The transition from Cultuurweb.be to Uitinvlaanderen.be. Case presented on the Sigchi Belgium fall conference about 'New Communities'.

1. From Cultuurweb to UiTinVlaanderen Karl Gilis – AGConsult Web usability & Information architecture www.agconsult.be Twitter: @AGConsult www.usability-blog.be (Dutch) www.webusability-blog.com (English) www.blog-ergonomieweb.be (French)

2. 1. The facts

4. Relaunched as UiTinVlaanderen in March 2009

8. UiTinVlaanderen Editorial content is still there, but less prominent.

9. UiTinVlaanderen No editorial content on category pages.

11. UiTinVlaanderen This is an answer to "What do you want to do?".

15. UiTinVlaanderen A 'What – When – Where' (with type-in field for ‘What’) is available on every page.

17. Interaction with the user

18. Content from and links to other websites

19. Links to related content within the website

20. 3. Did the new community features contribute to the success?

22. On the first prototype of UiTinVlaanderen community features were in the right hand bar. That's not the most looked at area of a web page… So we moved them…

23. Most test users didn't fully understand the 'community features'.

24. The solution: a short fly-out explanation. Now those users do understand it, and maybe some day, they will start using it too… Also: it doesn't disturb visitors who don't need the explanation.

26. 4. How did usability testing enhance the user experience?