CICM deserves the hat tip for this one: earlier this week, The Daily Illini, a student newspaper at the University of Illinois, launched a brand new website built from Drupal:
You’ll notice immediately on the home page some of the new features we have introduced. The goal was to provide more entry points to our content, something we felt our old site failed to accomplish. The “What’s new” box highlights the latest information and will update as soon as new content is posted on the site. Additionally, the ticker at the top provides links to other recent stories, giving you easier access to the most up-to-the-minute news.
On the right-hand bar, you can find stories that your fellow readers are looking at, commenting on or recommending to help you decide what the most interesting news of the day might be. Scroll down, and you’ll notice our multimedia has been beefed up as well, something you should see throughout the site. Not to jump ahead, but the multimedia page itself is filled with interesting stories told in non-traditional ways. We hope you enjoy the videos, photo galleriesand audio slideshows presented in a much friendlier manner.
Our individual section pages are broken down much the same as before — News, Sports,Opinions, Diversions — however, the pages themselves are completely revamped. Not only are they better organized to look like individual home pages, but they are also divided by content in the tabs at the top. So if you’re hoping to find the most recent UI news, click the campus tab. Looking for the latest info on Illini basketball team? Go to the men’s basketball tab. All our content throughout the site is sorted how we think you’ll most easily find it.
All and all, these are what seem to be pretty cool updates (I can see that Albert has already asked about newsletter software). +1 for having a development blog too.
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