I like the basic setup Webby, but agree with the others about the breaking ciggie image and the brown tones...maybe a green/gold scheme? I also agree to move the donation link to a separate section of its own to be a little more discreet. Good job!
ECO - Initial Web Site Mockups and Charter Motion
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Webby, I suggest you keep the background -- at least of the main text section -- white. That way people/media will be able to print out whatever they need without too much hassle.
I like the first one with the girl breaking the cigarette. We do want to provide info to the public about vaping, and breaking the cigarette can be symbolic of breaking away from cigarettes.
If you're a non smoker or anti smoking, which picture is going to grab your attention first and entice you to read it?
If you're a non smoker or anti smoking, which picture is going to grab your attention first and entice you to read it?
I agree.
I also think this is a powerful symbol for the smoker. A majority of smokers I know wish they were not smokers due to guilt (health for them or their loved ones) or due to social stigma. I strongly relate to the "breaking a cigarette" visual as a smoker who's been wanting to quit for decades and is still in the process of doing it. (Mostly vaping now, slightly smoking.) I find that visual very appealing.
Agreed - I'll go you one better:
We do several news/magazine sites and always include the "share-it" toolbar, a print friendly link and a "send as email" link on all articles to make forwarding the news items as easy and one-click as possible.
The share-it bar isn't on this one, but you get the idea. I'd like to use a similar component for our news items. It supports bylines, a main pic and up to three subpics along with the print and mail links:
Mobile Bay Monthly Magazine
For the pictures, how about we use user-submitted photos of themselves? No avatars (we're trying to put a human face on e-cigs, right?) and maybe include regional backgrounds that convey just how widespread our membership actually is. For example, a NYC skyline in the background of people vaping, a mountain range behind someone vaping on horseback, people vaping at the beach, etc.
Send them to admin@weboperations.net and I'll include them in the second web mockup (should be done today or tomorrow!)
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I would strongly support adding a "Vaping Lifestyle" tab that might divide into specific discussions of e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation "program" and the social impact of vaping and a separate area for people who focus on consumer choice. I think there is some legitimacy to viewing the e-cig as a "medical device" and some see it as a consumer choice issue. I think it is both and both points of view should be represented in the charter.
Thread continued here http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/campaigning/36492-eco-new-website-final-mockup.html
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