Last week, the Web team [1] launched the Advanced Browse functionality and a link to a larger view of the Featured Image on the ToC (*) on all AP hosted PLoS journals. Today, the web team launched a revised 3-column layout of the Biology [2], Medicine [3], Computational Biology [4], Genetics [5], and Pathogens [6] home pages. The main goal of this redesign is to increase the emphasis given to editorial contents. This redesign is a direct result of a collaborative effort between the Web and Editorial teams, with Celine [7] leading the web design and development.

The main design changes that have been implemented:

• The first/left column has been completely removed (the existing links were moved into the global navigation menu).
• The weekly Editors’ Picks blocks are now wider (span over the old 1st and 2nd columns) and above the fold.
• The Featured Image / About block has been moved to the top of the (new) second column.
• The dimension of the monthly featured image has been increased from 120 pixels to 234 pixels.
• The About blurbs were revised and now link to both the Journal Information & Open-Access License pages.
• New links to RSS feeds, Readers' Responses & the PLoS Blog have been added to encourage users to both receive & contribute content.

The global navigation menu has also been enhanced:

• New nav menu homes were found for the links that were in the first column.
• Links for Email Alerts Sign-up and RSS feeds have been added.

From a web design and production standpoint, this launch also achieves a major improvement: we moved the web styles component back in-house! This allows the web team to be much more flexible in the future and implement iterative design changes as needed. Among the scheduled upcoming changes, we have...

• (re)Insert a View Issue Link.
• Change the "Most Viewed" titles list to full titles.

As usual, all feedback is welcome, as we will be working on refining each Journal's home page as needed.

(*) The "View Larger Cover" link will be changed to "View Larger Image" pending implementation by AP.