40 min
Versions 1-26. A modular approach to building multiple websites. MCN 2019 sessions recordings
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Thursday, November 7, 2019
In late 2016 the Minnesota Historical Society set out to update websites for the twenty six historical locations it manages.
The project introduced necessary, and difficult questions about what the relationship should be between web and physical sites; and how could we, designers and developers, best represent the shifting output of this ongoing conversation. This work was further complicated by an aggressive timeline necessitated by technical, security, design and accessibility issues that plagued the current sites. The sites needed to be built a.s.a.p., which, when the last site was launched in Nov. of 2018, translated to approximately one site per month.
Additional requirements included: •Allowing the sites to represent the historical scope of various locations ranging from the Minnesota State Capitol to a vacant field that was the site of an historic saw mill. •Working with various departments and a network of dispersed site managers. •Building something that would be used.
This presentation will focus on the modular design and development steps employed to achieve these goals. Attention will be given to a range of processes both analog (using paper wireframes to envision the template for the new sites) and digital (building a custom suite of content layout tools).
Session Type30-Minute Session (Presentation or Case Study)
TrackStrategy
Key Outcomes
After attending this session, participants will be able to understand the process the Minnesota Historical Society undertook to synthesize the diverse amount of content, departmental knowledge, and technical requirements in to a flexible web presentation.
Speaker: Meleck Davis, Senior Designer/Developer, Minnesota Historical Society
Thursday, November 7, 2019
In late 2016 the Minnesota Historical Society set out to update websites for the twenty six historical locations it manages.
The project introduced necessary, and difficult questions about what the relationship should be between web and physical sites; and how could we, designers and developers, best represent the shifting output of this ongoing conversation. This work was further complicated by an aggressive timeline necessitated by technical, security, design and accessibility issues that plagued the current sites. The sites needed to be built a.s.a.p., which, when the last site was launched in Nov. of 2018, translated to approximately one site per month.
Additional requirements included: •Allowing the sites to represent the historical scope of various locations ranging from the Minnesota State Capitol to a vacant field that was the site of an historic saw mill. •Working with various departments and a network of dispersed site managers. •Building something that would be used.
This presentation will focus on the modular design and development steps employed to achieve these goals. Attention will be given to a range of processes both analog (using paper wireframes to envision the template for the new sites) and digital (building a custom suite of content layout tools).
Session Type30-Minute Session (Presentation or Case Study)
TrackStrategy
Key Outcomes
After attending this session, participants will be able to understand the process the Minnesota Historical Society undertook to synthesize the diverse amount of content, departmental knowledge, and technical requirements in to a flexible web presentation.
Speaker: Meleck Davis, Senior Designer/Developer, Minnesota Historical Society
40 min