New home page for BCN

Avoid designs that require javascript, 
or hide important text, prevent cut-and-paste, hinder indexing 
Avoid repeating animation 
Avoid competing background image 
It should work ok at 640x480 
Must pass standards, e.g. http://validator.w3.org/ 
No use of frames, since you need a non-frames site also. 
Show urls at bottom of page like normal, not text hints. 
Should work ok for lynx.
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Subject: Home page meeting
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A reminder of the BCN Page Redesign Committee meeting scheduled this Thursday November 18th 6:30pm at BCN. We will meet in the Cont. Ed. Classroom #124, so we can look at sites if we want.

The meeting will kick off a plan that will redesign the BCN Home page. We will examine the
appearance and goals for the home page. We will discuss what it means to be a community network.
We will identify what priorities BCN should highlight on its home page.

Our goal is to continue to provide the best possible access to the entire community while making the site appealing to all visitors. Hope you can make it and if not we will keep you informed of our progress. We will provide food.

BELOW

  1. Sites to preview
  2. Agenda topics

Cheers,

Joelle Bonnett
Jim Harrington

  1. Sites to preview
    Sites we enjoyed surfing to. Each has some component that we think can complement BCN's site.

http://137.103.56.185/ctc.asp

Community Technology Center's Network - dozens of community sites across the U.S.

http://www.bcandid.com/

java script tekt that appears when point to button - clean design with fast download

http://www.bev.org/

Blacksburg Electronic Village - a 'star' of community networks

http://www.breckcomm.com/

sketch background - site of one of our invited community reps. good graphics - fast download

http://www.charweb.org/ - good overall site -- 

        animated spider    - JimH likes the spider
        name
        good kids stuff
        job/resume postings

http://dcn.davis.ca.us/

Davis Community Network - Locale comparable to Boulder in many demographic and cultural ways

http://www.fairnet.org/ Fairbanks Alaska site 

        hot sites of the month
        links for kids
                http://www.fairnet.org/education/youth.html
                virtual antartica

http://www.fortcollins.com/

community calendar

2. Agenda topics

-statistics of use

-accessibility standards

-strategies 

        Who is BCN's real audience?
        What are people looking for?
        What is most important to people?

-components 

        navigable
        loads quickly
        good links
        look and feel /graphic design
        graphic design team working with technical team

-content 

        what we want
                many distant voices or a few warm and friendly light

hearted voices

-new additions

kids pages

-are the lay out & presentation of the centers logical

-how do we keep the home page timely

feature organizations & events

-calendar system 

        structure & flexibility
        passwords to add (traceable?)

-controlled access discussion groups for nonprofits