Group no.1: Sara Sultan, Sidra Reza, Zainab Shahid
The media product we created is an awareness campaign website for cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular disease is a general diagnostic category consisting of several separate diseases of the heart and circulatory system. Cardiovascular diseases have been the major health problem and the leading cause of death for several decades. The aim of creating this website is to promote education and awareness about the various risk factors of Cardiovascular Disease and the methods used to prevent it.
There are a total of 13 pages including the Homepage. The homepage is a combined effort. The rest of the 12 pages were divided among the three of us; 4 pages per candidate. The division was as follows:
Sara Sultan: Contact, Stroke, Heart failure and About Us.
Sidra Reza: CVD in children, Promoting Exercise, Diet & Nutrition and Coronary Heart Disease
Zainab Shahid: Statistics, About CVD, Prevention & Treatment and Heart Diseases
After several weeks of hard work and determination this website was at last completed on 7th of February. From the preliminary task to the main product we faced many problems which we overcame as we continued with the construction. We went through many stages of creating a full fledged website which included writing down our ideas about the kind of website we wanted, reasons for choosing cardiovascular disease as a topic, aims and objectives of the website and the target audience etc. We visited many websites regarding heart diseases to get an idea about the layouts of such websites, their logos and how had they addressed their audiences.
The creation of the logo was the toughest task. Three logos were made from which we chose the best one and which seemed appropriate for the website. Initially, the color Pink was chosen for the logo but as construction continued, various colors were tried for experimental purposes but after finalizing the colors for our layout, blue was our final choice. Our first idea was to create the website using whites and pinks but a vast majority of health and heart disease websites used these colors so we discarded this idea since we wanted to do something different; out of the typical arrangement. We then tried maroons, grays and yellows but we were unable to come with the perfect color scheme. Some looked too flashy, while others too dull but at last after experimenting with many colors we came up with a perfect combination suitable for an awareness website. Blues and Grays were finalized giving the website a pleasant look but at the same time managing somewhat of a serious outlook which helped in delivering the message of cardiovascular disease awareness. All these changes were made keeping in mind the latest trends in website designing and the likings of our possible target audiences. Below are some of the logos we initially came up with:
Our final layout:
The media product we created is an awareness campaign website for cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular disease is a general diagnostic category consisting of several separate diseases of the heart and circulatory system. Cardiovascular diseases have been the major health problem and the leading cause of death for several decades. The aim of creating this website is to promote education and awareness about the various risk factors of Cardiovascular Disease and the methods used to prevent it.
There are a total of 13 pages including the Homepage. The homepage is a combined effort. The rest of the 12 pages were divided among the three of us; 4 pages per candidate. The division was as follows:
Sara Sultan: Contact, Stroke, Heart failure and About Us.
Sidra Reza: CVD in children, Promoting Exercise, Diet & Nutrition and Coronary Heart Disease
Zainab Shahid: Statistics, About CVD, Prevention & Treatment and Heart Diseases
After several weeks of hard work and determination this website was at last completed on 7th of February. From the preliminary task to the main product we faced many problems which we overcame as we continued with the construction. We went through many stages of creating a full fledged website which included writing down our ideas about the kind of website we wanted, reasons for choosing cardiovascular disease as a topic, aims and objectives of the website and the target audience etc. We visited many websites regarding heart diseases to get an idea about the layouts of such websites, their logos and how had they addressed their audiences.
The creation of the logo was the toughest task. Three logos were made from which we chose the best one and which seemed appropriate for the website. Initially, the color Pink was chosen for the logo but as construction continued, various colors were tried for experimental purposes but after finalizing the colors for our layout, blue was our final choice. Our first idea was to create the website using whites and pinks but a vast majority of health and heart disease websites used these colors so we discarded this idea since we wanted to do something different; out of the typical arrangement. We then tried maroons, grays and yellows but we were unable to come with the perfect color scheme. Some looked too flashy, while others too dull but at last after experimenting with many colors we came up with a perfect combination suitable for an awareness website. Blues and Grays were finalized giving the website a pleasant look but at the same time managing somewhat of a serious outlook which helped in delivering the message of cardiovascular disease awareness. All these changes were made keeping in mind the latest trends in website designing and the likings of our possible target audiences. Below are some of the logos we initially came up with:
This is our final logo:
The layout of our website is simple yet appealing. Flash animations have been used to attract visitors and coerce them to visit our website more than once. A simple navigation bar with rollover buttons have been used in order to facilitate our audiences but at the same time making it alluring. The photography we are using is very educating and interesting. Photography was done at a very famous hospital of Lahore. Pictures of the equipments and machines used in diagnosing cardiovascular diseases, CCU and a live angiography were taken. Photography for the website was a very interesting task and a lot was learned from it. This kind of photography will definitely manage to capture the attention of many people. A video of an angiography has been added to add a bit of professionalism to the website and to help the people suffering from cardiovascular diseases and everybody else wanting to gain knowledge about it. Our initial layouts:
Our final layout:
The addition of music to our website was also fun and made our website more interesting for visitors. Questionnaires were also filled by different people to get an idea about how many people are living in an unhealthy lifestyle. Our website contains all the relevant material related to cardiovascular diseases and is capable of helping out anybody seeking information about it.
Transferring the layout from Photoshop to Macromedia Dreamweaver was also one of the tougher tasks. It took a lot of time but once the transferring was done it was worth the effort. After the transferring the website was complete but the linking was left which was not a very difficult task and was done within 15 -20minutes. The website we made is a little different from the usual websites. Be it the colors or the layout, it will surely be able to grasp the attention of many people. The final product is somewhat different from the one which we originally thought of. It is far better and user friendly. As time passed we learned from our mistakes which helped us in improving our website and as a result we were able to create a website which pleased us immensely and we hope it is able to please others as well.
Transferring the layout from Photoshop to Macromedia Dreamweaver was also one of the tougher tasks. It took a lot of time but once the transferring was done it was worth the effort. After the transferring the website was complete but the linking was left which was not a very difficult task and was done within 15 -20minutes. The website we made is a little different from the usual websites. Be it the colors or the layout, it will surely be able to grasp the attention of many people. The final product is somewhat different from the one which we originally thought of. It is far better and user friendly. As time passed we learned from our mistakes which helped us in improving our website and as a result we were able to create a website which pleased us immensely and we hope it is able to please others as well.
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I really like how you guys have progressed with the layouts. Good job!
wow nice progress on the layout n website but!!! :)
there is alot more happening in the web designing that you guys should learn n know. no need of music, no need of flash, make it simple n beautiful more search engine friendly more socialize.
check cssmania daily
www.cssmania.com
it will help you what trends are in now a days in web designing
keep up the good work!
PS: home link is broken on this page http://www.cardiocare.50webs.com/cvd.html
Thankyou Zair!
This is our first attempt at a full website and we really appreciate our comments and help. Wil definitely check out cssmania and the broken link =)
Thank you again Zair!
your comment made us realize minor mistakes like the broken link. we will definately work on it.