Well, it has been a while since an AZOOMA blog has been posted. After the conclusion of our marathon contract negotiations, some well-deserved time off was needed.
Whew!
In the meantime, while we wait for a contract ratification vote next month, some small but prominent changes have been made at both our blog and main site. Besides reorganizing and updating internal links, general information and navigation schemes, some new graphics and flash elements have been added.
The most noticeable change has been updated headers - the big graphic that adorns the top of each page in the blog and main site. In this blog, a shiny new graphic utilizing our de facto mascot - the tuxedoed penguin - has been added. On the main site, a cool new flash graphic has replaced the previous JPEG image. Incorporated into this new flash header are interactive elements linking to areas of special focus within the AZOOMA site.
Also new to the main page of the parent site is the introduction of a "microsite." It is unique way to engage visitors by giving them something fun to play with.
A microsite (also known as a "minisite") is a presentation of narrow focus that sometimes, as in our case, is within a section of a larger web site, or exists as a separate entity to a main site. Our new microsite is the photo-collage of musicians just below the header graphic. Previously it was a basic JPEG; it is now an interactive flash-based microsite. It plays music samples and offers little tidbits of information related to the instruments shown within the collage.
This is an experiment in-the-works and the final version will have deeper layers offering more information on classical instruments and their families...maybe even some mini-games. It will link to its own separate sub domain - outreach.azooma.org
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