Between 2020 and 2022, Studio 24 worked with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) on a redesign of w3.org to more effectively communicate what the organisation does with a modern, inclusive, usable website. https://w3c.studio24.net/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:37:31 +0000 Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:37:31 +0000 Jekyll v3.9.0 The redesigned W3C website has gone live today on w3.org Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/live-website-launch 2023-06-20-w3c-live-website-launch The new website design is launched on beta.w3.org to gather community feedback Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/beta-site-launch 2023-02-27-w3c-beta-website-launch As our work comes to a close, we reflect on the past six months and the future of w3.org Thu, 07 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/beta-in-progress 2022-04-07-handing-over-to-w3c Updated the URL strategy doc based on usage for the news & blog section Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/url-strategy 2021-10-04-url-strategy We're working on a frontend integration sprint to build out the new w3.org Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-01-oct/ 2021-10-01-weeknotes-1-oct Latest updates to the delivery timeline and approach Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/August-Timeline-Update/ 2021-09-08-high-level-timeline-and-approach-august-update Find out what has changed in version 4 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/tr-v4/ 2021-09-08-technical-reports-page-version-4 View the documentation on how to use the different templates and components in the W3C website design Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/design-system-live/ 2021-09-08-the-w3c-design-system-is-live Issues noted in the static template retests for accessibility, browser and device testing Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/static-template-retest-reports/ 2021-07-21-retest-reports-accessibility-browser-and-device A review of the design and front-end build of the landing page for Technical Reports. Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/redesigning-the-landing-page-for-technical-reports/ 2021-07-21-redesigning-the-landing-page-for-technical-reports The static prototypes have been tested, read the report Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/accessibility-round2/ 2021-06-17-accessibility-testing-round-2 Good progress across HTML testing, navigation, TR layout review and Symfony app development Fri, 11 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-11-june/ 2021-06-11-weeknotes-11-june A review of the main navigation front-end build, from first prototype to client sign off Fri, 11 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/building-the-main-navigation/ 2021-06-11-building-the-main-navigation A plan on how to give feedback: what kind of feedback, and when to give it Wed, 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/feedback-guide/ 2021-06-09-feedback-guide Read the test reports following the second round of compatibility testing by Zoonou Wed, 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/compatibility-round2-test-results/ 2021-06-09-round-2-testing-browser-and-device-results An update on version 4 of our navigation prototype Mon, 24 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/navigation-v4/ 2021-05-24-prototyping-the-main-navigation-version-4 The next set of static templates ready for browser, device and accessibility testing Mon, 24 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/testing-round2/ 2021-05-24-round-2-testing Content modelling and front-end iteration Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-23Apr/ 2021-04-23-weeknotes-23-apr Results from the retest and notes on what we didn't do, and why Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/accessibility-round1-retest/ 2021-04-23-accessibility-testing-round-1-retest Home page is agreed and our next development sprint has commenced Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-16Apr/ 2021-04-16-weeknotes-16-apr How we defined and designed the new W3C website homepage Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/homepage/ 2021-04-16-home-page Preparing for the next round of development Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-09Apr/ 2021-04-09-weeknotes-09-apr Recommended improvements to the Technical Reports page Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/technical-reports-specification/ 2021-04-09-technical-reports-specification Creating a visual style for the website that conveys W3Cs unique community and work Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/illustrations/ 2021-04-06-how-we-are-using-illustrations-to-represent-the-w3c Design and content work is coming to an end Fri, 26 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-26March/ 2021-03-26-weeknotes-26-mar Improving the usability of W3C Group pages Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/group-page-recommendations/ 2021-03-22-group-page-usability-recommendations Read the accessibility test report on the first three static templates to be tested Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/accessibility-testing-round1/ 2021-03-22-accessibility-testing-round-1 It is one year on since the project and the pandemic started! Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-19-march/ 2021-03-19-weeknotes-19-mar Our URL and redirect strategy for the w3.org website Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/url-strategy 2021-03-17-url-strategy It has been a busy week of activity, and it feels great Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-12-March/ 2021-03-12-weeknotes-12-mar Latest updates to the delivery timeline and approach Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/March-timeline-update/ 2021-03-12-high-level-timeline-and-approach-march-update The first three static templates have been tested, read about the outcome Wed, 10 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/browser-testing-round1/ 2021-03-10-browser-and-device-testing-round-1-results Take a look at the default, landing and business ecosystem static templates Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/first3-templates/ 2021-02-23-the-first-three-static-templates-in-build A Symfony application to deliver web pages Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/front-end-delivery-approach/ 2021-02-12-front-end-delivery-approach Read about the agreed approach for internationalization on the new W3C website. Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/internationalization-approach-agreed/ 2021-02-12-internationalization-approach The final changes agreed with W3C to the header area design Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/header-design-finalisation/ 2021-01-19-header-design-finalisation An update on version 3 of our navigation prototype Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/prototyping-the-main-navigation-version-3/ 2021-01-18-prototyping-the-main-navigation-version-3 Find out what has changed in the delivery timeline and approach Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/high-level-timeline-and-approach/ 2021-01-15-high-level-timeline-and-approach-update Recommendations for the sign-in and account pages for W3C site Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/account-page-recommendations/ 2021-01-14-account-page-usability-recommendations View our designs for the listing and post pages Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/listing-and-post-pages-design/ 2021-01-13-listing-and-post-pages-designs Header design reviewed for internationalisation, among other things Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/header-design-update/ 2020-12-14-header-design-update Feedback on key templates and the site header, and build planning Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-11-dec/ 2020-12-11-weeknotes-11-dec Find out about our Headless CMS approach to building the front-end Fri, 27 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/headless-cms/ 2020-11-27-headless-cms-approach A look at the designs for key site pages Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/designs-for-the-default-landing-and-business-templates/ 2020-11-26-designs-for-the-default-landing-and-business-templates Find out how we have been prototyping the main navigation and give us your feedback on how it works. Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/prototyping-the-main-navigation/ 2020-11-26-prototyping-the-main-navigation Take a look at the site designs so far, find out about the process we took to get here and our next steps. Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/global-design-direction 2020-10-27-global-design-direction Design presentation, design system work, editing the spec, and a community talk for Marie Fri, 23 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-23-oct/ 2020-10-23-weeknotes-23-oct Progress on design, prototyping and planning Fri, 09 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-9-oct/ 2020-10-09-weeknotes-9-oct Our CMS choice, first design review and planning, planning, planning Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-25-sep/ 2020-09-25-weeknotes-25-sept Craft CMS is selected to build the re-designed W3C website. Here is a description of our selection process. Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/cms-selection-report/ 2020-09-25-cms-selection-report Explaining the background of our choice on CMS platform and the response to a recent WordPress Tavern post Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/on-not-choosing-wordpress/ 2020-09-25-on-not-choosing-wordpress Progress has been made in a range of areas: design, CMS selection and sitemap technical work Fri, 11 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-11-sept/ 2020-09-11-weeknotes-11-sept A few updates to the content design and sitemap documents Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/content-design-sitemap-updates/ 2020-09-02-content-design-and-sitemap-updates A summary of our Content design work, which informs the new Information Architecture Fri, 28 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16VQIUv2ugeZG8mNmAtZtHnaMo2E4y9x7YxKA_tPq-Xw/view 2020-08-28-content-design-report The second version of our proposed sitemap Fri, 28 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/proposed-site-map-v2/ 2020-08-28-proposed-site-map-v2 Wireframes that illustrate the content hierarchy of key pages Fri, 28 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/content-wireframes/ 2020-08-28-content-wireframes First look at content design, URL strategy, and some CMS accessibility considerations Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-17-aug/ 2020-08-17-weeknotes-17-august Progressing the IA and site content work Thu, 06 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-7-aug/ 2020-08-06-weeknotes-7-august Updated to show new delivery dates Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/high-level-timeline/ 2020-07-29-high-level-timeline-update A workplan showing the approach, tasks and timings to complete the