Nemein's New Visual Guidelines

23 June 2004
1 minute read
Over half of the new business Nemein gets comes through the Web site, so it makes sense to put some effort into improving it. The old site was very product-focused and didn't really communicate how the company works.

Design goals for the new site included:
  • Highlight solutions instead of the (Open Source) products behind them
  • Highlight Nemein's client list and some case studies
  • Explain why Open Source and Open Standards are important
  • Replace boring press releases with more current blog postings from Nemein consultants
  • Showcase how Nemein works on pro bono basis with some NGOs and Open Source projects
Some example layouts:
We would be very happy to get some feedback on the designs as weblog comments.

The site will be implemented with Midgard CMS using Web standards like XHTML and CSS.

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