Finding ideas The search for ideas that have been integrated into the new design began last November. After spending about a month brainstorming, Sims came up with an initial concept. Actual work on the pages began in February. She found inspiration in part from existing Websites and publications on Internet design. I'm on several listserves, and people mention good sites.
Conferences offer tons of great things to look at.
Building the site took months. Sims worked from February until the pages were launched at the beginning of September. It's an endless process. Right now we're going through and making small corrections, fixing links that got misplaced in the transfer, optimizing graphics and so on. In the first few weeks after the site was launched, response has been very positive.