The Brilliant Line: http://risdmuseum.org/thebrilliantline/
This website has a nice layout once it finally loads. It has an interactive map and a bar beneath the map that leads to links featured within the map. We have discussed using a map and having several different ways to access stories so users can navigate freely without losing all patience. I like the simplicity of this map rather than the appearance of Google Maps that some websites utilize.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Splash Page #1
We're All Fans: http://www.wereallfans.com/
I really enjoy the layout of this website. At first I thought it was a bit too overbearing with the arrival of the music and the images as the website began to load. I could see us using something like this for our website though with natural sounds of rochester such as buses, people talking/laughing, jazz music, etc as our images pile up on one another as done with this website.
I like the menu on the right side. Our names could be displayed on one side and when you click the link it could make the page more specific to the work of each photographer and the natural sounds or even interviews could be heard distantly in the background as the page loads. There could also be an extra sidebar where our stories can be listed as links, guiding viewers to a separate page.
When the thumbnails located in the center of the webpage are clicked, they are highlighted, enlarged and a link is provided at the bottom showing where the content originated from.
We're All Fans also has a place for people to post their "musical DNA". Users can post a photo of themselves and then select artists they enjoy listening to share with other users.
Everyone should take the opportunity to look at this website! It is simple, layered, yet provides a lot of information without overwhelming users with one main home page.
I really enjoy the layout of this website. At first I thought it was a bit too overbearing with the arrival of the music and the images as the website began to load. I could see us using something like this for our website though with natural sounds of rochester such as buses, people talking/laughing, jazz music, etc as our images pile up on one another as done with this website.
I like the menu on the right side. Our names could be displayed on one side and when you click the link it could make the page more specific to the work of each photographer and the natural sounds or even interviews could be heard distantly in the background as the page loads. There could also be an extra sidebar where our stories can be listed as links, guiding viewers to a separate page.
When the thumbnails located in the center of the webpage are clicked, they are highlighted, enlarged and a link is provided at the bottom showing where the content originated from.
We're All Fans also has a place for people to post their "musical DNA". Users can post a photo of themselves and then select artists they enjoy listening to share with other users.
Everyone should take the opportunity to look at this website! It is simple, layered, yet provides a lot of information without overwhelming users with one main home page.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Splash Page Thoughts
After our meeting on Monday with the New Media students, I've been thinking about the splash page for the online magazine. If we wanted to do something simple it could just be one of our photographs displayed large. Perhaps there is a way that each time a viewer went to the page, a different photograph could show? That way all of our work gets play time and it offers some visual variety.
Do we still want to do a map? Is that still an option? I think if there is time we should try for the map because that includes the interactivity and gives the viewer somewhat of an idea of how the magazine is focused. It also helps to tie in all of our work to a place/area.
-Brittney
Do we still want to do a map? Is that still an option? I think if there is time we should try for the map because that includes the interactivity and gives the viewer somewhat of an idea of how the magazine is focused. It also helps to tie in all of our work to a place/area.
-Brittney
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Interactivity Ideas
3 Interactivity Ideas: Eighteen Years Apart
1) Tell Your Story: Viewers will be given the chance to tell their own story. A link or an upload module could be placed on the main page that features the story "Eighteen Years Apart", where viewers can upload their own content whether through video, text, audio, or photographs.
2) Review Extra Material: A link could guide viewers to view extra content such as interviews, journal entries, scans, poems, etc.
3) Interactive Journal: This idea would replace #2 rather than be included with it. The interactive journal would be constructed with Flash and would be a journal on a table. When you click it, it opens a table of contents and allows the user to pick through various types of content. The pages would flip when a subject was selected and it would open up to a page revealing the content. Nothing too complicated!
1) Tell Your Story: Viewers will be given the chance to tell their own story. A link or an upload module could be placed on the main page that features the story "Eighteen Years Apart", where viewers can upload their own content whether through video, text, audio, or photographs.
2) Review Extra Material: A link could guide viewers to view extra content such as interviews, journal entries, scans, poems, etc.
3) Interactive Journal: This idea would replace #2 rather than be included with it. The interactive journal would be constructed with Flash and would be a journal on a table. When you click it, it opens a table of contents and allows the user to pick through various types of content. The pages would flip when a subject was selected and it would open up to a page revealing the content. Nothing too complicated!
Links to examples from the word press proposal
Here are some links from our discussion on monday
flickr slide show example
word press theme
example of other site made with word press
word press theme 2
flickr slide show example
word press theme
example of other site made with word press
word press theme 2
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Second Story Idea
http://lifefilevideos.com/oth_video.html
I want to do simple stories such as this one for my second project. Perhaps focus on veterans or get stories indiscriminately based on their interest??
I want to do simple stories such as this one for my second project. Perhaps focus on veterans or get stories indiscriminately based on their interest??
Contributor page
I was just looking at the multimedia that won CPOY last year, this is an interesting way to do a contributor page Apart from War
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