Review: Bates College goes beyond the usual homepage redesign

Bates College goes beyond the usual homepage redesign with Home 4…

From Karine Joly at College Web Editor

Have you seen Bates College’s new homepage? You should check it out. It is really different and innovative.

Not because it uses fancy graphics or animations, but because Jay Collier and his team at Bates College have decided to make this redesigned homepage more than just a collection of the usual navigation scheme, useful links and beautiful campus photos.

So, what makes it so different? Among other things:

• The way stories – real stories about students, faculty and staff told through blog posts, photos and news in a section called Bates Views – are featured on this homepage
• The navigation scheme
• The dynamic information architecture
• The use of photo galleries including shots with short captions telling the full story

Really beautiful and thoughtful work, which is why I asked Jay Collier 3 questions about this project. [More]

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