FreeLists / webproducers / [webproducers] Re: New website

["A.Helfman" <amhelfman@xxxxxxxx>]

Ari,

         The previous homepage had been a solid, dark blue page dominated 
by a large photo of our building. All the interior pages were identical, 
built from a single template that relied on quadruple-nested tables for its 
layout. (I didn't create that design!) The content was the text of our 
academic bulletin, and it was divided according to the table of contents in 
the printed bulletin.  I spent several months conducting an 
organization-wide needs assessment, from which I developed the content 
areas and information architecture of the new site. We then developed a set 
of XHTML-transitional templates and CSS to form the new design, using 
colors chosen by our marketing department as part of their branding initiative.

         The new site was developed under the auspices of a web committee, 
but this was one instance where the existence of a committee helped to 
overcome political obstacles rather than create them. The previous site had 
been the creation of one or two people, so the committee was formed to 
represent all constituencies of our school. I was fortunate that no one had 
ever been really happy with the previous site, so everyone was very 
supportive of a complete makeover.

Amy


At 10:27 AM 10/9/2003 -0700, Ari Feldman wrote:
>Amy,
>
>Nice job! I wonder what the original looked like. It's always
>interesting to see the difference. I'm actually in the process
>of doing the same thing with the web sites of my corporate
>master. Did you face any political obstacles during the process?
>
>
>Also, after 4.75 years, i finally relaunched my personal web
>site today at www.arifeldman.com. still trying to work out the
>kinks, however.
>
>Ari


  Amy W. Helfman
  Manager of Web Technologies
  Computer Operations, Jewish Theological Seminary

  Voice: (212) 678-8043              Fax: (212) 678-8891
  Email:  amhelfman@xxxxxxxx    Website:  www.jtsa.edu

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