Re: Website Re-Design Criteria

["Janet Smith" <ypauls@sti.net>]

Hello John,

I did forget to mention that we do have permission to use the photos.
So that part is taken care of.

Janet

---- Original Message ----
From: jijones@usjoneses.com
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Website Re-Design Criteria
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:55:35 -0700

>Janet,
>
>Thank you. We are of course interested. When you receive a photo, do
>you get permission to use the photo for any particular purpose (like
>on the website) or do we need to get specific permission?
>
>Thanks
>
>John
>On Oct 20, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Janet Smith wrote:
>
>> Hello John,
>>
>> Glad to see you are getting imput.
>>
>> As to the photos of gardens and such. Since I have been collecting
>> for up coming programs and the like, you are certainly welcome to
>> anything I might have to help you in that regard.
>>
>> Janet Smith
>> AIS Slides and Digital Programs
>>
>> ---- Original Message ----
>> From: jijones@usjoneses.com
>> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
>> Subject: [AISdiscuss] Website Re-Design Criteria
>> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:43:03 -0700
>>
>>> Well I have gotten a few more Worksheet comments with a lot of
>good
>>> input.
>>>
>>> A lot of the comments werevcoriented towards other information we
>>> should have on the website but almost all of the responses
>centered
>>> on the same main purposes for the website.
>>>
>>> Following are the criteria for the Home page and general
>navigation
>>> for the re-designed website.
>>>
>>>
>>> We need a multi-purpose website. In priority order the criteria
>are:
>>>
>>> 1. Be welcoming to new users seeking information on how to grow,
>>> cultivate, and use irises in the garden and in the home. Get their
>>> interest and keep them moving around the site.
>>>
>>> 2. Encouraging new visitors to join the society
>>>
>>> 3. Provide useful information to existing members
>>>
>>> 4. Provide administrative users with the information they need.
>>>
>>> We want the home page to be uncomplicated and easy to navigate
>onward
>>> to the four basic venues. We also want the Home page to be
>primarily
>>> oriented to the first purpose.
>>>
>>> There will be a lot of navigation issues beyond the Home page but
>>> those can be addressed as they come up. What we will need is a
>>> flexible architecture that allows us to adapt and change as we
>move
>>> forward and time changes the needs for the site. We dont want to
>>> design a navigation architecture that is too closely designed for
>our
>>> needs today and consequently restricts us from doing things we
>need
>>> in the future.
>>>
>>> I think that Brad Ks suggestions for the home page are some of
>the
>>> best and reflect the general consensus of how to approach the new
>>> visitors. We will want to have a range of pictures for the Home
>page
>>> including people and gardens in addition to beauty shots of
>irises.
>>>
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
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