aMack Design » redesign http://www.amackdesign.com www.amackdesign.com Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:24:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Nehemiah.org Redesign http://www.amackdesign.com/nehemiahorg-redesign/ http://www.amackdesign.com/nehemiahorg-redesign/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:51:42 +0000 anisha http://www.amackdesign.com/blog/?p=25 The client asked for an updated look and content organization. The current site appeared very dark in color and lacked a welcoming color harmony throughout the site. They wanted to keep all of the images and content, however they were looking to reorganize the information.

View the current site at Nehemiah.org

Original site

Redesigned site

The site is still in development and hasn’t launched, however you can see the purple hue was lightened and a monotone color scheme was established. The home page will have rotating images as an initial large photo present was important to keep for them. The content is now being reorganized to display current information and they are looking to add interactive elements such as a calendar, rss feed, and other Web 2.0 features.

Secondary page:

]]> http://www.amackdesign.com/nehemiahorg-redesign/feed/ 0 Northwestern University IT Site Redesign http://www.amackdesign.com/nuit-redesign/ http://www.amackdesign.com/nuit-redesign/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:33:12 +0000 anisha http://www.amackdesign.com/blog/?p=11 The Original Design

Problems with the original design:

  1. Problem 1- The design did not reflect Northwestern University branding, specifically color. I felt this was important because the NUIT organization supports teaching, research, and the administration of the University, and therefore should reflect the brand.
  2. Problem 2 – The site was in table format, which meant it wasn’t W3C compliant (and Web accessible).
  3. Problem 3 - It was difficult getting various NUIT departments onboard of using the university content management system because they wanted their work to be on a site that showed forward-thinking design, a technology presence, Web 2.0 features, and a site that represented the change in time.
  4. Problem 4 – The home page was a content overload to an average user. I believe you should be able to go to a Web page and there should be links, navigation, etc. somewhere where you can identify yourself (especially on a service-driven such as the NUIT site)

The ReDesign

Resolution to the problem:

  1. I brought back the purple hue and added yellow and gray as accents.
  2. The site templates are in CSS format (meaning, the entire site is now Web accessible and W3C compliant.
  3. All departments within NUIT are now asking how they can build a Web site within the CMS. In addition, they want CMS training, and? information on how to they can utilize our teams marketing and communications services to brand and announce their projects the the university community. We’ve implemented RSS feeds, Blog capabilities, a YouTube campaign video, Podcasts, Webinars and more.
  4. Four identified site users were created based on site traffic analysis. The numerous mini-sites and Web pages were divided and organized into drop-down menus.

About Web Accessibility

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