New Matrix site live today

Squiz Matrix General Discussion
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Forgive me some self-indulgence today. This morning we've launched the Matrix site I've been working on for the past few months:

 

www.broads-authority.gov.uk

 

It's the first site for which I've been completely in charge of the Matrix integration. Keep your fingers crossed for us that the launch is smooth.

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Looks beautiful!

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...for which I can take no credit. The designs are by Headscape. I think they answered the brief very well indeed.

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Good luck (useful site for me as my wife and I will be spending a week in Norfolk at the end of May).  Here at Cardiff University we will be going live with our first matrix sites next Monday.

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Many thanks, both. Good luck with your launch - my only advice to you is to drop the TTL on your DNS ahead of launch. And I hope you enjoy Norfolk. I've not been there for over thirty years, myself.

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Oh, and thanks to everyone who has helped me out on the forum here. Very much appreciated, especially Bart and Nic.

 

Thanks

 

Tom

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Oh, and thanks to everyone who has helped me out on the forum here. Very much appreciated, especially Bart and Nic.

 

Thanks

 

Tom

 

Happy to help!

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Congratulations Tom! The site looks great, that off-screen menu at mobile size is particularly elegant.

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Congrats Tom! Site looks (and works) awesome :)

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Thanks both. I’m not sure I like the hidden top menu myself, but I like how the design keeps the imagery front and centre. The imagery is so strong, and I’m glad it’s not been over-designed. Headscape really have done a great job.

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This site does look great! Nice and clean.
If you don’t mind Tom I might share this on our yammer forum with our admins. We like seeing nice responsive pieces.


I do know what you mean by the hidden menu. But users are so familiar with how to get to those items it’s cool.

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Thanks, Fuzzi - yes of course share it. I think my discomfort with the hidden menu is that I cannot train myself to stop scrolling manually up to get to the main nav. It's just not in my web psyche to click the menu button. I'm fine on mobile - just not on desktop. The fault is my own petrified behaviour.

 

Thanks for all the kind words, everyone.

 

Tom

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Very nice and clean looking site.

 

I like the navigation, but don't like the jump when the page loads. Maybe just hide it rather then scroll down to the banner every time it loads?

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I guess the designers liked that the header nav is traditional, and also accessible without script and in a way people expect - by scrolling to the top. But I agree - doesn’t quite work for me.