A Review of Government Agency Homepage Redesign by Mohammed Mansoor

Menu to accomudate scalability

  • Mohammed Mansoor

    Mohammed Mansoor

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    Menu to accomudate scalability

    Posted on Jun 18, 2010 at 11:33 AM

    Currently there are only 5 menu items but I'm sure that these will change or expand.

    Today's Document, Featured Exhibit - Title and unrelated graphics seem dull boring and does not engage with content that describes whats going on.

    The page background images seem to enhance the theme but sadly in more than 50% of the cases it would be hidden for people using 1024x768 screen resolution.

    Your design will improve many folds if you try and focus on what users to such a site might actually be looking for or excite them; content is the key to any website's success the visual design is usually temporary.

    I dont know why you posted another design @ http://www.conceptfeedback.com/concept/3751/gov-agency-site-redesign/ But this is version is awesome far far better.

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    Browns

    There are too many browns in this design, I recommend you choose another color to complement this to break it up a little.

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    Logo

    There is a different logo in each of your drafts. Are you also redesigning their logo? I personally think this one is weak. I live in DC area and have been to this building a few times. I would not recognize the building from any other building in DC (except the capital and white house of course). I think the other two logos are stronger.

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    Stand Out

    With all the browns and lack of border around this area, it seems to be blending into the rest of the page. I did prefer the other two "feature" areas

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    Keep Tweaking

    I'm like where you're going with these little feature boxes, but I don't think you're quite done yet. I would play with borders, shading, or playing with the titles here to make them feel a little more finished.

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    separation

    I think these areas need some separation and definition from one another. Like the rest of the page, everything seems to just blend together.

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    Logo II

    If you choose to keep this logo, I would try this as a test: Make your logo the same light brown that the titles of this nav bar are. Make the nav bar a little taller and have the logo/homepage link be the first part of the bar. So scooch over the categories and put the logo where "research our collections" currently sits.

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