A New Website in the Works

So I am currently building a new website that will serve as an informational website for Cystic Fibrosis. My little brother has CF and I took a ton of great pictures at the Great Strides Walkathon 2008 in Madisonville, KY (my hometown) this year. I'm having some trouble thinking of content ideas and wondering which audience I should direct the site toward. Do I want to target adults, teens, or children. Who views websites for Cystic Fibrosis? Teens are interested in scholarship opportunities and places to meet other kids with CF. Parents of CF kids are worried, anxious and scared and are probably looking for ways to cope with their child having a terminal illness as well as looking for other parents of children with CF. Parents are probably also looking for information regarding the cause of the disease, good doctors and specialists in their areas and maybe even support groups. They are also looking for innovative medication and treatments in addition to news articles pertaining to advancements in the areas of CF Research. Parents want to help and look for ways to get invovled. Children with CF might also be curious abou their disease and might also want to find other children who have the disease. But I think mostly children will be looking for games and fun activities.

Research is in order I think. My ideas: Research what adults want out of a CF site. Research what teens want out of a CF site. Research what children want out of a CF site.

First order of research is to look at the "competition." So I'm off to search the web for CF websites and see who they target and check out their content. Next I will then look at websites for adults about other diseases such as muscular dystrophy, leukemia, etc. I'll report results.