Family Media Group, publishers for Kansas City's parenting magazines (KC Parent & KC Baby), needed a redesign to their KC Parent website. They wanted to freshen up the site, make it more modern & bright. They already had a programmer in place, but they were looking for a designer to combine all their ideas into the "look" for the site. That's where I come in, but let me show you what their site looked like before I stepped into the picture:
kcparent.com before redesign
When I stepped into the picture, they originally wanted to keep their logo. However, once I presented them with the first mock-ups of the new layout, they decided they wanted a new logo too. They wanted their logo to be modernized, with a sans-serif font & mainly font-based. Family Media Group already had a "set in stone" launch date for the site, but we were able to stay on time by finalizing the logo within one week. Wanna see the old logo & the new one?
before
after
did the kcbaby logo too
Once I had the logo finalized, I was able to finish working on the website. Family Media Group wanted a featured article slide show on the homepage, another area that highlighted the current magazine issues and info pertinent to the particular season and upcoming holidays (with a carousel-like function) and a featured event area with a hover function providing more event details. I then sent my validated code of XHTML, CSS, & JavaScript to their programmer who integrated my design into Family Media Group's CMS (Content Management System).
kcparent.com redesigned
Another area I designed for kcparent.com was the KC Mom Blogs. Family Media Group wanted a blog that was a part of their site, yet had a different look to it {while still keeping with the modern theme}. The KC Mom Blogs is a "mega-blog" of several bloggers (& not just moms) that cover various parenting topics.
KC Mom Blogs Icon
KC Mom Blogs Design
So now you know a little bit about what I've been up to.
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