Iris Mars

When I started volunteering, the original web site had a main page consisting mostly of links to other organizations' sites. Additional pages had no navigation beyond using the "back" button. Initially, I offered to add new sections to the site: chapters and plant survey data. The opportunity for a redesign presented itself and I explored several redesigns with the webmaster before settling on the one below. Later on, I assumed full responsibility for managing the web site's content.

At the time of this design, many of the members used dial-up to access the Internet. Simplicity and compactness of design was essential to maintain a reasonable level of performance.

I performed the following activities:

• designed a new page layout for the major units of the site;
• developed chapter pages;
• developed survey data pages;
• coded the site to validate to HTML 4 Strict DTD;
• designed the site to use a main style sheet plus one for printing (to not print the navigation menus).

Note: Almost all content is written by other members of the MNPS. My role is primarily to edit the content for spelling, grammar, brevity, and consistency.

Maryland Native Plant Society Web Site

Maryland Native Plant Society Web Site (current version portfolio page)

Maryland Native Plant Society Web Site (version 3 portfolio page)