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19 <br />1 <br />2 Design Committee will meet on October 17th to discuss and process the feedback from the <br />3 Board and other stakeholders <br />4 <br />5 Changes will be submitted to the vendor based on feedback received from all <br />6 stakeholders <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />• Once the design is finalized, the next step is to focus on designing the departmental <br />pages <br />• Web Masters are working on "content" placement within the navigation <br />• The Board will receive additional updates leading up to the launch of the Web site, <br />which is anticipated to happen in early 2015 <br />Carla Banks said the goal is to make the site more user - friendly. She said the photo <br />section will rotate to showcase the features of Orange County. She said this new website also <br />offers the option to translate the site to different languages. <br />Chair Jacobs asked for clarification on the feedback being requested. <br />Jim Northrup said staff is considering the Board of County Commissioners as one of <br />several groups looking at this design. He said they are looking for general feedback from <br />Board of County Commissioners. <br />Commissioner Price asked what languages are offered as translation. <br />Carla Banks said viewers can chose from a listing of languages. <br />Commissioner Price said she was concerned with which specific languages will be <br />available. She asked about Spanish and Mandarin translation. <br />Carla Banks said she will check with the vendor on this. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked what was presented to the focus groups. She said she <br />does not know how to react to the categories when they are static and you cannot see what is <br />under them. <br />Carla Banks said the goal was just to accomplish a design, and they have not gotten to <br />the usability aspect of the site yet. <br />Commissioner Gordon said she thinks the colors are very intense, and this may not be <br />as readable as some other sites. <br />Commissioner Dorosin said he liked the colors, and he thinks this is a vast improvement <br />on what the County has now. He suggested looking at the current website and considering the <br />five most commonly used items if you want to know about content. He said this proposal is an <br />improvement over the current text heavy site. He likes the search bar. <br />Commissioner Pelissier said she likes the general format. She said the search feature <br />is very important. She asked how many members of the public gave feedback. <br />Jim Northrup said there were two small focus groups of customers from the Library and <br />the Department on Aging. <br />Commissioner Pelissier said the Board has said in the past that they would like a way <br />for the public to leave comments. She questioned whether this warrants some space or a <br />special tab. <br />Commissioner Rich said the strategic communications group discussed the public <br />comments issue today, and this being discussed as part of that plan. <br />Commissioner Rich said she liked the new design, and it is nice that it is not so text <br />heavy. She agrees that the search on the present website does not work well and this is an <br />important feature to get right. <br />Commissioner Rich said it is important to make it easy to find phone numbers and <br />addresses. <br />