Designing a non-profit website is similar to designing any other corporate website. They need to communicate a message quickly to their audience, they have to be organized in a logical way, and they must use images, color, typography and other visual tools to reinforce that message. However, they do differ in one way that is important: They have to promote a cause and get people involved. This involvement converts people from interested party to active donator of time, money, and other resources.
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What are the contextual inquiries in your UX like? Are we talking about back-end or front-end? Is the site static, or do you have a CMS? Do you want to review the mark-up or mock-ups? Is the layout flexible or responsive?
Are you lost yet? Does the paragraph above have the droning “Wah-Wah-Wah” drone of Charlie Brown’s teacher? If you are a web geek, probably not. (more…)