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Glad you like One-Pager. The free template is meant as a starting point - indeed library sites all need to be different. A Drupal version of it is nearly complete. Stay tuned for that. Nate On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 6:49 AM, Junior Tidal <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I like the onepager design a lot and I'm waiting for InFlux to develop a > Drupal version. I'd like to do a test-drive and do a usability test, > because I think simple designs go a long way. > > I like your approach Sean; that is, to design around what's being used the > most. I've found that our users don't go more than a couple levels deep > into the site, and they do most of what they need to do on the homepage. > > Best, > > Junior Tidal > Assistant Professor > Web Services and Multimedia Librarian > New York City College of Technology, CUNY > 300 Jay Street, Rm A434 > Brooklyn, NY 11201 > 718.260.5481 > > http://library.citytech.cuny.edu > > > >>> Sean Hannan <[log in to unmask]> 5/10/2012 5:53 PM >>> > There's this thing: http://influx.us/onepager > > But I don't really believe in it. > > I know the library world is full of people that think that we're unique > snowflakes, but at least in my case (for library websites) I find that to > be > true. This is based on a number of factors: how librarians instruct > patrons, analytics data, faculty database preferences. > > I look at some academic library websites and see the things that they > highlight and I know that our patrons here have zero interest in that. > > In fact, our new website (beta heresies: > http://testsh.mse.jhu.edu/newwebsite) is minimizing the amount of content > as > much as possible. Instructional content is in LibGuides, databases are in > Xerxes/metalib, catalog is Blacklight. There's really no reason for us to > pull our users deeper into the site when everything they want is somewhere > else. The website will then become a facilitator rather than a collector. > That's the approach that's going to work for us; I can see a number of > institutions where that would be horrifying and wrong. > > Collect some data (clicktracking data in particular) and find out where > your > users are going and what content is being used. Design around that. > > -Sean > > > On 5/10/12 5:41 PM, "Patrick Berry" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > So, there are a gajillion and one design pattern libraries out > there...has > > anybody come across a set of design patterns focused on library web > sites? > > > > Thanks, > > Pat > -- Nate Hill [log in to unmask] http://www.natehill.net