New AFL Websites Built with Yii
I was tasked with building the new AFL websites Mark of the Year and Goal of the Year for the 2013 season for the Australian Football League. After gathering the requirements it was excited to find that Yii will be perfect to build these sites.
I love the sink my teeth into a project by starting with database design. The requirements were clear and not too exhaustive so it didn’t take too long to design. From there I was quickly able to build the models, views and controllers with Yii’s great scaffolding tool, Gii.
From this point I could start with the basic page layout and add the business rules to the the models and controllers and tweak the views to meet the functionality. Once the site was fully functional I could then add all the design elements to meet the page layout and styles created by the client.
The tricky part was including the video code into the site with Telstra’s proprietary video embedding code.
It was a great experience and really highlighted how easy and fun it is to build functional websites with Yii.
Websites:
www.markoftheyear.afl.com.au
www.goaloftheyear.afl.com.au