Starting Over:
                              nline Ma 10     keover
            u r Magaz ine an O iversity • May 20
Gi vi...
Before our makeover, we were like the frumpy
                                         girl at the beginning of “What Not t...
Before
                                                                   Before

Starting Over: Giving Your Magazine an O...
What was wrong with our sites?
•	 We	were	too	rigid	(chronological	list	of	
   stories, with no way to emphasize one
   as...
Why redesign? How often do I need to do this?
Every	two	to	four	years	is	one	guideline	we’ve	heard.	But	start	by	giving	yo...
We saw a 20 percent increase in unique visitors from
mid-2008 to mid-2009. Why mess with success? We
knew we could do bett...
We made a list of things that our new site should have and should allow visitors
to do, and that list became our set of gu...
Keeping it familiar
The	new	site	needed	to	feel	
like part of the family that also
includes our print magazine.
We drew in...
Going shopping
              Next,	we	developed	three	possible	designs	and	showed	them	to	
              several small gro...
Starting Over: Giving Your Magazine an Online Makeover
Starting Over: Giving Your Magazine an Online Makeover
Starting Over: Giving Your Magazine an Online Makeover
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  1. 1. Starting Over: nline Ma 10 keover u r Magaz ine an O iversity • May 20 Gi ving Yo and Martha Te rry, Bingha mton Un ker Rachel Co
  2. 2. Before our makeover, we were like the frumpy girl at the beginning of “What Not to Wear.” We had a closet full of clothes, but nothing that looked fresh or made us feel good. Before We were also maintaining two separate websites, one for our research newsletter and another for our annual research magazine. And while both may once have been stylish, neither had seen a Before significant update in about five years. Starting Over: Giving Your Magazine an Online Makeover Rachel Coker and Martha Terry, Binghamton University • May 2010
  3. 3. Before Before Starting Over: Giving Your Magazine an Online Makeover Rachel Coker and Martha Terry, Binghamton University • May 2010
  4. 4. What was wrong with our sites? • We were too rigid (chronological list of stories, with no way to emphasize one as more important than another). • There were no entry points aside from the headlines. • We weren’t capitalizing on the excellent Before work done by the campus photographer. We knew we • There was no easy way to post photos or videos. needed to get a good • The online version of the magazine haircut and offered nothing different than you could buy a few find in the print edition. The website new outfits, was simply an expression of the print at the very product. least. Before Starting Over: Giving Your Magazine an Online Makeover Rachel Coker and Martha Terry, Binghamton University • May 2010
  5. 5. Why redesign? How often do I need to do this? Every two to four years is one guideline we’ve heard. But start by giving yourselves a look in the “three-way mirror.” Does your site still look good? Is it still serving your needs and the needs of your visitors? How does it compare to the sites you consider your peers? University of Missouri as Oregon Arkans State U ity of niversity Univers Starting Over: Giving Your Magazine an Online Makeover Rachel Coker and Martha Terry, Binghamton University • May 2010
  6. 6. We saw a 20 percent increase in unique visitors from mid-2008 to mid-2009. Why mess with success? We knew we could do better. We decided that we wanted to do a better job of reaching the public, not just our faculty and researchers at other institutions. So we started to think about how we should look and what we should offer as a news site. New York Tim es zi ne CNN Tim e Maga Popula r Scien ce Starting Over: Giving Your Magazine an Online Makeover Rachel Coker and Martha Terry, Binghamton University • May 2010
  7. 7. We made a list of things that our new site should have and should allow visitors to do, and that list became our set of guiding principles for the redesign. • News stories • Search function • Slide shows or image galleries • Subscription button • Videos • Comments section • Faculty spotlights • RSS feed • Easy sharing via e-mail and • The ability to schedule stories sites like Facebook for future publication • A “most popular” list That’s when we knew we were ready for a dramatic makeover, not just a new pair of shoes. Starting Over: Giving Your Magazine an Online Makeover Rachel Coker and Martha Terry, Binghamton University • May 2010
  8. 8. Keeping it familiar The new site needed to feel like part of the family that also includes our print magazine. We drew inspiration from the magazine’s TOC when designing the landing page of Discover-e. The magazine Binghamton ReseaRch Binghamton University / State University of New York / 2010 research.binghamton.edu banner and new Discover-e con te n ts 2 about Binghamton Research 38 cool model for a hot planet Economist explores how 62 Probing public policy New ideas about networks 3 international cooperation may reveal why programs banner have a similar feel. can mitigate climate change succeed or fail messages 4 44 74 honors for early-career Diving into the data is climate change scientists and engineers Computer scientists empower making us sick? citizen scientists The answer is yes, and a 18 geographically based approach 50 can help fight diseases such as clinic sets course for a cure malaria and swine flu origins of the culture wars Psychologist aims to eliminate Dispute over evolution in the social anxiety disorder, OCD 1920s paved the way for 78 ongoing debate Bookshelf 22 Web-friendly font families a revolutionary idea 58 79 Historian’s new book breathes historian revisits a in Brief life into debates of 1790s battlefield of cold War medicine 80 26 Gerald Kutcher walked away impact Well connected from a career in cancer care Nurse finds that girls are less to delve into military experiments, were selected to match the likely to be teen moms if their nuclear threats and informed parents get involved in the consent community fe atu r e s serif and san serif fonts used 44 Diving into the data Computer scientists empower citizen scientists in the print version. 12 30 54 66 Binghamton University / Binghamton ReseaRch / 2010 On the fly Earth on our minds An Rx for what Cultivating the Biologist’s work may lead Cover Story: Innovations ails alliances next generation to ways of controlling in sustainability could save Partnerships built on of innovators insects that spread money, reduce greenhouse innovation lead to better In labs and far beyond, disease or harm crops gases, boost national results for drug companies graduate students are vital security and protect our to campus ecosystem water supply from pollutants 10 Starting Over: Giving Your Magazine an Online Makeover Rachel Coker and Martha Terry, Binghamton University • May 2010
  9. 9. Going shopping Next, we developed three possible designs and showed them to several small groups to gauge their reactions. Wee kly edit ion May 21, 2009 discover-e Weekly edition Search Disc May 21, 2009 over-e archi veS Search Discover-e archiveS insights a nd innovat ion s from Bin ghamto n Universi ty May 21, 2009 discover-e discover-e InsIghts blog and Inno froM BIn vatIons ghaMton Insights and innovations UnIversIt from Binghamton Univers y ity feature FeatureS n More Freatures Archives Feat ureS n More Freatures ur mind? 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