Uvades Consulting
Project Overview
The UVA Development Society (UVADES) website was designed and developed in 2004 as the organization's official online presence. The website was created to introduce the society, communicate its mission and development initiatives, showcase completed projects, and provide an accessible communication channel for the public and stakeholders.
The website featured a clean and professional design that reflected the organization's commitment to regional development while ensuring visitors could easily navigate and access important information.
Website Structure
The website consisted of the following primary sections:
- Home – Overview of the organization and its latest information.
- Who Are We? – Introduction to the Uva Development Society, its vision, mission, and objectives.
- What Do We Do? – Information about the society's development programmes, community initiatives, and areas of involvement.
- Selected Work – A showcase of completed projects and notable development activities undertaken by the organization.
- Our Team – Profiles of the individuals responsible for leading and managing the society.
- Contact Us – Contact details and an online enquiry form developed using Classic ASP, allowing visitors to communicate directly with the organization.
Design Concept
The website was designed with a clean institutional appearance that emphasized readability, structured navigation, and ease of use. The layout presented information in a logical hierarchy, allowing visitors to quickly understand the organization's purpose and activities.
A balanced colour scheme, simple graphics, and intuitive navigation created a professional online identity suitable for a non-profit development organization.
Development Approach
The website was hand-coded using HTML and CSS, with JavaScript providing basic client-side functionality. While the website itself was primarily static, the Contact Us page incorporated a Classic ASP-based contact form that enabled visitors to submit enquiries directly through the website.
The website was optimized for the web browsers and internet speeds commonly available in 2004, ensuring reliable performance and accessibility.
Designer & Developer Perspective
This project demonstrates my experience in designing and developing professional websites for non-profit and community organizations during the early stages of commercial web development in Sri Lanka. It highlights my ability to create clean, informative, and user-friendly websites while integrating server-side functionality where required. The project reflects the web design standards and development practices of the early 2000s, before content management systems became widely adopted.
Uvades Consulting IS a group of professionals specializing in development management consultancy based in Asia.
Asia with its concentration in poverty provides opportunities for professionals to contribute technical expertise that’s required in making a difference in the lives of the poor.
Uvades provides technical expertise to development efforts particularly targeting the poor. We believe in adding value to these efforts in a cost effective, efficient matter and committed to ensure quality.
We are well networked with like minded partners from the developed and the developing countries and are equipped to provide technical assistance enriched with International experience.
Our core specialization is Development Finance with special focus on Microfinance and SME. Over the years we have built around this core strength, a range of expertise that includes Development Finance and related development efforts. A fraction of over 500 million economically active poor seeking financial services are the ultimate beneficiaries of these efforts.
We are committed to high quality inputs and partnerships and have worked with diverse clientele we are proud of.
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