I was given the opportunity to redesign the newspaper’s website twice. In this most recent version, the goals were to better incorporate social media integration, restructure the website to better include the newly renamed Spinnaker Radio and Spinnaker Television, and create a multimedia environment which would allow new student-staff to properly maintain and update it in the upcoming semesters.
Above the fold, in addition to a large callout of popular stories, both TV and Radio take up real estate. By including them on the main page, it helps push the multimedia aspect and better demonstrates the products and services which the Spinnaker offers. One challenge when working on this site was including both a leaderboard ad and wide rectangle above the fold. Revenue from the ads helps ensure the organization continues to operate.
Below the fold, callouts to each of the content departments where the Editor is able to choose which story is featured.
Nested within the main site sits the radio page. The overall format stays consistent to the layout of the homepage, except now the stories are content created by the station. The radio player also takes up a larger portion above the fold, providing information about the previously played songs.