1994-1995
Here are some of the first designs that were approved and posted on the Internet:
1998
The site pictured above grew to the point where a redesign with categories was needed. Four new main categories were identified: Basic Beliefs, Family History, Member Resources, and Media Information. The hope at the time was that these four categories would serve the needs of the LDS.org for a long time.
1999
This design was introduced to add spirituality and warmth to the site. Upon entering LDS.org the user was presented with a "splash" screen that punctuated the centrality of the Savior in the church. Families were also highlighted. This was the last site that was created by hardcoding HTML pages. At this point we were accumulating a large amount of content that was quickly becoming unwieldy. This drove us to begin investigating the concepts of a dynamically built site and the need for a new concept called information architecture.
2000
The need for a dynamic site eventually caught on and a new team was brought in to the Church to lead us into this exciting new technology. The infusion of new information architects also influenced the need for a new redesign which would accomodate even more content that was pouring into the site.
2001
An emphasis to the living prophets was added to the home page by adding a daily quote and a large link to the First Presidency Message. During this period, new sites were designed such as mormon.org and providentliving.org.
2002-2004
More sites were designed during this period such as Home and Family, Stake and Ward Web Sites, Church History, and Newsroom.
2005
...Which brings us up to the present. This new design is expected to be released this year. It was previewed and usability tested at Education Week at BYU last summer.
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