Site Map for Non-Profit site

Wire frames

Here are a couple of wire frames that I have come up for my non-profit website:

Content Outline

The non-profit website that I am creating will need to have a good amount of information because it is reaching out to a few different types of viewers (parents, children, and future/current workers, volunteers, or people who want to donate). My content outline will describe the information it will contain. (This will also help me with creating the site map for this website.

*Home page - Will contain current news/events
*About Us - Will contain different links to inform the viewer about the organization.
-Contact US
-Our Mission
-Our History
-Our Staff
-Our Locations
*Get Involved - Will contain links that will inform the viewer of several ways to get involved with the organization.
-Donate
-Volunteer
-Job Opportunities
-Other ways to help
*Programs - Will inform viewer of what kind of clubs/programs are offered and their purposes
-About our programs
-Core programs
-Different Clubs
*What's Happening - This page will be a continuation of what is posted on the home page.
-Current Events/News
-Photo gallery

Non-Profit website

Our next assignment in Design for the Screen is to create a website for a non-profit organization. I chose to the Boys and Girls Club of Wake County. This is an organization that provides a safe place for kids to learn and grow. The organization also provides ongoing relationships with caring adult professionals, life-enhancing programs and character development experiences, along with hope, and opportunity.

The content I'm going to include on this site will the "Home" page (which will include main/current events), an "About Us" page (which will include the organization's mission, history, staff, and locations), a "Get Involved" page (which will show viewers how to donate, volunteer, job opportunities, and other ways to help), a "Programs" page (which will include all of the different programs and different clubs they have for kids), a "What's Happening" page (which will be a continuation of the current events/news on the home page, alone with a photo gallery).

The goal of this site is to educate current and future members and staff of the Boys and Girls club of what the organization is doing to fulfill their mission. It will also be used to persuade people to work, donate, or volunteer at the organization. The audience that will be viewing this site will be parents and current/future workers of the organization.

Tracing Image....Round 1!

Wireframes

The restaurant's website that I have chosen to re-design is Fosters Bar and Grill. Fosters is a really nice place to go and eat and hangout with friends, but their website is kind of on the scary side!! I've decided to keep things pretty simple for the site. Here my wireframe ideas that I am playing around with....

"Becoming a Graphic Designer"

Our reading assignment in Senior Seminar was in Becoming a Graphic Designer by Steven Heller & Teresa Fernandes. After reading, we where to decide on what design specialties we would like to pursue in once we get into the real world. I have to say that I was pretty interested in all of them. I believe book design would have to be my favorite (at least right now). I believe one reason why I like this area of design is because I love to read. Whenever I have the time I enjoy lounging around and reading a good book! I always enjoy looking at the design of books too! I love going into book stores and looking at book covers and flipping through the pages to see what kind of paper is used, and see if the text looks fun and easy to read (that sounds weird, I know). I have only had one project so far where I have designed a book cover but I really enjoyed it. I like how you can put your own creativity and style into it, but at the same time you are still restricted to certain things because of the author, type, etc. I enjoy working with type too which is another reason why I like book design. It is not just limited to designing the cover, there is also the interior design. There are also different categories that you can specialize in when designing books. There are text books, children's books, novels, etc. I would have to say I also like the fact that the majority of the time, the design of the book sales the book!

Corporate design is an area that I have gotten a lot of experience in, not only through class projects, but also through what I guess you would call side jobs. I like making identities for companies. I find it fun to be able to create a brand and put it on different things. While you have the consistency, everything you put it on still has its own style.

Another area of interest would be advertising. Advertising is everywhere and anywhere you look! In today's society, company's and organizations thrive off of their advertisements. There is always going to be a need for an advertisement designer. What I like about advertising is that designers have to always be unique. I love designs that are clever, or so simple that no one else would have ever thought of it. I feel like I would like advertising even more if I got into motion design (or commercials).

There are a couple of other areas that I would like to have the chance to experience someday. Music/ CD design would be fun. I think the reason I like this is because its kind of similar to book design, in the sense that you can add your own person style and creativity, and there are also different genres of music just like there are different types of books. Music design also involves a lot of type as well. Interactivity (or web design) is something I am interested in also. But seeing how I'm just now in my first web design class, I want to learn a little more about what's involved in this. Hopefully, after I get a little knowledge and experience in it, it will be something that I will enjoy too.