Web Design Advice Art by Chiara from Italy, 2003

We want Kidlink's web pages to be inviting, to convey the spirit, heart and force of our interpersonal network, our main focus (youth), our members' creativity, joy, and professionalism in a clear, colorful, and meaningful way.

The web publishing organization

Kidlink's Executive Director is directly responsible for the total web publishing effort.

The following key organizational units supports the work:

• Web Contents Advice - advice on contents that meets the various audiences' needs. Reports to the Executive Director.

• Web Design Advice - advice on the visual presentation and appearance of our web pages (illustrations, fonts, design, etc.). Owner of the webdesign list at kidlink.org. Reports to the Executive Director.

• Technical Web Support - advice on programming, databases, etc. Creates databases, interactive pages, technical solutions, new search tools, metadata, editor tools, mirror administration, statistics, logfile analyses, interfaces to Listserv, c2d. Handling emergency web upload problems for contents producers. Reports to the Technical Director.

• Special Web Projects - special focus on major programs, KI/E pages. Reports to the Executive Director.

• Language Area Managers - responsible for the information provided to their users in accordance with Kidlink's web publishing strategy. This includes translations of general information pages, and development of language specific information pages. Reports to the Language Area Directors.

• Translation Team - support language area managers' translation efforts. Reports to the Technical Director.

Each organizational unit builds suited work teams.

Web Design Advice Functions

WDA renders advice to the owners of our web pages:

• To the Executive Director regarding pages belonging to Kidlink's official self-presentation; Kidlink Institute/Education's pages; and Kidlink's web strategy.

• To language area management and their teams regarding their areas' language specific pages.

• To Kidlink and KI/E development staff, regarding pages relating to educational programs.

• To Kidlink's various staff units regarding their pages.

WDA builds a team of people with esthetical knowledge to provide good advice regarding design for the various audiences.

Details | The WDA Team

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