Website Design and Themes
1. Do you have a preference between a 1 column, 2 column, or 3 column webpage layout for the
AmericaView home page?
2. Do you think the AV homepage should contain a large banner or a small banner (or no banner)?
Provide preferences/feedback associated with the banner.
3. What kinds of Webpage navigation tools are appropriate for the AmericaView website (feel free
to select more than one)?
a. tabs
b. drop down menus
c. sidebar navigation menus
d. other ___________
e. no preference / depends
4. Look at some published websites, and identify any aspects of each website that you find
appealing (the way the website is organized, header size, location / type of menus, etc). Here
are some websites that you may want to consider:
WisconsinView http://www.wisconsinview.org
Yellowstone http://greateryellowstone.org/
Satellites http://satellitesk12.org/
Arizona Extension http://extension.arizona.edu/ (customized Drupal Theme)
USFS http://www.fs.fed.us/
NASA Landsat progm. http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/soc_articles.html
Assn. of American Geographers: http://www.aag.org/
Appalachian Regional Commission: http://www.arc.gov/
American Geophysical Union: http://www.agu.org/
5. Provide the URL’s of any published Websites that you think have an appealing color scheme.
Drupal Themes
Drupal is a Content Management System that is used to create and manage websites. AmericaView
will use an existing Drupal theme (basically, this is a website template) to support the development of
the new AV website. There are hundreds of existing themes to choose from.
Drupal Theme Examples
a. Foliage: http://themegarden.org/drupal6/?q=node&theme=foliage
b. Forest Floor: http://themegarden.org/drupal6/?q=node&theme=forest_floor
c. Fourseasons: http://themegarden.org/drupal6/?q=node&theme=fourseasons
d. Nitobe: http://themegarden.org/drupal6/?q=node&theme=nitobe
e. K2: http://themegarden.org/drupal6/?q=node&theme=k2
f. Litejazz: http://themegarden.org/drupal6/?q=node&theme=litejazz
g. Marinelli: http://themegarden.org/drupal6/?q=node&theme=marinelli
h. Sky: http://themegarden.org/drupal6/?q=node&theme=sky
i. Terrafirma: http://themegarden.org/drupal6/?q=node&theme=terrafirma_theme
6. Reference each of the Drupal 6 themes provided in the box above. What are your top 3 (or 4)
Drupal theme choices (provide the URL)? What do you like (or dislike) about some of these
three themes (color scheme, layout, image header, navigation, etc.)?
a. http://
b. http://
c. http://
7. In addition, there are hundreds of additional free Drupal themes available online. Feel free to
explore and identify other themes that may catch your eye as a potential “contender” to
support the AmericaView Website (note: choose only from Drupal 6 themes). Here are a couple
of Websites that provide free Drupal 6 themes:
http://themegarden.org/drupal6/
http://drupal.org/project/Themes