Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Ground breaking and laying the foundation.

Now that the development of the site and its content are underway, let me spill more details on what we are  working on. The site template has been bought (check it out here ) and we have been looking through the structure and construct of its design. Though the site will not look exactly like the design (there has to be an identity for the site after all), it sure will bear a striking resemblance to that theme.

We cannot say the same smooth sailing story about the content though. Those who have visited  our sister site www.urduathome.com will know that all our content is in flash. We have a love and hate relationship with flash. When completed, it looks awesome, and the kids love it. But for development and cross platform compatibility, it is not so stellar. There is no full featured support on mobile versions and iOS does not have native support for it, which means if and when we port the site to the iPad, we will have hills to climb.

The support and encouragement from family and friends is our midnight oil and we keep burning through it as we are motivated to create something that has personal connection for the founders and expatriates worldwide. Rest assured, we will keep updating you of our progress (or non-progress) and hope you will join our journey to seeing this dream getting fulfilled.

Cheers,
Sunil Jacob,
Founder, Malayalam At Home.