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Washingtonpost.com redesigns site

March 15, 2011 in industry news, Redesigns, Websites

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Perhaps missed in all the breaking news coming out of Japan over the weekend, the Washington Post launched a complete redesign of its web site on Monday.

Get to the content you want faster. Follow stories as they develop and share your ideas as they evolve. Watch events unfold with expanded video content. Know what’s getting the most buzz and what’s really happening in the D.C. area. Take the tour of our bold, enhanced reader experience—where every change has enriched usability, imagery and engagement.

You can read more details about the redesign here. And more details about the redesign in a blog post by Justin Ferrell and Sarah Sampsei.

For reference, here’s an earlier version of the Post homepage:

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As you can see if you wade into the comments on the first article, there’s some negative feedback from site visitors. What do you think?

Now if someone could just convince the New York Times to get rid of their horrid left nav bar.

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Redesigns 2010: Onward State

August 26, 2010 in College Media, design, Redesigns, Websites

Onward State is an online-only publication for Penn State. Publisher Davis Shaver sends along news of their redesign for the new school year. “Major new features include community posting capabilities, community member profiles, and topic pages,” Shaver wrote in an e-mail.

Here’s the old design:

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And here’s the new design:

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More news above the fold, more graphics, and a lighter color scheme, along with the features mentioned above.

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Redesigns! We’re looking for redesigns!

August 24, 2010 in College Media, design, Redesigns, Websites

New school year, new site designs. Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be sharing screenshots of some of the online college news sites that have put on a new coat of digital pixie dust. If your media outlet has redesigned the web presence over the summer, drop me an e-mail at scmurley -at- gmail.com to be included in the coverage.

First up in the box, the Boise State Arbiter. The Arbiter last redesigned when they moved off the College Publisher CMS in 2009. Here’s the earlier redesign:

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And here’s the new redesign:

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The new design looks clean. Fewer rounded corners, a little less blue, and I like that they’ve pushed more news to the top of the page with the addition of the middle rail of stories, while also focusing more attention on the main photo carousel as well.

What do you think? Feel free to comment below.

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