super League.
About the project
We were asked to redesign and rebuild the Supa Strikas website on Drupal, as the old one was still on Flash, which is not compatible with modern devices and wasn't mobile friendly.
The client was looking for a fresh, and user-friendly website, that will allow for certain content to be delivered to country-specific versions of the website, for example, sponsored branding.
We wanted to keep the website's purpose of watching and reading the video and comic as simple as possible. Users should feel like they're watching/following a real football team. It must be entertaining, while still following an approach that invites audiences to come watch, read and share their thoughts.
With this in mind, we were determined to find a user-friendly way to display the comic reader on a wide range of devices.
Why Drupal was chosen
The previous Supa Strika website was built using Flash, and we had a very good working relationship with the client already. So, when they approached us for the project, Drupal was used as this is the only platform we use.
Technical Specifications
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Key modules/theme/distribution used:
We rebuilt the website on Drupal 8 with one primary page as the main focus, with 2 simple links taking you to more information about the team and a contact page. The website is now fully responsive and after having spent some time getting to know the client and their brand we incorporated very bright and vibrant colours to best represent Supa Strikas.
Domain Access was used to publish content to the 3 different country domains. Through the use of multiple sub-domains, the country-specific content is all managed through one Drupal 8 installation and sent specifically to the site(s) where it’s required.
On the home page classic clashes, each Supa Strika team player has a related opponent. We use Views Field Views to create the display of player vs opponent.