next stage of work Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/ia-and-content-stage-2-work-plan/ 2020-07-29-ia-and-content-stage-2-work-plan Two key meetings with W3C, progress on IA and CMS platform Fri, 24 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-24-july/ 2020-07-24-weeknotes-24-july A summary of the CMS options we reviewed and the current status of the selection process Fri, 24 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/w3c-cms-selection-process-update/ 2020-07-24-w3c-cms-platform-selection-update A summary of the problems with the current site organisation and how we recommend solving them Wed, 22 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/our-proposed-w3c-site-map 2020-07-22-our-proposal-for-a-new-w3c-site-information-architecture The research is coming together Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-17-july 2020-07-17-weeknotes-17-july An update on a busy week Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-10-july 2020-07-10-weeknotes-10-july Clarify bidirectional support for global page layout Thu, 09 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/front-end-standards 2020-07-09-front-end-standards Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/user-research-update 2020-07-07-user-research-update An update and reflection on this week Fri, 03 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/weeknotes-3-july 2020-07-03-weeknotes-3-july We are running a series of stakeholder interviews to help understand how users find standards and groups content on w3.org Wed, 01 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 2020-07-01-stakeholder-interviews Remove "compliant" support for Internet Explorer 11. Site content will still be readable in IE11, it just won't look the same as modern browsers. Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/front-end-standards 2020-06-30-front-end-standards Announcing the decision on the front end approach we will use Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/front-end-approach/ 2020-06-24-front-end-approach Launched two user surveys to find out more about how users find standards & groups on w3.org Mon, 22 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/our-second-user-survey/ 2020-06-22-user-survey-for-standards-groups An outline of what W3C need from a new CMS to manage contnet on w3.org Mon, 15 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/cms-strategy-and-requirements/ 2020-06-15-cms-strategy-and-requirements Draft IA report presented to W3C team Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qVUWoRqMD95LE9z22dP5hPbToKnRugv4jK83L3pXvts/view 2020-06-12-information-architecture-report-draft Front-end standards we plan to meet in the HTML build of w3.org Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/front-end-standards 2020-06-12-front-end-standards Document to help W3C team choose the right CSS approach for long-term maintenance Tue, 02 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/choosing-front-end-framework 2020-06-02-choosing-a-front-end-framework Overview of the technical infrastructure we have to deal with as part of this project Fri, 22 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/technical-systems-audit 2020-05-22-technical-systems-audit We ran stakeholder interviews with 12 people connected to W3C between 20th and 22nd May Wed, 20 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 2020-05-20-stakeholder-interviews-started A summary of the new W3C website redesign project and where we are now. Mon, 18 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/project-update/ 2020-05-18-project-update-may An overview of what W3C need from a new CMS Fri, 15 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/cms-strategy-and-requirements/ 2020-05-15-cms-strategy-and-requirements How we are gathering feedback from website users Mon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/user-research/ 2020-05-11-user-survey-started First version after Discovery phase Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/high-level-timeline/ 2020-05-07-high-level-timeline-shared-for-review Definition of the project direction and approach Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/project-approach/ 2020-05-07-project-approach-shared-for-agreement Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/docs/user-groups/ 2020-04-14-agreed-initial-user-groups Feedback from W3C to inform the design direction Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://w3c.studio24.net/updates/design-survey/ 2020-04-14-design-discussions-in-progress Work starts on identifying user groups and user research. This will help form user and job stories which we use to help define what users want to do on the W3C site. Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 2020-04-01-started-user-group-research The project officially started on 16th March, the team are really excited about working with W3C! This starts with the Discovery phase where we review the current site, technical architecure, users, and problems we're trying to solve on this project. Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 2020-03-16-studio-24-kick-off-the-w3c-project Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/w3c/status/1225796276555567105 2020-02-07-w3c-awards-contract-to-studio-24 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-website-redesign/2019Dec/0024.html 2019-12-13-studio-24-submit-project-proposal Thu, 07 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.w3.org/2019/11/website-redesign-rfp.html 2019-11-07-w3c-publish-the-w3c-website-redesign-phase-1-rfp