The Heritage Foundation unveils our redesigned website this morning with a modern look and feel, better organization of our policy research, greater integration of our multimedia products and our blog, The Foundry.
The redesigned website is a significant step forward for Heritage. It presents an innovative new platform for a varied tapestry of people — from Capitol Hill legislators to our more than 600,000 members — to have greater access to our best-in-class conservative policy research.
More than a year of planning and development went into the creation of the new Heritage.org. We interviewed key constituents on Capitol Hill, members of the media, coalition partners, and most importantly, Heritage supporters like you. The feedback we received drove the new design and direction of the new Heritage.org.
While the look and feel of the site is dramatically different from the previous website, we will continue to carry out our traditional mission of offering sound solutions to contemporary problems.
Heritage staff worked with professional experts in visual design, user experience and content management to build the new site. Some cornerstone pieces include:
1. Simplified navigation that allows users to quickly access the content they are seeking. We now have tabs for both Issues and Research in the navigation, giving you the option to browse by public policy issues or, for the more familiar Heritage.org user, by the type of content.
2. The visual design showcases the strength, credibility and stature of The Heritage Foundation, our people and our work, while also encouraging users to explore our site. This is reflected in the multi-tonal Heritage blue color palette, uniform bands of content throughout the site and the introduction of visual icons that work in tandem with the new navigation.
3. An improved search function and new way of organizing our research should make finding content faster and easier. We’ve taken these two major steps to in response to feedback from our users. The new search engine is more robust and allows visitors to filter content by issue, paper type, author and more. In addition, we’ve introduced a comprehensive structure for organizing all of this information, allowing us to expand the number of issue areas from about 100 on the old website to nearly 1,000 and growing.
4. Our multimedia section features Heritage videos, info graphics and audio in one place. Whether you’re looking for one of our original productions such as “Let Me Rise” or a recent TV appearance of a Heritage analyst, you can now find it easily by clicking on the links above the search on each page.
5. We’ve introduced customized audience pages for the conservative community, government staff, press and media, job seekers and young leaders. By tailoring our content to these groups, we hope to better serve their needs. You can access these pages in the footer of every page.
6. The new footer gives Heritage an opportunity to showcase some of our signature research papers and communications products on the bottom of every page. Given the large amount of traffic Heritage.org received from search engines, we realize that not everyone entering the site is coming through the homepage.
These improvements are similar to ones we recently made on The Foundry, where we made navigation easier, added features, connected with social media and improved content to make the online experience more enjoyable for all who visit. With nearly 150,000 subscribers to the Morning Bell, it is evident that our daily dose of conservative analysis is an important part of your day. We trust that the new Heritage.org will provide you even more opportunities to engage with our team.
Please navigate and explore the new Heritage.org. This site is built for you, our readers, members and researchers. Its launch marks an exciting moment for The Heritage Foundation as we continue to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.
If you have questions or comments, please send us a note at redesign@heritage.org.
Quick Hits:
- Minutes before midnight on Sunday, House Democrats released a 2,309 “reconciliation” bill that the Budget Committee will pass early this week. The bill is a replica of the bill reported to Ways and Means last year, except with a government takeover of the student lending industry tacked on. This entire shell of a bill will be scrapped and replaced with the real reconciliation bill Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is writing behind closed doors.
- Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) outlines “what real health reform should look like” in today’s Washington Post.
- Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) is expected to introduce his financial legislation bill today.
- At least 10 House members are spending more than $1,000 a month in taxpayer money to lease cars.
- Despite President Barack Obama’s self-professed commitment to openness and transparency, a National Security Archive report released Sunday finds “progress slow and erratic” while the Government Accountability Office found information released “missing or unreliable.”
Beautiful redesign! Well organized and easy to use. Love the research filter, in particular. Bravo!
Unfortunately, I am beginning to believe that there is not one Democrat in the House or Senate with a conscious. The Democrats are acting like Zombies. Are there any heroes in the party? Can and will America rally to come to the aid of any Democrat heroes who derail this destructive Health Care debacle?
You are send two (2) copies. Check your procedures.
Love the site.
Regards,
Jay
Very informative piece and great new face to the "Morning Bell". Congratulation for such an extraordinary job Heritage performs every day. Outstanding quick hits and recent entries. Keep doing it.
Well done. You have made a great sight even easier to use.
I look forward to my daily Morning Bell!
Just looked at the newly designed home page. Great job.
Nice job. Aside from the aesthetic improvement, I always thought the old website was too self-promoting, not enough idea-promoting. This seems to have been improved upon.
Looks great. A crisp and clean look, and a pleasure to read.
I like the new design. Excellent work.
Great Job on the website! It makes navigation much easier.
Great Job Heritage.
just to tell you we are receiving duplicate mailings from you…might want to check this…….otherwise, nice changes…….thanks
Good job on the new website.
Excellent job although it has always been an excellent publication. I enjoy it each Monday morning. Keep up you excellent work!
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The Morning Bell is the one true source that I can rely on to get honest information about current events. Don't ever stop. You bring a ray of hope in this dismal political climate. Thank you!
Thank you, Heritage. I was told, once I hit 35 everything starts going down hill. My eyes are so far sighted, sometimes it's difficult to read the smaller print and it slows.. Of course, having a six inch screen doesn't help.
Heritage, it's the "change" you bring that betters us all. Thank you.
Well done on the web site redesign… much improved navigation.
As for Obama administration's transparency, the fog is so thick it's hard to tell… might be, might not… most likely not. Perhaps a good strong wind will start to work its way through the Washington swamp starting in November. Need to clear out some of the fog and stench so we can take a better look.
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I like it.
I am sure you are already on top of the problem I am having but thought I should let you know anyway. When I access the new website all the lines are overlapping each other so cannot be read–design looks like I will like the way it is set up but cannot really read it right now. Thank you.