Earthy Travel Writer
The design brief for this Web log travel site was to create a simple to use Weblog that could be used as a travel writers blog.The client, a fellow student, wanted to be able to travel and collect data about their research and upload it, as they travelled through China .
The client also wanted to have the facility to enable their supervisor to login and review the clients work privately and leave private comments.The design brief was achieved by using the left hand column as a menu system which could be used to quickly navigate to videos, photos and documents. This was because the design brief included a requirement that videos should be stream-able from a number social networking sites such as Youtube.com and Vimeo.com. This design approach would allow the client to use their Weblog as a presentation tool while presenting publications at conferences.
This was achieved by using a simple three column design with the left column being used for navigation and the centre column being used as a magazine style content display area. The top menu would be used to provide page display navigation and the right hand column for search and meta tag displays and category searching. Whilst logins and user names where managed via a meta login widget on the right side bar. Unfortunately the student was unable to progress with the blog due to ethical issues raised by the university.