WEB2002 - Designing for Dynamic Content
Unit Brief
Design and produce a web site for a real or notational client which must contain some dynamic content in the form of a list of at least 20 text entries.
The final web site should demonstrate clear application of web site design principles, information architecture and usability conventions.
Proposal
I propose to make a MySpace type web site for web professionals. It will include a members list, user profiles, search, image uploads and a skill cloud.
Research
I looked at other social networking web sites to determine a feature set that I could implement on my web site.
Planning
First, sketches were created of initial ideas. The web site was then developed using white pages to make it easier to fix errors when they occurred. This was then merged with the final web site design.
Final Piece
The web site I created can be found at:
http://www.webdesignhull.lincoln.ac.uk/jgillyon/
The proposal is available as a PDF in the sidebar on the right.
Review
This was an interesting project for me, even though I had already done quite a bit of PHP coding before. It gave me the chance to practice my skills and improve them where I could. The final piece looks attractive and has some unique features like the skill cloud on the home page. There are several improvements that could be made to the web site. Details of these can be found in the documentation which is linked to above.
