UK: Telegraph to unveil revamped site

Posted by Alisa Zykova on July 17, 2008 at 1:34 PM

The Telegraph's revamped website is to be revealed within the week, focusing on redesigned news, sports and travel sections, aiming to boost speed and reliability. Like The Guardian, the Telegraph chose to gradually restructure parts of its site, instead of a complete makeover in one go, PressGazette.co.uk reported.

"We weren't really looking for a seismic change because what we have found with web design projects is that it's a fine balance between improving the experience but not losing your users who have got used to the previous design," said Ed Roussel, Telegraph Media Group's digital editor.

The redesign includes horizontal navigation that features vertical menus to magnify the amount of space available for the content.

Meanwile, article pages will have links to related stories from the Telegraph's archive, that are found using Autonomy Corp's search feature.

The paper's site is to function with the eScenic content management system, allowing for different revamped sections to be unravelled steadily.

Source: PressGazette.co.uk