I have finished working on another site for work, called HRA105.com. It’s a informational and marketing website for HRAs (Health Reimbursement Arrangements).  The pictures on the left are the redesign and updated site, and the pictures on the right is what it use to look like. As you can see I did a lot of updates to the site. First off, I created all the banner images and made a simple jQuery Rotating banner with a simple fading transition with the jQuery Cycle Plugin. This is a really nice feature because it will show up in all browsers including iPhones. Secondly,  I used Stu Nicholls’ great horizontal navigation called Professional Dropdown #2. I would of created my own navigational menu but it just saves so much time using other’s free stuff and this is just a really  nice and simple menu to use and setup. The problem with the original site was that the navigation was non-existent. You had to click on the flash portion at the top and then click “click here to read more” and then the subpages had tons of white space between paragraphs that made no since and it was hard to find what you wanted. The most important part of any website is that its easy to get around and find what you want, if the user can’t use your site they will leave it in a matter of seconds. Also, I made all the subpages consistent and made the site a standard 1024px by 768px instead of a stretch to fit liquid layout so it looks the same on all computers. Its cross browser compatible as well and I performed my SEO checklist on the site as well.

Cya