Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Discussion from class 2/12/08

Concepts:
Will to Survive
How to Survive
Hudson Valley
The Other New Paltz - an alternative look

Topics:
Politics (Election, transitions, editorials
Business (Economics, hard times, shopping
Arts (Music, New Paltz and Beyond)
Sports (Alternative and traditional)
Health and Fitness
Jobs
Transportation (Bikes in New Paltz)
Crime/Police
Life
Religion/Spirituality

What we need to do before next class:
Post opinions about
Brand/Logo decisions
Sections

Next Class:
Project Plan

Navigation Discussion:
Consistent color and font works
Overly packed text, too many words, too much navigation creates clutter
Links in bars rather than words allow easier clicking less clutter
Outside website links
Colors indicative of brand
Horizontal navigation bars are easy to see
Picture navigation - using pictures to link to stories
Tabbed navigation

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