VCEDC Homepage — Testimonials Layout

Design decisions for the testimonials section on the VCEDC homepage, finalized during the October 2025 design review meeting.

Layout Decisions

Quote Order

The original design displayed the name and attribution first, followed by the quote text. This was reversed during review. The agreed-upon order is:

Quote text (body of the testimonial)
Name and title/company (attribution below)

This matches the conventional testimonial pattern and was applied consistently across all testimonial instances on the page.

Quotation Marks

Explicit opening and closing quotation marks should be added to each quote. This was identified as a necessary visual cue once the quote-first layout was adopted.

Section Heading

The section heading was updated from the generic label "Testimonials" to the more conversational:

What People Are Saying

This was Kathy's preference, and Melissa agreed it strikes the right tone for the audience.

Supporting Copy

No introductory sentence or subheading is needed beneath the section heading. The decision was to keep it simple and let the quotes speak for themselves.

Implementation Notes

Changes apply to all testimonial instances on the homepage — flip quote order and add quotation marks consistently.
The same layout convention should be applied wherever testimonials appear on other pages (e.g., the About Us section uses a similar quote block that was also flagged for the same treatment).
The designer (Lukasz) was noted to sometimes interpret feedback inversely due to language differences — confirm the direction explicitly: quote body first, attribution second.

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