Redesign

Monday, December 1, 2003 Thinking about redesigning 5rocks.com, bethanyhills.com, and/or david.larocque.net-type sites:

• Look-n-feel
1. CSS as much as possible (why?, David Shea's cribsheet)
2. Some ideas:
• MS Publisher Arrows, Bounce, or Photoscope designs, for easy congruence with print materials, particularly for bethanyhills.com
• Zen Garden ideas: Stormweather, A Garden Apart, Calm & Smooth, or Zunflower (more)
3. Google news (dual-column, simple colors)
   
4. MSN (a bit much, but lots of content crammed in pretty well)
   
• Accessibility
  
• Dive into Accessibility
• Not like this one
• Good CSS-print version
• NYPL online style guide
  
• Management
• Support Mozilla-based editing
• Expand db-backed photo system to all sites
• Provide more layout theme variety
• Seasonal
• Pick graphically
• Different arrangements
  
• Content
• Header
• Logo
• General menu
• Breadcrumbs
• Search
  
• Menu
• Expandable
• Favorites
  
• Content
• Intro
• News
• Calendar
• Photos
• "Ads"
• Groups, with subset of news/calendar/photos
  
• Cookie-content?
• Auto-favorites
• Intro or not
• Last searches
• Auto-login
• Color scheme
• Font size
• Privacy
• Items have public and/or private versions
• Must err on conservative with kids, on any sit

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