The website is horrible and in need of better organization. I have written out plans for each section and overall navigation:
Residential Directory
- Will add photos of the home and each sim to the directory. Thumbnail images only.
- Will add a census section to include number of sims grouped by ages/gender
Community Life
- Will add a more in-depth club/organization section
- Want to reorganize the site to make things easier to find-this section has become a catch-all section.
- Current page listing in community life includes:
Apple Valley News;
Administration, Laws and Rights;
Archival Room;
Pierce Apprenticeship Guild (PAG);
Clubs & Organizations;
Council Meeting Minutes;
Office of Tourism;
Residential Information;
Tours;
This SimWeek in Apple Valley;
Yellow Pages; - A better way to organize this information might be the following
(bold=page linked from toolbar; normal=page linked from the bold page):
Community Life:
Apple Valley News;
Clubs & Organizations;
This SimWeek in Apple Valley;
Office of Tourism (with Tours as a sublink of this page);
Administration Office:
Administration, Laws and Rights;
Council Meeting Minutes;
Archival (and Records) Room;
Link to new page on Education: Apple Valley Academy & PAG
Yellow & White Pages:
Residential Information;
Yellow Pages;
Pierce Apprenticeship Guild (PAG);
(links to the Community Store and A. Pentragnani)
Leave comments/suggestions. Feel free to leave any concerns/issues you have had with navigating the site as well.
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I'm so glad you are re-organizing this place - navigation has been horrible - seriously. I like reading about the familie - but always get lost when I'm trying to find them. Can't there be a link straight to the blogs? Having them under the yellow and white page was confusing, I always started searching for them in the community life - no idea why.
ReplyDeleteThe other thing that always bugged me is that your pages are scatterred all over the place - and all have different layouts and some horrible colours that burns the eyes. Also the dead links should be fixed or removed. You could use several blogger blogs for each category you have - and that way you could keep the site with a similar layout. Also it would get rid of the pages that are filled with flickering adds. The Articles page is a good example of how messy the page feels when everything has a different layout and such.
I like this idea you had - if I understand it correctly - is that on the side bar you have the name of the page in bold - then below it you have all the sublinks for that page.
Also - maybe a little inrto on what this site is about - and what is sim to sim exchange.
One more thing.
"30 May
Administration Office: Council Meeting Minutes #4
Blogs Updated: Life of a Producer, Sweeny, Grey, Kent, Humphrey, Dawson, Warwick, Wilsonoff
Hood Council Notes Updated: President, Education Director"
By the time I find the links to the families - I'v forgotten already who I was searching for. Any chance you cold add a direct link to every name you mention has an update. It would keep it easyer to follow up on people.
Don't get me wrong, sure I have been annoyed with the layout - but I really do like your site and stories - keep up the good work :)
Hi there! I think your plans are great, but I also agree with the other comment on easier access to the residents' blogs.
ReplyDeleteAbout the colours, I think the colour scheme is very nice, I don't understand how it can be bad. Maybe the other person referred to different style between the old and new site...
Keep up the great work! :-)