But while I have you...it can't hurt to recap some of the activities from the past few months and the items coming up.
Jan - Mar 2012:
- Continue releasing news and events on landing pages.
- Finalizing page layouts and technical requirements.
- CAT Bus route images being added to page layout.
- Implementation and training of MyRaleigh: Subscriptions with City staff.
- Citizen engagement sessions on new design and layouts.
- Feb 27, 10a - 1p, Third Place
- Mar 15, 6p, 6:30p, 7p, 7:30p, Wilmoore Cafe
- Mar 23, 10a - noon, TBD
- Mar 30, 2p - 4p, TBD
- New header release to site with slight color adjustments for links and accents.
- New landing page layouts release.
- New park page layouts release (based on park page view analytics).
- New recreation program layouts release (based on page analytics).
- New CAT Bus route layouts release.
One of the exciting aspects of the Internet is its ever changing nature with new information, technology trends and growing user needs. The City has overhauled the website twice since it existed. Both times the site was completely recreated, redesigned and reintroduced to staff and public. Both times everyone had a hard time with a complete new site and extensive change. In order to keep pace with the Internet and to ease the pain of change on the users, the City is practicing a more fluid and gradual process of site changes.
While the new site is only 18 months old, the design and layout is at least 3 years old. We have also heard from users the need to reorganize and present content differently. For the changes with high impact on page visualization or organization, we will be making efforts to introduce these changes to people through usability testing or engagement sessions in addition to more gradual changes.
