Thursday, January 12, 2006

Design: Site Updates

The web oversight group recently had a discussion about making modifications to the AAAS template header so that the end user would have an obvious indication that they were viewing content related to Project 2061. This was sparked in part by the significant modifications made by the annual conference people. That and our dislike of the default header which we seem powerless to influence (but at least the image has been slightly improved).

In the end we decided upon a rather low-key update to our template that provides the end use with the kind of information we think helps in orientation ... a breadcrumb. It's basically a hanging box off the header that provides some basic orientation. I'm not sure exaclty how it will evolve, but for now it contains the text "AAAS » Project 2061" which should be sufficient at least initially. I believe that as we further refine the site structure we'll work on adding additional levels.