Friday, October 31, 2008

CF Website Update

CF WEBSITE
Originally the objective was to produce a small, informational website. Initially the purpose was to provide the community with up-to-date information and news. True to my rural community spirit and upbringing the website has developed into a "home" for my viewers due to the videos.

VIDEOS
I had another video shoot with Mr. and Mrs. David & Lori Lear. They are the parents of Colby Lear who is seven years old. I just shot the video last night and have not made it digital nor edited the content. This time I got over 40 minutes of video, which is twice as much as I had for Brandi. Brandi's information was concise and compact, to the point, whereas the information I gathered from David and Lori was expansive, covering a lot of aspects all at once. This was, somehow, a more difficult shoot.

DESIGN
Originally I planned to use div tags and javascript as the basis for the whole website, however it got pretty complicated when I started adding more content and expanding on my initial ideas. Because javascript is new to me and I'm concerned with the amount of time it will take me to produce the website in a condition that can be published, I rerouted my design application decision.

I have decided to drop the div tag and javascript idea and instead use CSS. I did keep the original color scheme. At some point I hope to incorporate a flash element of some sort as the website is not as interactive as I hoped it to be.

With the progression of my knowledge of CSS, XHTML, Javascript, Flash and the like, I hope to see the website grow and expand in terms of design and content.

CF PATIENTS PAGE
I really did not enjoy the CF Patients page of the site so I'm currently working toward a new design idea. I did, however, generate a Great Strides page that I am somewhat proud of and you can see it below:

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