It isn't really the same kind of site, but I love the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/
They have an attractive, well laid out site, and (true to the business of being a librarian) they have spent a tremendous amount of time and energy on the site taxonomy and usability. I am always impressed with how much information they are able to present in a clean, concise interface. Do you have a mandate to change the site architecture? My beef with government sites is that they tend to publish information rather than provide services, and they organize everything from a publisher's point of view, not a consumer's point of view. California used to have a terrible site, but it is getting a lot better. They have embraced the idea of a services-oriented portal: http://www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp The question to ask your client is: what is the purpose of this site? Is it a site for tourists? Locals? Individuals? Businesses? Are these all possible users? What services and information does the city want to provide on the site? For example, while it may be politically nice to have multiple links to the Mayor's Office, budget presentation, and other assorted mayor-stuff, I bet hardly anyone clicks on those links. You would do well to study the traffic patterns of the existing site to see what people are really using today (if anything), and start with those bits as the core of the site. I will note that California still has the governor's picture, link, budget, etc. on the homepage, but at least it is over on the right in secondary navigation. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 9:59 AM Subject: Re: Site Redesign - Need Help > Sorry about that its > http://www.beiresources.org/ > > larry > > > On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:58:24 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How abou thte George Washington Medical Center: http://www.gwumc.edu? > > > > my own sites American Type Culture Collection http://www.atcc.org > > and > > Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections Resource Repository: > > http://beiresources.org > > > > hth, > > larry > > > > > > On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:30:34 -0500, Duane Boudreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I've been tasked with redoing the web site @ work (http://www.gonashua.com). > > > The current site is gawd awful, so I've spent a couple of days researching > > > what other public sector web sites have been doing and low and behold the > > > ones I've looked at weren't much better. Does anyone know of an eye catching > > > public sector (federal, municipality, county, university, or hospital) web > > > site? > > > > > > Go Pats Go. > > > Duane > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146390 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
