Redesign of news.com.au
Christopherkhalil | October 27, 2008This weekend saw the relaunch of the new news.com.au.
This is a project we’ve been working on for quite some time. I’m really proud of the way it’s turned out, and it introduces a whole raft of new features not seen on any Australian media site before. These include:
- Personalisation through drag’n'drop
- Cookie based Personalisation, so no need to register
- Ability to dynamically open sub-sections within the page (for instance you can now have a ‘Movies & Television’ content area show on the homepage itself)
- A visual take on the news (click on the News Visualiser tab)
- Improved page layout
- Rationalised and simplified Information Architecture
- Dynamic infotips and help
- Improved, higher contrast font colours and typography
- National & World sections which showcase the best news from around the world (we aggregate from other news sites)
- Faster page load times
- Improved navigation
- Story pages which use highly contextualised linking to give you access to related stories
- Story pages which include new site-wide navigational footers
- Cleaner visual design
- Improved Search form placement and optimised search results page
I’d like to hear any feedback you have on what we’ve done (both positive and negative welcome!)
Please, either reply here or on the news.com.au editorial blog.
