Théâtre la Seizème

This web site for the only French-language theatre company in British Columbia promotes their current season (in harmony with existing marketing materials) as well as highlighting their accomplishments with a playful, splashy design. Completed in a short timeframe and on a tight budget, the site gives the company the professional online presence that they previously lacked, and will allow them to interact better with their audience and sponsors.

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Concordia University Alumni

The new Concordia Alumni web site is a grand redesign and reorganization of an old, drab site that was difficult to navigate. The key to the new design is a clear hierarchy of information, with a simple menu system that permits as many levels of information as is needed. A new chapter map gracefully shows the spread of alumni throughout the world. And a powerful calendar allows the alumni staff to easily update event listings, and foster a stronger community.

Finally, many forms throughout the site received a makeover, making them easier to use, preventing user errors and saving everyone time and patience.

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Concordia University Main Site

A successful web site for a large university (over 28,000 students) is a delicate balance between the competing needs of its various audiences: current students, prospective students, faculty, staff, alumni and many others. This design achieves that balance by immediately offering these main groups access to their own page with more specific links and information. More general links, about the university and its programs, are presented as “roll over” menus to allow room for other content: quick links, a broad news column, and lively photos that augment the university’s image.

On the inside pages, there is a focus — wherever possible — on consistency in the layout and colour scheme to make first-time visitors more comfortable navigating the site. Moreover, there is a lot of emphasis on providing the same information through multiple methods, since many users think differently about how information should be presented. Useful search tools include a Google-powered search engine, an A–Z index, and an interactive campus map.

The result is that the Concordia web site recently won an award for best academic homepage in Canada.

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