Dear Intarchers
I came across this series of questions on the Internet Press Press and
would like to know if you have any thoughts on the matters raised? It
closely links to the recent postings we have had about other design and
markup concerns.
What do _you_ think?
:-)
Judith
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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:40:41 GMT
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Subject: Re: E-journal homepages
I would like to hear any view on what you think is (or isn't) important on
an e-journal homepage. For example, should an e-journal homepage be
designed to sell the journal or to cater purely for the subscriber? What
information do you think is needed on the homepage i.e. the current issue,
the editorial, a search engine, links, discussion forum? Can it, or should
it, all be fitted on one page? And does it need to be a work of art?
Indeed what should an online journal homepage include? Like you say the
Internet is full of diversity. How an editor/journal team chooses to
display their journal is up to them and perhaps different journals lend
themselves to different formats but I think there should be certain
standards or obvious choices that people consider simply through common
sense.
- Should the homepage be like the front cover of a print journal/magazine,
with the title boldly displayed and certain key issues highlighted as
being in the latest issue?
- Or perhaps mirroring the style of a contents page where there are links
to every single item in that issue journal.
- In larger, longer running journals perhaps, while still highlighting the
current issue and linking to past issues too, the homepage should have
general links to the standard features such as Editorials, Articles,
Reviews etc.
The best format for a journal homepage is one that is not too cluttered,
is easy to follow, suites the journal and is standard throughout the whole
site.
It's a great pity that some of the people responsible for putting journals
on the Net don't ask themselves as many questions as you have above! If
they did I think we would have much better and more efficient journals to
grab our attention online.
I wonder what other people choose as the best things to highlight on their
own journal homepages? I'd be interested to hear.
Diane Smith
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