View a. NewsWorks is a free resource that provides articles, images and design templates to help LGFCU's local government units create their employee newsletters.

For the overall look I combined an old-school typewriter photo and font with subtle modern gradients and rounded corners to compliment LGFCU's corporate site.

www.lgfcunewsworks.org

View b. For the interior page backgrounds on either side of the main content I used my studio photography of desktop items commonly used when putting together a newsletter and relating to each main section of the site.

View c. The wider the user's browser window the more background images they see. This screenshot is from a 23" widescreen monitor set at 1920 x 1080 resolution. The images are called out via CSS using a structure I developed to display different backgrounds on either side of the main content div.

View d. The main focus of NewsWorks is providing financial-related articles written by LGFCU experts. Each article's text is easily copied off the site or downloaded as a Microsoft Word document for the user to insert into their newsletter. Many articles also have accompanying artwork, which is provided at high resolution and linked in the sidebar.

View e. In the "Resources" section there are "Tip of the Month" articles to help the user with writing, templates to aid with design and external site links for further research into creating newsletters.

View f. One of NewsWorks' most unique assets is the "Image Library," which provides free high-quality photos and graphics. The Library uses CSS rollovers to show larger previews of each image.