A Review of Government Agency Home Page Wireframe by Zeno Popovici

The design has to much content and to few images

  • Zeno Popovici

    Zeno Popovici

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    The design has to much content and to few images

    Posted on May 16, 2010 at 1:03 PM

    Hey Rachel,

    Finally a wireframe on CF! So excited! I'm also discovering CF notes for the first time ... lazy me :)

    Overall it's a classic. I understand it should be, it's a goverment agency. I would advise to take a look here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/

    Cheers,

    Zeno.

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  • 1

    This area can probably be unified

    Think about combining the news and blog posts. Usually only one outlet is needed for companies.

  • 2

    Unify the footer

    Perhaps it's just visual representation of the footer, but I would unite all of these three boxes into one with a different background. All of this is utility functionality and eliminating "boxing" will make the design look cleaner.

  • 3

    Good placement of search box

    The search box is right where users expect it. On the other hand, "Search:" label is really not needed here.

  • 4

    1 liner menu

    I would go with a 1 line menu. I don't know if it's possible but it would make the menu more easy to scan and more room on the page.

  • 5

    Great headline

    Great bold headline that's screaming "read me" :)

  • 6

    Action areas / buttons

    Try to make the most important stand out. Else, there are to many action buttons next to each other.

  • 7

    Not related

    These 2 do not releate with eachother ... separate it, or move it elsewhere.

  • 8

    Not noticeable

    There links are barely noticeable. Maybe place a similar link at the very bottom of the article box, this is where users expect it.

  • 9

    Rename it

    Try "read more", its an descriptive action. Will generate more clicks.

  • 10

    Why no title here?

    It seems inconsistent with the boxes on the right and left. Unless you want to make it less noticeable / important.

  • 11

    Combine

    As Aurimas already said: Try to combine these. It would make them more interesting to read (more content).

  • 12

    Thumbnails

    Add more thumbnails to the page or else it will look dull lilke a newspaper column.

  • 13

    Move it to the top

    Bump this up ... this is how the user interacts with your site. It's important.

  • 14

    Language

    Language selection here? Why?

  • 15

    Integrate

    Integrate these into a separate area. I don't have any brilliant ideas, but it's a mess right now. Maybe adding some of them to the main menu (drop down)?

  • 16

    Test

    Test

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