We have been working with Wicked Web to put together a design concept for the new website. The design at this stage focusses on navigation rather than page content elements.
The aim of the navigation is to provide as many ways as possible to access information as quickly and easily as possible – hence you can use:
- the search bar
- the top navigation or quicklinks
- ‘I am a…’ navigation
- ‘I want to…’ navigation
- traditional navigation broken down into services offered by the council
- A to Z
The design is viewable here http://www.wickedweb.net/sites/medway/
We are keen to hear your thoughts on this structure and on the initial look and feel designs – please add your comments below.
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April 29, 2010 at 8:26 am
I can not see where you can browse jobs
April 29, 2010 at 9:29 am
Hi Christine,
We have included jobs under most of the navigation tabs (‘find a job’ is one of the quick links, I am…looking for a job, I want to…find a job etc) – as it is such an important function of the site for so many users. If you are referring to actually browsing through jobs available, that is not available through these designs as they are just images rather than a fully functioning website. Please visit http://www.medway.gov.uk to browse through jobs available. Hope that helps.
April 29, 2010 at 8:25 am
I can see where you can browse all jobs. Hopefully you will be using some colour as well.
April 29, 2010 at 8:57 am
Thanks Christine – we will be using colour on the website. This design is to illustrate layout, structure and navigation but if you go to this link http://www.wickedweb.net/sites/medway/ – you’ll be able to see the first design. Let us know what you think!
April 28, 2010 at 12:45 pm
I far prefer this to the existing medway website, which is starting to show its age.
I like the clean uncluttered look, but I think it was unwise to use the term “wire frame” as I had no idea what it meant in this context.
As a Physicist I have to be very careful not to use buzzwords to people not involved with the subject as it can make me seem elitist and arrogant, which instantly puts people off.
I hope that doesn’t happen here or the very people you need to get feedback from may well feel alienated and not give you teh feedback you need.
Good luck.
April 29, 2010 at 8:56 am
Thanks for your feedback Stephen – it’s a very good point. We were keen to emphasise to people that this is just a very basic structure to show the layout and navigation of the website rather than the finished design and we’ve tried to explain what ‘wire’frame’ means in several places. However, perhaps it would be better not to use the term at all if it seems too industry-specific. What does everyone else think?