I worked on this website when I was in the Biomedical Informatics MeTRC Core at Meharry Medical College. I was the primary designer and one of my colleagues did the programming and CMS management.

To support the scientists working behind MeTRC, Meharry wanted a portal where the doctors, scientists and the administrative core could all communicate and share information, as well as track important upcoming events, like paper submission deadlines. It was an immense project, and many people worked very hard to make it a reality. Various technical glitches over the years have kept it from going up full time (as I’m writing this), so I want to make sure I immortalize all my hard work.

This site was built in CMS Plone, which is perfect for constructing web portals for wide use. I wanted to make the layout simple and colorful, and used color-coding within the site sections to help users not get lost. I used the Meharry maroon, pale yellow and neutral gray as strong accents, as well as other colors approved by the school, with some variation. I tried to keep navigation clear and easy to read, with a vibrant green Help button in the top of the sidebar at all times.

More images coming soon! There are a lot of screencaps to go through!