Platform.Coop Redesign - Exemplar Sites

Owned by Dana Ayotte
Last updated: Oct 30, 2018
1 min read
  • http://odimpact.org/ -
    • Organisation of complex information, navigation tab on the left also seems like a good idea
    • Relationship between navigational categories in the menu and the sections on the landing page not clear
      • It is difficult to get a mental map of the site, to know where you are in the site
    • organisation and filtering of the Collections is confusing
  • https://bwc.thelab.dc.gov/
    • forced horizontal scrolling in individual sections (when physically scrolling vertically) is very frustrating and confusing
    • no clear indication of what all is on the page or when you've reached the bottom
  • https://womenplus.sourcelist.org/
    • very visually appealing (colours, blocks of text) and simple
  • https://ica.coop/en 
    • want similar visual identity
  • http://www.co-oplaw.org/ 
    • narrow and specific focus, full of easy-to-find information
  • https://techaction.nyc/ 
    • interactive, useful, entertaining
  •  https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org:
    • very simple, basically a wordpress site, but does a good job of conveying information. 
    • Any well-designed advocacy and research news blog could be a good example
  • Airbnb https://www.airbnb.ca/ 
    • as a website experience it's highly appealing visually, it offers clear call to actions, and showcases what it is all about by displaying a large number of interesting examples right at the landing page (it's not a content site, so the focus is a bit different).
  • World Economic Forum https://www.weforum.org/ and the Climate Action Tracker websites https://climateactiontracker.org/ Both sites are useful in that they have:
    • information on various topics and areas arranged in drop-down boxes, 
    • pill buttons, etc. 
    • Focus on freely flowing, coherent, nested HTML and CSS elements over slower-loading and less flexible JavaScript elements, 
    • Succinct descriptions of the purpose of each page, and what users can hope to do with the information on each page. 
    • clear, bolded, elements of the site that encourages and entices users on how they can take action on issues.