Web Design and Section 508

We Start by Asking You

Who is your target audience? What are their tastes in terms of design and color? Are there bandwidth considerations? How can you communicate most effectively with your users? What factors will influence the design of your project? We will help you to ask all the right questions.

Organizing the Information

Information architecture and interface design are the most critical components of any website project. By creating a strong foundation and plan for your site navigation, you will ensure your users can find information quickly and easily. Visual design begins in earnest only when these blueprints for the development of the site have been firmly established, ensuring a smooth and directed process.

Graphic Design

Graphic design starts with a review of any existing materials, competitors, and other sites. Here we focus on look and feel: color, photography, illustration, typography, and layout. From cutting edge to elegantly conservative, we help you to stand out through appropriate, effective design. WebFirst helps you to use design for its intended purpose - communicating effectively with your audience.

Examples of our work in Web Design and Section 508

MCERF

WebFirst developed an entirely new information architecture that allows MCERF users to find the information they need as quickly as possible and also streamlines the content updating process for their staff.

NACHA - ACH Rules eBook

NACHA came to WebFirst with a goal of launching eBook versions of their popular ACH Rules online.

USAID - Dollars To Results

Using a Drupal CMS approach to this view, WebFirst developed the Dollars to Results web application - linking dollars to outcome data for greater accountability and transparency for USAID’s budgetary, fiscal and programmatic data.

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Toolkit

CPS needed a way to deliver information in a user-friendly format to the appropriate school stakeholders (principals, school administrators, etc.) WebFirst developed a web-based system to meet the CPS goals.

NCHEMS Information Center for Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis

WebFirst helped The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems publish timely statistical and graphical reports through dynamic web site development.

TechMatrix

American Institutes for Research (AIR) has engaged WebFirst to redevelop the techmatrix.org website. The TechMatrix is a powerful tool for finding assistive and learning technology products for students with special needs.