add CCGN redesign blog post

Author: hugosolar

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+title: Revamping the Creative Commons Global Network website
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+categories:
+wordpress
+website
+community
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+author: hugosolar
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+pub_date: 2019-09-25
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+body:
+The [CC Global Network](https://network.creativecommons.org) website is the face of our global community; it is the home for a community of advocates, activists, scholars, artists, and users working to strengthen the Commons worldwide.
+One of our organizational goals regarding the global network is to “create value for members, toward impact at global scale” and that’s why we plan this redesign.
+
+## Increase value for members
+When we think of a website focused on members and their possible needs we have to think about how users different users interact with the website. We established 3 differents users/personas:
+
+- *Not logged in users:* looking for global network general information or how to begin the sign up process
+- *Logged in but not approved yet*: these users will probably will be looking for information about the membership approval current status
+- *Logged in and approved members*: will look into the site mainly for search and to contact other members
+
+Keeping this in mind, 3 differents homepages were designed according to each identified profile.
+
+![CCGN differents homepages](blog-ccgn-home.png)
+
+## Improved user search
+
+We listened to the community feedback and developed a major revamp of the member section. We improved the member list and the search section by adding useful filters to find specific people or group of people from a certain country or speaking a specific language.
+
+![User search filters](user-search.png)
+
+## Member profiles
+
+Member profiles were redesigned to take advantage of the current metadata of users so we can show the information in a better way. In addition, the profile shows more/less information if you are/aren’t approved as a member.
+
+![Member profile](member-profile.png)
+
+## Chapters section
+
+Giving more visibility for the local chapters infrastructure, this entire section was redesigned considering the global network reach over the world and the ability to easily search for details and specific chapters. The new interface supports switching between the map and the sortable list.
+
+![Map from chapters around the world](chapters-map.png)
+![Chapters list with details](chapters-list.png)
+
+## Keeping forward the global network website
+
+This is certainly not the end, we're always working on giving the members a better experience and also fixing bugs. If you have any feedback, feature request, or bug report please feel free to [open an issue](https://github.com/creativecommons/commoners/issues) in the [Commoners repository](https://github.com/creativecommons/commoners) on Github or reach out on Slack.