Saturday, September 3, 2011

Childbirth Connection: Website Redesign


Childbirth Connection is your source for trustworthy up-to-date evidence-based information and resources on planning for pregnancy, labor and birth, and the postpartum period.

DIRECTION FROM THE CLIENT
Previous to the redesign, Childbirth Connection had a lot of content buried in an inconsistent navigation that often left the reader lost. Equally challenging was addressing the two main audiences of Childbirth Connection: pregnant women and the health professionals who serve them.

SPECIAL FUNCTIONS
  • Home Page Split Navigation: The home page offers top line navigation to both sections of the website, "For Women" and "For Health Professionals".
  • Color Styles to Differentiate Sections: The "For Women" section is in light pink, and the "For Health Professionals" is in dark purple.
  • Demographic Collection from PDF Downloads: Childbirth Connection offered free PDF downloads of some of their most important work. In exchange, readers were asked to fill out a form collecting demographics.
  • User Registration: Users had the ability to sign in and bookmark their favorite pages and saved PDFs.

LEAD DESIGNER
Integrate Inc.

LEAD DEVELOPER
Jason Gerstein

CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Custom Built

EMAIL NEWSLETTER TOOL
Originally, email was sent using a custom built tool. We later switched to Vertical Response for better tracking analysis.