Clackamas County 4-H is a great example of a local program landing page. These are some of the things we love:
Review your landing pages. Is there anything you can do to improve the text, images or layout based on the example above?
See: How to update your program.
We have some wonderful program pages to share with you. These are great examples of how you can lay out your content for program participants, volunteers, and other people who are involved with or interested in your program. Here’s initial feedback we’ve been hearing from all of you about the updated design features:
Check these out too:
These pages also turned out well:
More local 4-H examples will be coming soon.
The above examples were created through a partnership between EESC and these groups. A 4-H and Master Gardener local program was selected from each region. They were selected because they had a lot of wonderful content added to their pages, which gave us a great starting point.
We can walk you through how to create this look when you’re ready. Send us questions, training requests or your feedback on the designs!
A shout out to Alisha Atha, Holly Burton, Rose Clarke, Shevon Hatcher, Renée Johnson, Samara Rufener, Sara Runkel and Michelle Sager for partnering with us to create the examples programs listed above. We greatly appreciate the content you added to the website before we got started—and your feedback and suggestions along the way! Thank you!
Now that the new county designs have launched, it’s time to focus on filling out content for your county’s focus areas. Here are some tips to get you started. Also, if you’re in Eastern Oregon, the web team is coming your way for a training this week (see more at the end of this blog post).
When writing a title for your focus area, we recommend:
Here are some examples:
Please contact us if you have any questions or would like some help identifying focus area titles or how to organize content to fit within focus areas.
There are three options for focus areas:
Or, link to existing content:
Select which desired option under “How to display” when creating a local focus area.
Read last week’s blog post for training materials to get started on creating or editing your focus areas.
The following focus areas have been or will been created for you:
You can change the order of focus areas on the ‘What we do’ page and select which three to include on the county landing page.
County programs & local focus areas
Three focus areas are set to display on the county landing pages. The ‘What we do’ page also includes:
Links to the ‘What we do’ page are in your county’s navigation. Links to 4-H and Master Gardener can now be found with focus areas.
Social media & newsletters
When the content is for:
We recommend using announcements to promote new newsletter issues.
County subpages
Content that is currently in county subpages will be transitioned to local focus areas by EESC. If we aren’t sure how to make the content fit, we’ll work with you to find a solution.
You are invited to attend in-person trainings in Eastern Oregon this week:
The trainings will focus on using the new county page designs. Please bring your questions and a laptop if possible, so we can work with you on your county pages. For questions about the location or accommodation, please contact Bobbi Howell (Malheur County) or Sherry Nantz (Union County). For questions related to the training, contact Bryan Mayjor or Victor Villegas.
A shout out to Carrie Berger and the forestry team for the awesome content they developed for county subpages! This content provided an inspiration and starting place for the focus area mockups below.
Focus area mockup with annotations.
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Focus area mockup.
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The updated designs provide a way to share and highlight what OSU Extension does within our counties and helps to:
Please keep in mind design modifications will remain an iterative process. Expect the look and feel to evolve, the functionality to be fine-tuned.
Thank you to Amy Schmid, Jenifer Halter and Laurie Gibson for working with us last week to help us test out county content in the new county designs.
Visit our new user guide to learn:
Thank you for sharing your feedback and challenges related to the county pages and the site as a whole. Please continue to share any feedback on how these changes are working for your counties and teams.
Example county landing page
Example focus area
UPDATE: Designs were updated April 10, 2019 based on your feedback. Thanks for your input!
We gave a sneak-peak of the new county landing page design at the Extension Annual Conference during Tuesday morning’s “Ask the Experts About the New Extension Website” session. See design below.
In January on your county’s landing page (homepage), you will be able to add a large hero image, background photos or shading, and calls to action. You can add a ‘quick links bar’ featuring four links to social media, events, newsletters, etc. Also highlight priority county/local programs, activities and resources.
Below is an example of Yamhill County that shows different design features you can apply. Think about how your current content will best fit into this style and where you need to write some text or find some photos.
Full details on how to create this look will be provided when design elements are ready on the live website. Please send us questions or what you think about the new designs!
Thank you for sharing your feedback at the Extension Annual Conference. And thank you for your continued hard work to create and add content to the website. We know this process isn’t always easy or straight forward. Together, we are making good progress! The website is growing as a place where Oregonians can come and easily find the amazing content you create and provide. We appreciate your hard work in making this site awesome!
This is the design for large screens (desktop). Note: The wider you make your browser, the larger you will see the design. View full-sized annotated design.
View full-sized design.