Lynden Tribune Redesign

Redesigned

Original (6/9/06)

Highlights:

• Easy maintenance - no modifications are required for weekly updates. New articles are automatically fetched from a database, cycled, sorted by section, and displayed
• Better indexing - uses text rather than graphics that contain text. This allows the text to be indexed by search engines. It is easier to be found through search, as well as for users to find what they want.
• Increased accessibility - functional with screen readers and other accessibility tools
• Faster page load - uses text rather than graphics where applicable in order to reduce the number of graphics required to render the page
• Extensible - designed such that extending functionality does not require significant modifications. A key component of this is separating the article data from the website code by storing it in a database. An example includes searching previous weeks' articles with no regular maintenance.
• RSS Feed - easily make article content accessible, allowing users to automatically syndicate the latest news. RSS feeds are available for all news and per section.