Hey all:

If you haven't seen it already, make sure you give feedback on redesigning the NC State website.
http://www.ncsu.edu/news/web_redesign.htm.

I'm posting this here vs. Tech Talk because the most important part of any web design is making a site that meets the needs of the USERS- you- the students, faculty, visitors, etc. BUT ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS

So share your thoughts so that you can have a website that is pleasing, easy to read and incredibly useful. You might even win some tickets to the ACC tournament.

[Edited on February 22, 2006 at 6:11 AM. Reason : verb]

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2/22/2006 6:10:37 AM

The entire PPR website needs to be esthetically redesigned. It makes hard for reading right now - need to make webpages more narrow, change the font (garamond please! ), and use better color scheme/shading to make it easier on the eyes.

http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/homepage.php

2/22/2006 11:18:11 AM

sounds good - just checked it out - i hope they have prototypes we are able to view


[Edited on February 22, 2006 at 11:25 AM. Reason : .]

2/22/2006 11:24:22 AM

the prr website is being re-designed

[Edited on February 22, 2006 at 11:33 AM. Reason : +]

2/22/2006 11:29:49 AM

THANK GOD!

As an employee of NCSU, that would be a great help!

2/22/2006 11:34:23 AM

it's not being redesigned by the same group that wolfee is talking about though

2/22/2006 11:40:11 AM

Quote :

"garamond please!"

we (R&R) chose to stay with a sans serif font because it is easier to read on the web as opposed to a serif font. additionally it is recommended that san serif fonts be used for for people with dyslexia.

and it also what the university uses on it's main pages, and is close to the NC STATE UNIVERSITY brick which is actually univers font based.

2/22/2006 11:48:08 AM

For me, the garamond font is really easy to read on the web, but I understand that the university has to cater to 1000s of people. I :heart: the garamond font. I have it in my email, default (no style) webpage font, MS Word, etc. etc. You all should consider it though - just mock up a webpage with the font, and see what happens .

2/22/2006 12:16:58 PM

Hey wolfeee, I PM'd you...could you reply whenever you get time?

2/22/2006 12:49:40 PM

Quote :

"it's not being redesigned by the same group that wolfee is talking about though"

it's being redesigned by my group

and it's going to be easy as pie to read

[Edited on February 22, 2006 at 12:50 PM. Reason : very simple]

2/22/2006 12:50:30 PM

Virginia Tech is doing a complete overhaul or their website as well. I swear you can't tell these two apart sometimes...

I know the highly visible/highly visited areas will be the first to be redone. When will this start coming down to the departmental level?

2/22/2006 1:49:51 PM

i filled out the survey, and actually took some time to answer (honestly). I wish y'all luck, and hope you make some big improvements. I actually know one of the students on the committee, so that's cool.

2/22/2006 2:20:22 PM

How about replacing any black text on white backgrounds with white/ light gray text on a black background. I can't understand why people still insist on white backgrounds.

2/22/2006 2:51:04 PM

College of Management paid a fortune to have their page redesigned and it's much worse now in my opinion...

2/22/2006 3:12:22 PM

^ agreed.

2/22/2006 5:17:35 PM

MARKO IS GOING TO HAVE ALL THE ADVISERS IN LOVE WITH HIM!!!

2/22/2006 6:36:37 PM

MARKO IS GOING TO HAVE ALL THE ADVISERS IN LOVE WITH HIM!!!

The PRR site is awful. It is not the same project as the NC State website, so I am glad to know someone is making it actually readable. The only way I use it is either a) search function or b (more often), I take advisers to this old page and basically use it like a table of contents to get them to what they need. http://www.ncsu.edu/provost/academic_regulations/index.html

Most advisers are not going to take (waste) the time to mess with that bloody PRR site the way it is now.

2/22/2006 6:39:54 PM

i'm surprised they're doing this again so soon

2/23/2006 2:30:05 AM

anyone have a pic of what the homepage looked like circa 2001? i vaugely remember it

2/23/2006 10:05:35 PM

http://web.archive.org/web/20010118210200/http://www.ncsu.edu/

2/23/2006 10:23:53 PM

the main page is one of few i actually like under the domain

why fuck with it, just organize it better

2/23/2006 10:25:36 PM

i was hoping no one would find out about this

i want tickets

2/23/2006 10:59:22 PM

Quote :

"Several of those sites were outlined and details were discussed. Sites included: Ohio State, Princeton, USC and University of Virginia. "

God help us all.

At least USC has a nice intro page. Too bad there normal layout seems to be cluttered as hell.

The NCSU site as it stands right now is fine. It seems like everyone and there brother in the university is working on a site redesign at the moment.

Quote :

"garamond please!"

Oh god, no.

2/24/2006 4:51:42 AM

Becaue many sites are inaccessible, and others are old. Once they get old, the get cluttered (like many of our second level pages) and navigation gets messed up. I agree, the look should stay clean and open and brief, but it is time for some improvements. We are beginning to work on a redesign of Advising Central for the very same reason- make it easier to use.

2/24/2006 6:11:55 AM

MY ADVICE IS DONT LET THE WEB CODERS DESIGN LOGOS OR CHOOSE LAYOUT

GET SOME KIDS IN DESIGN SCHOOL

THEY CAN MAKE THINGS LOOK ALOT COOLER THEN SOME KID IN CIS



NO OFFENSE Stein BUT YOU HAVE NO ARTISTIC TALENT



/CAPSLOCK 0

sorry for caps

2/24/2006 8:31:00 AM

2/24/2006 8:57:56 AM