Dear Readers,
You may have noticed that our Web site, udreview.com, looks a little different that it did before. That’s because we’ve spent the summer redesigning the Web site to better serve our readers.
This semester, The Review is transitioning to a new mindset, one that puts a greater emphasis on breaking news and multimedia. At the forefront of that effort is this new Web site.
We’ve cleaned up the design, bringing more headlines to the front page of the site, and making it easier to navigate through the different sections. We’ve also added several new features to make the site more useful and interactive.
At the top of the page, a tab box rotates through our four biggest stories. Below that, for each section – News, Mosaic, Sports and Editorial – five headlines appear on the front page. There’s a link above the headlines, and also in the main navigation bar, that you can click to see all of the stories from that section.
One of the most exciting new features you’ll notice is the Web Updates section in the middle column at the top of the page. There is where we will post the latest news throughout the week. The most recent story will be at the top of the list, and each article will be stamped with the day and time it was published. We aim to update the site every day, so be sure to check back regularly for the latest news.
The other new feature is the Multimedia Center, where you can find the latest videos and photo galleries. We’ll continue to attach videos and galleries to the stories to which they correspond, but the Multimedia Center is where you can go to find all the multimedia content in one place.
On the right side of the Web site, you’ll see an electronic version of our print edition each week. You can flip through the pages, zoom in on certain content and even download the entire paper as a PDF. Further down on the site, we also have a feed of our latest tweets and posts from our new music, entertainment, environmental, fashion and global awareness blogs.
Finally, at the very bottom of the site is our Special Coverage section. We’ll use this area to bring together our articles and multimedia content for big stories, such as Spring Commencement and preparations for another H1N1 outbreak. These links will stay at the bottom of the page and are your one-stop-shop for information about that subject.
We’ve spent many hours planning and designing the new Web site, but we want to know what you think. What do you like? What don’t you like? What should we add next? Email us at editor@udreview.com
Faithfully yours,
Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief
Maddie Thomas, Executive Editor
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