After four years with the current homepage layout and navigation, OregonLive.com will unveil a new look next week.



Users of the site will see a redesigned homepage and navigation system beginning Tuesday, June 26. We're excited about these upcoming changes and we believe the improved experience will enable you to more easily find the content you're looking for, whether it's breaking news from The Oregonian, event listings from across the state or high school sports news about your school.



We'll provide more details on the redesign as we get closer to launch, but here's a brief overview to help prepare you for the new look:





New homepage

In a move toward a cleaner, less cluttered layout, the new homepage will offer the news and information you care about in far fewer clicks. The redesign is a response to your feedback and to our analysis of how visitors interact with the OregonLive.com homepage.

Gone are the isolated modules with their many static links (a "sea of blue" as many readers put it). In their place you'll find a

customizable

stream of content at your fingertips.

Take a sneak peek at the new homepage in the photo to the right. We will post additional information, including a full FAQ of the new layout, on Monday.

New navigation

In addition to the homepage redesign, the site will feature a new site-wide top rail navigation system.

The navigation will feature six primary topics: News, Business, Sports, High School Sports, Entertainment and Local. Each of these topics will include a "flyout" menu if your cursor hovers over the topic in the navigation, giving you the opportunity to quickly find the story or the link you're looking for.

Check out an example of the flyout navigation in the photo on the right.

This new navigation is global, meaning you will see it on every OregonLive.com page.

The launch of the new homepage and global navigation are the first steps in a site-wide redesign that will take place over the coming months. We will continue to reach out to you for feedback, and we encourage you to ask questions and make suggestions in the comment thread below.

Thanks for using OregonLive.com.