Payam+Azadi+CMNS+Redesign

=CMNS Website Redesign= October 10, 2011 by **Payam Azadi**

An investigation into the HTML/CSS design of the CMNS website from a web development perspective and integrating knowledge of user interfaces.

Original Refactored Redesigned

The major problem with the CMNS website is organization of data. I hypothesize that this is because CMNS is newly formed and has a wealth of data but no clear cut system on how to organize it all. The main content is a collection of links, almost like a feed, but in this methodology links of varying importance are given the same competitive space. Huge news can easily be lost in the mix. Furthermore, the right content area is a complete waste of space.

To address these issues, I have moved some content around, moving the "upcoming events" and resources into the left panel since they are very important, and in the right column I have left the new physical sciences picture/link and added some quick links, such as contact us. I have also added a break-down of content in the center panel, so that not EVERYTHING is "hot", otherwise nothing is hot. Also the site is pretty clean and looks good, but some images are missing alt tags, so I have added these in the spirit of accessibility.