The Semirara Dumpsite Issue Website (NO TO SEMIRARA DUMPSITE! – Antique Philippines) was first designed way back in March 07, 2001 to July 01, 2001 after the people’s victory protesting against the proposed semirara dumpsite in Semirara island, Caluya, Antique, Philippines. The site has not been redesigned since early 2001 and was rarely updated when the landfill was not pushed through in Semirara island.
As the site was designed using simple HTML just like the Patria Diesel Power Plant Issue Website, I decided to redesign it using PHP for easy updating purposes. But instead of using simple PHP, I use WordPress as CMS (Content Management System) so the site can be easily and regularly updated. The updates may not be about the issue itself but at least they will be most likely related to the issue concerning garbage problems especially in the Philippines and other topics related to it. The other updates may not be about the issue itself but will still have something to do with Semirara island and its current problems.
The old site used one layout only. The newly redesigned site uses one layout too. The new web design is not exactly the same with the old web design as the sidebar at the old web design was at the right side and the main column for content was at the left side. Other than than, nothing really changed except for the PHP scripting programming language used. The old HTML web design was just converted into a new WordPress theme with fixed width and two columns, but this time, the main column for content is on the right side and the sidebar is on the left side.
The site was tested at Safari 3, Firefox 2, Firefox 3, Opera 8.5, Opera 9.2, Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7, even tested it with screen resolutions like 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024 and even bigger than 1280×1024. Everything looks fine at all the browsers.