{"id":929,"date":"2017-11-13T04:45:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T04:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=929"},"modified":"2019-01-16T18:01:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T18:01:27","slug":"new-look-for-the-home-page-and-menus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/new-look-for-the-home-page-and-menus\/","title":{"rendered":"New Look for the Home Page and Menus"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are excited to announce a new, streamlined look to our Home page at The Family History Guide. This also includes a tiered menu system that gives easier access to a number of features across the site. Here’s a step-by-step walk-through that demonstrates the new additions.<\/p>\n

Home Page Design<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first thing you’ll notice is that the new design relies on simple picture tiles and bullets – you can find what you want without reading sentences. The tiles and bullets are arranged by category, each linked to the appropriate topic:<\/p>\n

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Just below the tiles is the “reading box” with text that explains more about website and The Family History Guide Association. Notice that we have added our Mission Statement here as well.<\/p>\n

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Footers<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lower section of the Home page is the footer, and that has been redesigned to include our new RootsTech Exhibitor badge, as well as a new Amazon Smile tile (more about that in an upcoming blog).<\/p>\n

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Menus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some of our users have requested that we spell out the Learning Path \/ Partner abbreviations in the menu (FamilySearch instead of FS, Ancestry instead of AN, etc.) That, plus the need to accommodate more menu items as the site grows, led us to a tiered menu system – there are now two rows of drop-down menu items in the upper right:<\/p>\n

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Here are a few things that have changed:<\/p>\n