basis survey
The BASIS site |
I originally designed the BASIS website as a freelance project in 2002. Formerly called the BASIS-32, it is a survey-based system for determining the effectiveness of mental health care, and was invented at McLean Hospital. The BASIS-32 group had an existing site that was augmented many times, resulting in an overall design that didn't encompass the whole of the site's content. The source material for a new site came from this original site, as well as from input from the BASIS group. I used Dreamweaver to create a template-driven site with a table-based layout.
In 2004 I updated the site with PHP and better CSS, and rebranded it for a new 24-question survey. The overall layout is similar but much more contemporary, with entirely dynamic menus that remain updated with the visitor's current location. A semi-transparent effect on the menus and some other elements is an illusion created with CSS and images made with The Gimp. The new version has a CSS-driven fixed-width design, similar to the main McLean Hospital website.
The BASIS group also rolled out a secure site to host its web-based 24-question survey. Unlike its 32-question web survey, the new 24-question version stores old survey data in a database and can create reports using this data. The site's functionality was built by a web consultancy company; I finished the design and implemented additional features. In late 2005 I added a number of additional advanced features.
