A corporate website rarely becomes ineffective overnight. More often, small problems accumulate until the experience no longer represents the organisation behind it.

Here are ten signs it may be time to rethink your website.

1. The website no longer reflects the brand

Your company has evolved, but the website still communicates who you were five years ago.

2. Users struggle to find important information

If customers regularly ask where something is located on the website, the problem may be information architecture rather than content quantity.

3. The homepage is trying to say everything

When every department wants priority, nothing feels important. Strong hierarchy is one of the foundations of good UX.

4. Mobile feels like a reduced desktop site

Responsive design should consider context, navigation, touch behaviour and content priority, not simply scale elements down.

5. Your CMS is stopping the team from publishing

If simple content updates require developers, the platform may no longer support the organisation efficiently.

6. The site is visually inconsistent

Years of adding campaign pages and new components often result in multiple design languages living inside one website.

7. Performance is poor

Heavy images, scripts and legacy code can make a visually impressive site frustrating to use. Performance is part of user experience.

8. The website has become an internal organisation chart

Users do not necessarily understand your department structure. Navigation should reflect what visitors need, not only how the company is organised.

In our HKADC redesign, improving information architecture and content discoverability was central because the platform serves artists, arts organisations and the public across many types of resources.

9. The website generates traffic but not action

Visitors may arrive through search but fail to enquire, apply, book or explore further. This often points to weak journeys, unclear propositions or missing calls to action.

10. Everyone is afraid to change it

A healthy digital platform should be able to evolve. If every update feels risky, expensive or technically fragile, the underlying system may be holding the business back.

Redesign does not always mean starting again

Sometimes the answer is a complete rebuild. Sometimes it is a focused UX, content or technical improvement. Begin by identifying what is actually failing and what still works.

The goal is not simply to make the website look newer. It is to make it easier for users to understand, navigate and act.

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企業網站很少會在一夜之間突然失效。更多時候，是小問題逐年累積，直到網站已經無法代表今天的企業。

1. 網站已經不能代表品牌

公司已經進化，但網站仍然停留在五年前的形象及訊息。

2. 用戶經常找不到重要資訊

如果客戶經常問「網站邊度搵到？」問題可能不是內容不足，而是 Information Architecture 不清晰。

3. Homepage 想講晒所有嘢

當每個部門都要求最高 Priority，最後便沒有任何內容真正突出。清晰的 Visual Hierarchy 是良好 UX 的基礎。

4. Mobile 只像縮細版 Desktop

Responsive Design 應考慮使用情境、Navigation、Touch Interaction 及內容優先次序，而不只是把版面縮小。

5. CMS 阻礙團隊更新內容

如果每次修改簡單文字都需要 Developer，現有平台可能已經不能有效支援企業日常營運。

6. 網站視覺愈來愈不一致

多年加入不同 Campaign Page 及 Component 後，一個網站很容易同時存在多套 Design Language。

7. 網站速度及 Performance 下降

過大的圖片、Scripts 及 Legacy Code 都可能令漂亮的網站變得難用。Performance 本身就是 UX 的一部分。

8. Navigation 變成公司 Organization Chart

用戶未必理解你的部門架構。Navigation 應該按照訪客需要，而不是只反映公司如何組織。

在我們的 HKADC 網站改版 中，重新整理資訊架構及提升 Content Discoverability 就是核心工作之一。

9. 有 Traffic，卻沒有 Action

訪客可能由 Google 進入網站，但沒有查詢、申請、預約或繼續探索。這通常與 User Journey、Value Proposition 或 CTA 不清晰有關。

10. 所有人都不敢改網站

健康的 Digital Platform 應該可以持續進化。如果每次更新都昂貴、高風險或技術上很脆弱，底層系統可能已經限制企業發展。

網站改版不一定等於全部重做

有時需要 Complete Rebuild，有時只需要集中改善 UX、內容或技術。最重要是先找出真正失效的部分，以及仍然有效的部分。

改版的目的不是單純令網站「睇落新啲」，而是讓用戶更容易理解、瀏覽及採取行動。