the bad with a little bit of good...

For my strategic plan assignment for class, I was assigned the Independent Green Party of Virginia. It is not a very attractive site, but its most ineffective aspect was that it is extremely unorganized and its setup just does not make sense. From the web address (votejoinrun.us) to the lack of homepage, from the ever changing headings to the lack of findable sections, the webpage is overflowing with structural flaws.

The first, most basic improvement would be a web address such as igva.com, or something else that alludes to the name of the party. For someone who doesn't know the purpose of the party, the current address seems a bit ambiguous. Not to mention it takes some searching through the site to discover the purpose. You have to click on the Run for Office link on the very bottom of the home page and then the explanation is at the bottom of that page.

My second point is the lack of homepage on this website. The first page you see is entitled IGVA News. It contains the most current candidates that the party is supporting for office. It has been updated two times since the semester started with new candidates. The headings that I thought originally served as links to different webpage settings change with the updates, giving the site no consistency. If you scroll all the way down the news page (which is extremely long) or any other page, there is a list of sections at the bottom. This list should really be given much more prominence, like perhaps as buttons on the sidebar as opposed to the current icon that resides there that again, makes little sense.

However, the IGVA site is full of information. If you have the time to sort through it all, there is just anything you want to know about the party: how to get involved, information about the candidates, and the issues. It may be written in a horrible font, in weird colors, and in no particular order, but it's there. And that's about all that the current site has going for it.