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Background.
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I’m generally satisfied with this website’s design, however there are several reasons to redesign and/or upgrade.
Website to be updated is: www.michaelplaks.com
1. The design is now somewhat dated
2. It does not show well on some modern browsers
3. It has formatting issues on newer widescreen monitors
4. The content needs to be rearranged in a major way
5. Various new features needed
Task A. Overall design
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I do not have a specific vision, but I do have some guidelines
1. Should look contemporary and professional, yet as simple as possible
2. Navigation must be simple, intuitive and consistent
3. Should be ready for integration with blog and social media (not yet implemented)
4. Should allow future incorporation of audio, video & webinars
5. Must be easily editable for frequent content updates
6. Must be transferable to any hosting company
7. Must work on legacy browsers, modern browsers and mobile devices
Task B. Possible split into two sites
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This is subject to discussion. I offer two distinctly separate services / specialties, with different client base, but with some overlap between them.
1 – Tax preparation and consulting – for real estate investors
2 – Solving IRS problems – for anybody
My web content currently covers both areas, with heavy tilt towards real estate. This is going to change, as I’m about to add a lot of content specific to IRS problems and put much heavier focus on marketing this service. Accordingly, my dilemma is: continue combining real estate and IRS problems content on a single website or split my website into two sub-sites, with some content overlap. No decision is made yet.
Task C. Rearranging content
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Whether single site or two sites, the menu system need to be reshuffled, content moved around and re-grouped, and the underlying folder structure should probably be sync-ed with the new design.
Currently, each article has an include file that ties it to a specific menu – all will need to be adjusted.
Task D. Adding content
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A number of new articles need to be formatted and incorporated into the website. Some new TYPES of content need to be added – such as:
– case studies (including graphic images of documents)
– audio/video clips from classes and seminars
– audio/video testimonials
– book reviews
Task E. Cleanup
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There’re some dead links already, and rearranging content will require adjusting a lot of cross-links within the site.
Basically, every single hyperlink needs to be verified.
Task F. Site map.
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It will need to reflect the new layout and also have some design to it, maybe multi-column or buttons or collapse/expand – open to suggestions.
Task G. Newsletter(s)
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Subscription to newsletter need to be prominent, need a squeeze page to suggest subscribing before leaving the site.
Also, need an option to sign up for 3 different email lists – one, two or all three.
Current subscription page is unreliable and antiquated in design.
Also if not difficult – automatic acknowledgement of subscription request.
Task H. Graphic documents display
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Need an ability to access images of letter-size documents, preferably with tiles and zoom feature.
Example: I have a case study description, and I want to include a button “click to see the IRS initial letter” and then another button “click to see the IRS final letter”, and clicking these buttons would bring up a separate window with zoomable documents. Maybe the buttons would be micro-images of these documents. Suggestions welcome.
Task I. Audio/video
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Audio/video content is not ready, but I need an easy way to incorporate them as they become available.
Task J. Book reviews
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Just need a simple template to add book reviews, grouped into categories
Task K. (OPTIONAL) Social media
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I will start a blog, social media, YouTube etc. sooner or later. I do not want to have to redesign everything when it happens, want to be ready now.
Task L (OPTIONAL). Calendar & deadline
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Need some kind of a clickable annual calendar with about 20 deadlines, some of which linked to a one-paragraph description, others to full articles. I’m open to suggestions.
Task M (OPTIONAL). Downloadable forms
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If possible, provide a form where they can check/uncheck all documents they are interested in, and have those automatically emailed to them once they provide email?
Access control is desired – i.e. some forms are not available without access key.