Help Us Redesign the NTEN Web Site

Submitted by Brett on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 10:28am

Flickr Photo: zakleeFlickr Photo: zakleeOur web site is over two years old, and the botox just isn't hiding the cracks anymore. Fortunately, the good folks at Beaconfire are helping us out with a professional grade User Interfacelift, er, site redesign. We're going to do our best to document the process over the next few months.

We're starting with an Open Card Sort. And, just because you're a blog reader, you get the chance to experiment with one of the tools the big orgs use, while helping us out at the same time.

> Give Us Your Feedback!

If you're not familiar with Card Sorting, it's not at all like that time you lost all your money on a street corner in New York City, trying to follow the Queen. No, a Card Sort is a way of determining how users think about your content. In our case, you'll be presented with titles for about 50 of the pages that best represent NTEN.org. You get to drag and drop these pages/cards on the screen, organizing them into groups that make the most sense to you. You even get to name the groups!

Okay, it's no Spider Solitaire, but it is pretty cool to go through the process. It should take you only 10-15 minutes to complete -- unless you get really thorough, in the hope that we use your naming scheme as the basis for the next iteration of NTEN.org.

> Share Your Vision of NTEN.org!

Thanks in advance for your help (and don't forget to read the instructions).