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November 23, 2014 at 10:02 pm #132625coralseaitMember
Hello All,
Here's an exciting project for local government site built using Genesis. In researching similar sites around the area we found tons of cookie-cutter sites using mega menus and overwhelming designs that present too much information to the users. The goals for this site were simple navigation with glyphicons, only show related content and only when necessary and to innovate within the local gov space. One controversial decision was to not go live with internal search, as the old site metrics showed failed search results a majority of the time and high bounce rates, as well as search being a crutch for poor content.
The content needs to come up a level or two - and we're working on that, but a note is the project actually went live whereas the previous one failed after nearly a year, it is a good step forward.
http://www.trc.qld.gov.auNovember 24, 2014 at 12:53 pm #132687David ChuParticipantHi Coral,
A government site that's actually usable! I can't believe it - this may be the first one ever! Maybe it wasn't designed by committee! ๐ Good show. It's responsive, nice to look at, and I like the icons, and like the 3 category colours. I totally agree - the mindless solution to this is to just heave everything in a megamenu.The only teensy suggestion I see so far is that the Recent Posts on the inner pages gets a little long, so getting to the menu takes a bit of scrolling there.
Best, Dave
Dave Chu ยท Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers
November 24, 2014 at 5:32 pm #132701coralseaitMemberHi Dave,
Thanks very much for taking the time to view and comment on the site, really appreciate it! Really appreciate the kind words regarding a gov site that is actually use able - that was our main goal and innovation, haha.
We've found mega menus to be the norm in local gov and agree, it seems to be the easiest path - but doesn't really provide value or a good experience. Our project started with months of Google data analysis and there were clear problems with the old site that we wanted to address. Mega menus would not have gotten us there, although would have been the quicker path.
Agree on the longer scroll of related posts, thankfully that's very much under our control and we can tune if we find there's feedback suggesting to trim a bit. Right now we do 10, but 7 or even 5 may be better, and we may need to adjust dynamically for events such as Cyclones.
Cheers
(Another Dave)
November 25, 2014 at 8:47 am #132748David ChuParticipantDave,
Very cool! You must be an able persuader as well as creative.I harp on not over-stuffing menus, but am frequently out-voted. There are situations, though, where "too many items" are necessary, and where even I would recommend a megamenu.
But there are many middle-ground options. Like yours, where a sidebar menu assists things, for instance. If someone's willing to get their coding hands a little dirty, I have a tut on making an automatic submenu, which I've done for Genesis or non-Genesis sites.
Cheers, Dave
Dave Chu ยท Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers
December 22, 2014 at 11:10 pm #135106boomboomMemberI wish the government sites here in India had such great usability. I love the design especially the icons. Very cool. The inner pages are more soothing and has good readability. The only comment I have is the green band in the homepage. For some reason it hits my eye a lot but then thats just me ๐ All in all a great job.
January 7, 2015 at 2:54 pm #136309ChrisrxMemberGreat work, can i ask a question i am still learning genesis and css and wanted to no how you integrated the sections so well, so that then blended in seamlesly.
January 7, 2015 at 10:39 pm #136330brianMemberWow! Nice work. ๐
January 9, 2015 at 6:34 am #136465LandonMemberYou did a really nice job with this!
Landon
January 12, 2015 at 8:40 pm #137276coralseaitMemberThanks again everyone for more feedback, very appreciated. It was/is a great project.
CASDB, may ask for clarification on what you mean by 'blended in the sections'? - want to make sure I answer the right question.
Cheers!
January 14, 2015 at 4:14 pm #137486BadlywiredMemberJanuary 14, 2015 at 4:32 pm #137488BadlywiredMemberp.s. I just noticed you still have the default genesis favicon, would be better to have a custom one
http://badlywired.com/2015/adding-favicon-genesis-theme/
My techy blog WordPress and stuff badlywired.com
January 14, 2015 at 9:49 pm #137507coralseaitMemberThanks for feedback Barlywired,
That's interesting re: Favicon, as we're actually using a custom icon and it is showing on IE, Chrome and iDevices. May I ask which browser you are using?
February 10, 2015 at 12:32 pm #140360stuartpbwParticipantDude... GREAT SITE. Bravo!
February 11, 2015 at 11:44 pm #140570coralseaitMemberstuartpbw,
Thanks very much for viewing the site and your kind comments, very appreciated!
Cheers!
February 13, 2015 at 3:45 am #140685coralseaitMemberHello All and esp Badlywired,
I believe I've figured out the Favicon issue; was using the older version Genesis Favicon remove action / add action code:
per http://www.stefanogorgoni.com/remove-the-favicon-in-genesis/
I don't have SSH keys on the computer I'm posting from now, so can't update and test, but I'm guessing adding the wp_head version remove_action will fix it.
February 15, 2015 at 9:50 pm #140978coralseaitMemberHello All,
An update on the Favicon,
Using the new style for Genesis 2.0 as linked didn't quite work as some of the validators didn't like it. However, this seems to work:
//* Favicon // Pre 2.0 Genesis Framework remove_action('genesis_meta', 'genesis_load_favicon' ); // Post 2.0 Genesis Framework remove_action( 'wp_head', 'genesis_load_favicon' ); // Post 2.0 usually adds the action to wp_head, but the favicon // checkers don't validate this, so use the older style add action // which seems to validate better add_action( 'genesis_meta', 'trc_custom_favicon' ); function trc_custom_favicon() { echo '<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="57x57" href="/apple-touch-icon-57x57.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="60x60" href="/apple-touch-icon-60x60.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="72x72" href="/apple-touch-icon-72x72.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="76x76" href="/apple-touch-icon-76x76.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="114x114" href="/apple-touch-icon-114x114.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="120x120" href="/apple-touch-icon-120x120.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="144x144" href="/apple-touch-icon-144x144.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="152x152" href="/apple-touch-icon-152x152.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/apple-touch-icon-180x180.png"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon-32x32.png" sizes="32x32"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/android-chrome-192x192.png" sizes="192x192"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon-96x96.png" sizes="96x96"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon-16x16.png" sizes="16x16"> <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json"> <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#ffffff"> <meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="/mstile-144x144.png"> <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff">'; }
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