Example Homepage 2

The First Content Section 

Scrolling down on the page a user should easily be able to identify one area on the page from another.  Its not a chaotic mess of information just bombarding the page.

Discover 

This is a good place to put content that will help users find various big picture items from your site.

We want to make it easy to read, and easy to navigate.

Innovate

Your website is a great place to show off your departments best work and let people know how you are making a difference.

You can place small lead in content on your main page and get people interested.

Review

Remember that a website is like any living object, if you don't take care of it things will start to go bad.  

Make sure that you are reviewing your content, updating and removing things that help keep your users coming back and informed.

Reach

You can't meet everyone all the time, but your website can.  The best way to have people see your pages is to make sure your content is organized for searching.

Good use of headers, page titles, and concsise content makes all the difference when search engines crawl your content.  Fresher is better so updated content will show up first.

Are we there yet?

While the end of that page is important if you feel like the content here is something that shouldn't be missed you can lead users to this by placing markers above, or using a design that allows the content at this point on the page to really stand out.  Less is more when it comes to discoverability.  We want people to see topics, ideas, and important content easily.  This can be done by using well formed headers, making links into buttons, and providing good space around important information so it doesn't get lost in the crowd.

Different box, or is it?

The concept of having a box in your page editing is great.  It helps keep you better organized and if you need to make changes to your content then there's a smaller impact on your overall page; however, the end user may not need to know one box from another.  Just because you have the ability to make each box a different image or color doesn't mean each page needs to be striped or too busy.  

This is when less really is more for your readers.