[home page] Size & positioning of blocks & topics

[brewerj]

I currently see several tiers of blocks/panels, showcasing various resources, before news and announcements, or even getting a hint that news and announcements are further down the page. Can the size of the blocks/panels be made shallower? Or the news and announcements start higher up on the page, perhaps adjacent to featured resources?

[yatil]

I think the news teasers are where people would search for them. I think we could add a link to the service navigation on top, saying News, but I leave that to IA.

(Also we will test the visibility of it in the Usability testing.)

[James-Green]

Judy will join our TF call tomorrow to discuss.

[aliciafrausto]

James had a great idea to add a third column in the top row to feature the latest news. Here's a mock of that: https://visa.invisionapp.com/share/YPAVCUZA9#/255840190_Home_Page_-_News_Column

[yatil]

@aliciafrausto That would work for me. Can you add that design to Zeplin so I can get to the icon and whatever else I need :-) Thanks!

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[sharronrush]

Yes thanks all, that works well for me.

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[bakkenb]

I think this is a good solution as well. +1

[yatil]

I can put it in as soon as I got access to the file.

[shawna-slh]

Thanks tons for thinking of options, and mocking them up so we can see 'em!

I'm a little hesitant to just have one news item there. Often the "latest news" is not something we want to particularly want to highlight, e.g., an updated Working Draft. But maybe with some tweaking it will work well.

I suggest we leave it as is for the usability testing -- no last minute changes :-)

As Charlotte said, we can do more testing on the home page.

[yatil]

I have put the latest four items from WAI highlights there for a preview.

[yatil]

We have moved on and incorporated the discussion here :-)

[shawna-slh]

testing if Judy gets notification of this... @brewerj !