The frame-based design keeps the visitor in house, with a home button returning the visitor to the lobby. That's a plus when it comes to attracting advertisers. Navigation is helped by a horizontal tool bar at the top of each show page, offering a standard button-based menu. In this user-friendly architecture, a vertical strip down the left organizes the show roster according to city, while a mosaic of show logos downloads quickly on the right. Click on a logo to view a table of dates.
Online registration is available.
At PC Expo in New York, we registered one-third of our attendees online last year. Beyond that, it lets us communicate with our attendees through e-mail during the time between registration and the start of the show. This site is what the Web is all about. The four major meetings have their own buttons, with numerous links providing detailed information on the proceedings according to topics. An industry search engine supports sophisticated searches among some 10,000 businesses.