1) Graphic Design - Again, nothing special as far as design goes here. Everything is typically a white background with a maroonish-purple background for all things such as the navigation bar and headlines for stories. There were a lot more pictures used on this site, though, than there were for The National Review's website. Also, the automatic picture scroll at the front page added a bit more.
2) Document Production -
3) Information Design - The information was laid out pretty well I thought. There was an automated slideshow on the front page that I am assuming is automatically ran just like it is on the Routes website. There were your typical story rolls down the center of the page which seem ominous at first, but a simple drop down bar that acted as a headline separates each of the story by the day it was added. I much prefer this one date line above a handful of stories as opposed to a separate date line for each individual story.
4) Scripting Programming - HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Javascript. My biggest question here is how the pop up bar described below is coded. It provides great interactivity and is probably a combination of a few things, I just don't know what.
5) Interface Design - Great interactivity going on for this site. A Twitter and Facebook log are available on the front page and most of the main pages as well. Furthermore, there is this REALLY cool bar that pops up on certain pages (http://www.slate.com/id/2274733/) that allows a user to instantly share the article via almost any network. There's also a built in "like" button for Facebook. Comments are allowed as well. Slate has made it extremely easy to follow their social media in some locations such as articles only as I found myself having trouble finding it on main pages.
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