Apartments in Bloomington Website Redesign
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APARTMENTS IN BLOOMINGTON
WEBSITE REDESIGN
Ali GhazinejadAsik PradhanLeah Simons
Sarah Lockwood
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INTRODUCTION Renaissance Rentals
property management company Provides services to renters
An apartment guide A resource about renting
Directs users to the main site
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CURRENT WEBSITE
apartmentsinbloomington.com/
Great ideaSimple designGets a lot of visitorsInconsistent labels, fonts& colorsLow legibility Poorly-structured content
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COMPANY’S OBJECTIVES Revamp website Add:
Blog Apartment Reviews Sublet and roommate Postings Ability to answer user questions Cost of living calculator
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USER SURVEY Demographics
Undergraduate, graduate, doctoral (ages 19-30) Findings
Over 50% found current apartment online Amenities & utilities ranked high in importance Enjoyed site purpose, posted links and content
Recommendations Change font & color scheme Brand is ‘cartoon-ish’
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TEAM OBJECTIVES Maintain high search rank Strengthen company reputation Aesthetics Increase usability Improve navigation Clear, streamlined architecture Improved site performance
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NEW INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
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Home Page
about contact rss sitemap colc FAQs
Apartments Sublets Roommates Forum Local Resources
Restaurants Shopping Sports Nightlife Public Services Utilities EmergenciesBlog
Listings
Blog
Listings
Post A
Blog
Listings
Post A
Blog
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REDESIGN Improved
Courtesy footer navigation, contact us, apartment reviews, about us
New features & functionalities Search, Breadcrumbs, global bar RSS, AD panel, sublets, roommates, site map Blogs, reviews, comments, forum, FAQ Sort feature, pagination, posting feature Colors, fonts, logo, layout Cost of living calculator
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REDESIGN HIGH-FIDELITY PROTOTYPE
http://mypage.iu.edu/~asikprad/apartment/index.html
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IMPLEMENTATION Design Database Site workbench programming (CMS) Site programming Search implementation Quality assurance/ fix bugs Resources
Time: 8-10 weeks full-time Estimated costs (4500-6500) Programmer (php, mysql, jquery, html, css, 1
+years experience)
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SITE MAINTENANCE Assign personnel Content Update
Links Blogs Advertising
Monitor site content Moderate user-generated content Broken links Typos
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Company Website: http://apartmentsinbloomington.com/
Electronic Prototype: http://mypage.iu.edu/~asikprad/apartment/index.html
Group Site: http://code.google.com/p/s-512/
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
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