What Do You Think is the Most Important Thing to Know Going Into a Website Redesign?
This week, we’d like to pose a question, or two. We are working on our own website redesign, and it’s fun to be on the other side of the design process for a change. We’re wondering, for those of you who have built or redesigned your site lately, what hints, tips or tricks did you take away from the experience?
What is the most important thing you have learned about your website? What piece of detail ended up worth it’s virtual weight in gold? What would you recommend to someone embarking on their own website redesign.
We know there are at least a few of you out there. Leave a comment! Be chatty! Or, if you aren’t the social type, take this as a recommendation to talk to some experienced friends or peers and get their thoughts while you are considering a project of your own…
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2 Responses to “What Do You Think is the Most Important Thing to Know Going Into a Website Redesign?”
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vmolloy on February 15th, 2012
We just changed our web platform to Drupal and this has resulted in a design that has many locked down sections on our home page due to how the University is approaching ubiquitous look and feel. So we have to make the best use of the spaces that are ours and came up with using the large space at the top for a Features section that a reader can toggle through to additional information. It isn’t up yet but we think it will work and help solve the problem of refreshing content within a limited framework. It is def’n a work in progress so I’ll share more as it evolves. Cheers, Val
Erin on February 15th, 2012
Hi Val! Thanks so much for your comment. Drupal is a great CMS, but depending in how you build your templates there are trade-offs with flexibilty and display. When it’s up and running, we’d love to see it! Good luck for a smooth launch!