1. SLAC Home Pages Ruth McDunn Web Information Manager
Extension 2014

2. equivalent information -- different presentation
Three Page Model
Welcome
Public Page
Research
Program
Highlighted
Index and
sub pages
Detailed
One long
page
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3. Redesign Process
WWWCC Ad Hoc Committee to Revise Highlighted and Detailed Home Pages
Started meeting in February 1997
All divisions represented
Goals
Remove 30% of content
Reorganize and categorize content
Update design

4. Web Information Manager
50% position, started 4/1/98
Implement Ad hoc Committee recommendations
Member of WWW-CC and WWW-Tech
Make Unix and NT web space assignments
Manage Unix web AFS space
Promote use of the web and fill in information gaps

5. Remove 30% of Content
Left the search pages, but removed “Today, This week, Next week, next summer…” kind of links for conferences, e-prints . . .
Removed most of the “Useful Information Elsewhere” category
Added new links in “Working at SLAC” category

6. Reorganization/Categorization
Former Categories
SLAC Research
Information from SLAC (including SPIRES Database)
Computing and Communication
SLAC Institutional Information
SLAC Divisions, Groups, & Programs
Useful Information Elsewhere
New Categories
Research Program
Scientific Information
Working at SLAC
Computing
Organization
Page in Transition

7. Update Design Tables with bulleted lists Very little descriptive text
minimize scrolling
maximize vertical real estate
Very little descriptive text
New navigational buttons and bar
Phonebook search on every page
New look and feel

8. Detailed and Highlighted
Navigation Buttons
Last Name Phonebook Search
Announcements

9. Highlighted Sub-Page Sub-page Navigation Buttons Navigation Buttons
Last Name Phonebook Search

10. What’s Next? Continuous improvement Look for information gaps
Feedback form
Log files
Periodic review by WWW-CC
Look for information gaps
Work with WSCs to fill in the gaps
Identify WSC training or resource needs
Work with WWW-CC to meet these needs