<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">An important stated reason for the redesign of the web site is "better dissemination of up to date information". Therefore the web site that is to be designed must emphasize a hierarchy of information. New Concept (NC) will work with PFI to enable them to create a hierarchy which will translate into the top level menu on the home page with sub menu items that will pop out. This is of utmost importance if better dissemination of up to date information is an objective, because users on the internet have a very limited attention span. Therefore it is important that the most important information be displayed right up front on the home page in the form of the top level menu items. Information of secondary importance should then be available in one click and reference information can be buried further in the web site. This prioritization of content happens when the client provides their content in a hierarchical fashion. NC will guide the client on how to do this, though the client will ultimately be responsible for providing the content in this manner. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Another stated objective is "To ensure ease of navigation, interaction and interfacing". The design process in developing the website is not only about making it more appealing, visually, but also functionally. After the redesign, the website should function better and this is accomplished by thinking through the navigation and flow of the website. This is accomplished primarily by creating appropriate menu systems that are well thought through. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">A search engine will be provided that will provide a full text search for all material on the web site. In addition a site map link will be provided on the home page as requested. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;</span>The portal will give information about the projects and its activities, partners, key and other information regarding publications, research studies, upcoming events etc. This content will be provided to NC as content by PFI. This content will be uploaded to static and dynamic sections of the web site. The static sections will include information about the organization that is not subject to change. The dynamic sections will be powered by a Content Management Change (CMS) that will allow for quick and easy updates that can be done by PFI themselves. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;</span>A feedback section will be created. Visitors will be able to send a message to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>PFI who can then respond to their queries.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;</span>A Request a publication interactive feature will be created. PFI will be able to upload a list of publications and users will be able to peruse these publications. A flow will be created by NC that will allow users to look through these and request them, upon which they will be sent to the visitor. Decisions need to be made regarding whether this will work for both physical publications or only for soft copies which can be emailed, directly by the web site. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Information about partners will be provided and corresponding links to their websites will also be provided.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Additional requested features like some flash on the home page, a hit counter and other such features that are deemed necessary in the initial discussions between PFI and NC will be provided.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">A comprehensive E-newsletter package will be installed. NC currently recommends Tin Can's PHP list. This will be incorporated into the website and this provides a whole range of newsletter features including the maintenance of various lists, the sending of newsletters including images and special formatting, the scheduling of the sending of the newsletters so that they are not treated as spam, the ability for new users to subscribe and old users to unsubscribe and so on. For this to work, the web site must be hosted on a Linux web server and support PHP. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The design of the web site can be done in a manner to highlight achievements on the home page. In a similar vein events can also be highlighted.&nbsp;<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp; </span></span></p>