This is the traditional “Hello World!” post to launch the Frogfoot Blog.

Some quick background on the history of Frogfoot’s websites.

Around 2000, we started with a simple static website. It was pretty simple and looked something like this.

In 2004 we built a new site. We spend about 6 months planning and creating the artwork. It took the form of a story “of a frog revolution” with 6 water colour painted scenes. The original artworks can be found in our reception area. It was something between Planet of the Apes and Monkey Island. The site was flash based. You can find the original here. The artwork can be found here.

Around 2006 we built a more traditional html site. Which you can find here. You’ll notice it used frames, which was something we wanted to move away from.

For the 2007 Futurex launch of our Wifi hotspot product we put up a new website. We used Worpress as a CMS for the first time. Here is a screenshot.

Which brings us to the new 2008 Wordpress based site. It took us about a month to design and a another month to implement, develop and refine it to the point of launch. It’s much cleaner and simpler and lighter than the last site.

We built a Wordpress theme from scratch to suit our needs. It’s also the first time we’re serious about using the blog features of Wordpress. We’ve integrated our online shop (consumer services) features into the main site and developed a new client sign-up process. Our business services and partnership product offerings are now categorised and easy to browse.

The new website will be a central platform for our company, providing details about our services, allowing clients to order services easily, a way of interacting with our customers and sharing news and ideas.

Hope you like it, let us know what you think.

Why “Pirate Radio”?

You may be wondering why we named this blog: “Pirate Radio”. We’ll..

• We have a Frog Pirate mascot.
• The name refers to Pirate Radio stations of the old days, read: alternative media.
• We’d like to see this a platform to interact in a casual, friendly, alternative and fun way.
• In some ways it will be a “broadcasting” platform, but it’s not like traditional radio style broadcasting, we would like it enable two-way communication.
• We’re taking some artistic license in being a bit rebellious and non-conformist. Read, unique and remarkable. To stand out from the rest of the pack.
• We support a few ongoing revolutions, mostly in the South African telecommunications market. Open Source, New Media, Wifi, VoIP, Broadband Internet…
• This blog is a “Soundtrack to these Revolutions”.

Meet the Frogfoot Bloggers

A short description of the Frogfoot blog characters and an introduction to the personalities who write for this blog….

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