Welcome to .edu! We have the never-ending argument with folks around here about our website reflecting our internal organization. We strongly believe that no one really cares if information about nutrition for kids is part of family living programs or youth development programs. People just want the information. But, we've been relatively unsuccessful in our quest to change the minds of the powers that be.
Both of your subsites require logins, so I was unable to see them, but I can imagine. ;) On 6/6/05, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like any comments on this currently-existing web site: > http://www.evansville.edu/ > > I'm not so much interested in the home page, but more so in the > second-level pages such as: > http://www-dev.evansville.edu/alumni/ > http://www-dev.evansville.edu/prospects/ > > The alumni section follows the layout structure of the majority of the > site. This includes having drop-down menus in the purple area at the > top. > > The prospect section, however, adds its own drow-down navigation and > eschews the purple drop-down navigation, although, the primary purple > links still exist. > > Personally, I think this site is too busy and I get totally lost in the > navigation with menus popping up here, there and everywhere. It is as > though the content owners wanted single-click access to every single > page on the site. > > Counting the "Quick Links" and the breadcrumb area, there are four > distinct lines of links before *any* content appears. > > To me, this is "link overload" and I, in fact, have a good grasp on the > site structure. I can't imagine what first-time, or infrequent, users > think of the site. > > By using this web site, you can get a good feel for the university's > departmental organization as well as our business practices. In fact, > this web site almost documents our business. I don't like this because > we are forcing our users to "learn" our way of business rather than > provide them with information specifically for their needs. > > Feel free to pony up any opinions, good or bad, because I didn't build > this site, but I am responsible for maintaining it and suggesting future > direction on this site. > > Please ignore the fact that this site was built with ASP. Nobody's > perfect. ;^) > > Thanks > M!ke > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Now there’s a better way to fax. eFax makes it possible to use your existing email account to send and receive faxes. Try eFax free. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=63 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159663 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
