Life Before Plone v.1.0

Web (re)development project components prior to CMS migration

Greg O’Toole, gto1@psu.edu 814-867-0748The Pennsylvania State University, 2010

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4 Project Components

Research

Information Architecture

Content Audit

Design Interface

I. ResearchStaff feedback survey

Benchmarking national universities

Usability Testing

University Publications / Web policies / Styles

Other University departments’ project experience

WebLion/Plone

W3C / web standards resources

Communication Team’s input

I. Research - II. Information Architecture - II. Content Audit - III. Interface Design

II. Information Architecture

Data visualization

Organizes content of site

Explains informational flow

User decisions

Overall view, confirmation, accuracy

Example…

I. Research - II. Information Architecture - II. Content Audit - III. Interface Design

III. Content Audit

Informational accuracy

PSU/OSA web styles compliant

Refine / Proof / Edit / New process

Guidelines process, Consistent formatStylesVoiceTone

Web format process

Communication Committee structure

Workflow for the CMS

Training staff

I. Research - II. Information Architecture - II. Content Audit - III. Interface Design

IV. Interface Design considerations

I. Research - II. Information Architecture - II. Content Audit - III. Interface Design

Contemporary, open source structure508/504 compliancePSU AD54PSU Web standardsEncourage collaboration

IV. Interface Design process

I. Research - II. Information Architecture - II. Content Audit - III. Interface Design

Started with rough open source structure

CSS, HTML

Refined based on…Usability TestingIADesired technology / functionalityColor schemesUnveiling feedback

4 Project Components Timeline

Research

Project Start

Information Architecture

Content Audit

Interface Design

(Usability Testing)

4 Project Components Merge

Research

Information Architecture

Content Audit

Design Interface

Questions