People Finder redesigned

Posted by Lacy Paschal on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 in Launch.

We collaborated with MIS (Management Information Systems) on this minimalistic redesign. At this time, it wasn’t possible to update any of the functionality of People Finder, but we could apply a new look (reskinning is the word we used).

All of the data display areas (search results, individual record display, departmental display, etc.) use the same exact code from the previous iteration. We simply provided completely new stylesheets – which allowed us to completely change how the application looks, with minimal programmatic changes.

We were able to completely re-arrange the People Finder homepage to be more focused on the search function  – which was a request we had received from so many users. The main use of People Finder is to search – so let’s make the search boxes the focus – and let’s make them big! We also increased the font size on all of the data display areas – which was another oft-requested change.

People Finder also makes use of the Vanderbilt Brand Bar – which easily allows it to be brought into the Vanderbilt look and feel.

Thanks to all the folks in MIS, especially Kim Mallory and Kevin Owen and their teams, for their work in getting this application updated.

Tags: css, mis