Comments on: The New Look for the LP Site? http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/12/26/the-new-look-for-the-lp-site/ Fri, 16 May 2008 03:15:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Hammer of Truth » LP.org Unveils Redesign for 2006 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/12/26/the-new-look-for-the-lp-site/#comment-1854 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:08:18 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/12/26/the-new-look-for-the-lp-site/#comment-1854 [...] I have to admit knowing about the Libertarian Party site redesign since at least mid-November 2005 when Shane Cory (LNC Chief of Staff) gave us a sneak preview. Since any embargo on telling the world has now clearly passed, I think perhaps it’s time to have my say. First, I agree wholly with what Austin Cassidy had to say: I saw this link posted on LP.org last week and I wasn’t immediately sure if I liked it or not. [...] [...] I have to admit knowing about the Libertarian Party site redesign since at least mid-November 2005 when Shane Cory (LNC Chief of Staff) gave us a sneak preview. Since any embargo on telling the world has now clearly passed, I think perhaps it’s time to have my say. First, I agree wholly with what Austin Cassidy had to say: I saw this link posted on LP.org last week and I wasn’t immediately sure if I liked it or not. [...]

]]> by: Austin Cassidy http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/12/26/the-new-look-for-the-lp-site/#comment-1837 Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:55:37 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/12/26/the-new-look-for-the-lp-site/#comment-1837 Maybe it would make sense to then have a general information face to the site and an easily reaced area with lots of activist and donor information on it. Something to keep those already involved with the party up to date on what's happening. Maybe it would make sense to then have a general information face to the site and an easily reaced area with lots of activist and donor information on it. Something to keep those already involved with the party up to date on what’s happening.

]]> by: Stuart Richards http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/12/26/the-new-look-for-the-lp-site/#comment-1832 Mon, 26 Dec 2005 20:59:16 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2005/12/26/the-new-look-for-the-lp-site/#comment-1832 The DNC's website is a thing of beauty... it's another attempt to seduce poor souls to the dark side. :p It has a host of updates at the bottom; the site isn't huge but still conveys a lot of info, it's just a beautiful piece of work. But the Lib redesign, while still not as good as the majors, does accomplish a lot and is an upgrade from what we currently have. The one thing I'd say needs to change is the pale colors. My wife just remarked that she wouldn't give that site two minutes of her time, simply because it'd be so hard to read. The layout is fine, it's just that the colors need to be bolder, bold enough to read. I would also argue that almost by definition, we *CAN'T* have a site as good as the majors yet. We have to have more information on there than the majors do-we yet need to brand ourselves in a positive way to the majority of Americans, we need to explain who we are, and this can't be acheived with a smaller, compacter layout. Also, since we're not just using the web for promotion purposes but also to educate our candidates, we by nature need more space for that. So though it doesn't look as good as the majors, it's not a slam on the design team by any means-it's as good a layout as they can accomplish at this point in time. The DNC’s website is a thing of beauty… it’s another attempt to seduce poor souls to the dark side. :p It has a host of updates at the bottom; the site isn’t huge but still conveys a lot of info, it’s just a beautiful piece of work.

But the Lib redesign, while still not as good as the majors, does accomplish a lot and is an upgrade from what we currently have. The one thing I’d say needs to change is the pale colors. My wife just remarked that she wouldn’t give that site two minutes of her time, simply because it’d be so hard to read. The layout is fine, it’s just that the colors need to be bolder, bold enough to read.

I would also argue that almost by definition, we CAN’T have a site as good as the majors yet. We have to have more information on there than the majors do-we yet need to brand ourselves in a positive way to the majority of Americans, we need to explain who we are, and this can’t be acheived with a smaller, compacter layout. Also, since we’re not just using the web for promotion purposes but also to educate our candidates, we by nature need more space for that. So though it doesn’t look as good as the majors, it’s not a slam on the design team by any means-it’s as good a layout as they can accomplish at this point in time.

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