In this recent post on a design blog, OSU’s home page was hailed as a standout in an informal survey of 50 college websites from 50 different states. Designer Josh Johnson noted: Attractive colors, great use of contrast, solid implementation of modern web technologies, quality photography, and strong alignment: all important pieces in the recipe [...]
Archive for the ‘Home Page’ Category
OSU home page stands out
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011Home page publishing guidelines
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010To remove some of the mystery surrounding how content is selected for the top tier and home page of the OSU Web site, we’ve created a set of publishing guidelines. These guidelines have been reviewed by the Web Redesign Steering Committee and should provide some clarity for those wishing to use the home page as [...]
Home Page Development
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010The team working on OSU’s home page redesign project has made some great strides in the past few months, and we’re excited to be sharing the results of this work with you soon. Web Communications teamed up with Central Web Services on the design and development, with as many as 15 developers at a time [...]
Home page mock-up
Thursday, February 4th, 2010The home page redesign project is moving steadily forward. We’ve produced mock-up and a prototype for testing. We’ve run the front page design past the steering committee, and members are now gathering and providing feedback. We’ve also been testing with users, gathering feedback on the visual design and layout. Reviews have been promising so far. [...]
Beta search and home page updates
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009During the break, we’ve made some changes to the main OSU home page. We added the new tag to the OSU logo and updated some colors to make them brand compliant. These changes will be live beginning Monday, January 4. We’ve also moved the site search to the banner. Thanks to Central Web Services, OSU’s [...]
Home Page Redesign
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009This past summer we formed a project team and steering committee to address the design of OSU’s home page and top-tier pages. The home page is OSU’s public face, with more than 70,000 hits per day, it regularly reaches a broader and more diverse audience than any other communication. The timing for this redesign is [...]
