The Project

The Configural Processing Consortium (CPC) is an annual workshop where configurality researchers convene and discuss current topics in the field. Townsend Lab is a main organizer of the consortium. When I worked for the lab, I redesigned the website to help organize the workshop and archive past and future materials, and gave it a clean and professional look.

Project Website

http://www.indiana.edu/~psymodel/CPC2010/index.html

My Role

I started with making an inventory list of content on the old CPC website. After checking with the lab directory of the content needed for the new website, I proposed a new page layout and site architecture. After discussing with the director and some iteration on the layout, I created wireframes for the new site.

Once the wireframes were approved, I created visual assets such as a logo, color theme, and typography to incorporate into an interactive mock up. After some revisions on the mock up, I implemented the whole site with HTML and CSS, based on a Blueprint CSS framework.

Lessons Learned

Form needs to follow the meaning. The purpose of the website is to let organizers and attendees of the consortium quickly find out information they need, so a simple and clear layout to clarify paths to information turned out to be a good solution.

Learning by doing is the most effective way of quick learning. During the project I had several ideas in mind that I’ve never actually implemented before. By looking though examples and tutorials I was able to not only implement my vision but also improve my web design skill.

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