Drawn Icons for tabs

Potential Icon Imagery Used for tabs next to the titles to make it different and links together. (Idea on easier fast looking )

Starting the layout on DW

Having a more clear idea on how it might turn out. Still on a working progress but really liking how the  colour is linking together.

Ideas On work/improvements

MoodBoard

The colour pallet that I am thinking of using is a nice cool pastel or simple organic colour.

Have to be easy for the eye since colour do affect the way how they view things and see/adapt to the site.

Icons For Clicks

Looking for ideas that is simple and easy to recognize for elderly to click on if they reading takes them longer.
Having icons with the text would make it faster as Images Stands out more and faster to recognize.

While browsing though the net, I found this really interesting where big bold and bright coloured icons on the page where it links you to what it have on that page.


Having thinking with my research with other sites before hand at the start, I would like to think and incorporate big text/images that links to pages at the home page.
Having it more easy to read at the start and plus not needing to think and needing to go to small icons to press where it could be a challenge if they have eye sights problems.

Draft - Layout of Profile

Draft - Layout of Home Page

For my layout for my homepage, I wanted to have the idea of not making it hard to navigate through. Having thought that big movement isn't suitable for my users since they are either started going on the computer or having slower reaction than how we teenagers/adults are with everything fast.

Layout
Really liking the idea of having big boxes where icon linking/relating to it will next or some how around it to make it easy to read.

Movement
Since the home page is going to have big boxes, When the mouse goes in or part of it, you are able to click into it. HomePage will be a one page where simple details and images are on it with linking pages to go onto.

Site Mapping

Movement

When using the computer or laptop for webpages, we always tend to scroll pages up or down to see whats on underneath or continue on reading. This will happen when reading blogs of others, reading articles, Posting question, profiles or even on events where you need to scroll down.

I will try to make it easier where you don't need to scroll (apart from going to links where I cannot help and control) where it will be on one page. (limit the movement, BUT maybe more clicking).....

Mind Map

Research on names

I researched some site around the world on names that are in connection or a based elderly servise page or rest homes. (and interesting names )

-Senior Connection
- ElderNet
-Golden Years
-ElderBerries
-Riverleigh Residential Care
-Wesleyhaven - strand Home
-Radius Care
-Oceania Group

After looking at many different names, I have got a few to choose.

Active Berries
Superior Elder
Elder First
Colection

Topic For Community Site

My final Idea that I really like and chose links to the events that happened around me and made me thinking more on having a service that it's not based on nowadays generation, but the older generation where technology isn't there strong point where they can discover the technology world of the internet where it can benefit them with learning and communicating with others.

Based this around the 70's-90's years of age
This age group would be still be at families home or at care home/retirement home/hospital.
Main idea I'm looking forward is to having the connection that each retirement home with there members/page able to connect with other retirement homes members <==>
Or
having members from one retirement place connect with each other and writing there own stories or explore the net world with news, events, communication with others with hobbies / groups.

Idea on this is that
-Having simple and reasonable type font and linked images for easy communication
-Simple and information that they want to know.
-News Links around the world
-Lessons on computer or subjects.

Explored More sites

Extra sites I like with layouts and informations

http://www.donorschoose.org/
-Big and Bold
-Simple and easy to click when your in a little of the box.
-Pictures to link to the next page.

http://www.nzblood.co.nz/
-Able to write and read others stories.
-Clean and clear page. (Not complex)

http://www.seniorconnections-va.org/


http://www.eldernet.com/

Explore/Research Sites

1. Identify the core purpose of the site.
2. Identify how the site accomplishes this task.
3. Identify what unique features the site has to make this experience better.

Site #1
The Masonic Villages Trust
http://masonicvillages.co.nz/

Providing informations for elderlies and or families about the care services for elder people. Having many different places you can go to instead of a limited choses.  This is shown and accomplished by having the main living idea or service they wanted in big tabs and images underneath it.

The uniqueness of this page made me really like for simple and easy click to know where other places is to have a map with locations placed on it. Having the idea on instead of going though many pages to find other linked place, it takes you right there right away to the location your in.

Site #2
St John New Zealand - First to Care
http://www.stjohn.org.nz/  

The purpose of this site is to get information out to people wants to learn and help with first aid. Having community to help out and getting donation to get the service going. This is shown with many different part of information placed at section (tabs) so it is easy to find what you wanted to learn or find.
I found this site really welcoming with the bright colours and simple layout. On the top third of the page, Images are shown with it moving/changing every few seconds across with some heading at the bottom when hovering on it.

Images link to the services, things might happen in events, peaceful writing time so it relates to them

Site #3
CafeMom - Moms Connecting About Pregnancy, Babies, Home, Health, and More.
http://www.cafemom.com/

The main core purpose of this site is a social networking site which is specifically target at mothers and mothers to be. It for mums featuring original content covering topics such as celebrity gossip, parenting dilemmas (and solutions), current events, and home decorating. When going onto the site, there are big average sized rectangle boxes where the main and I guess the most popular events, join conversations, Go to Advises, See Entertainment, Groups and video links ect.
The colour contrast work to make it nice and warm to be on. The big rectangle coloured boxes Links mothers right to the conversation group/or readings.

I really like this idea at the starting page.

The image at the bottom shows the home open page where it represent and show the mothers what they have to see and in for for the service group.

 

At the bottom of the web page, showing that not only going onto this site to meet mothers around, you can still find mothers that goes on here but connect with them on other sites, and watch more, share more with others that doesn't know about this site.

Site #4
Welcome to our school - Eastern Hutt School
http://www.easternhutt.school.nz/Website/Home.html

This main core purpose is a school web-site. It is a place where childern  and parents can go to for information and events. Having tabs at the top links the users to go to the place, and than there are other  links (tabs) that you click into to go to specified area. There are pro and cons with this site though, some sites are being really colourful, but the others are not linking with the theme and area of design and its plain.

          Detailed (Images Linked with words)                                Plain (text only)

Simple and straight forward Homepage. Eye for the eye

Ideas on community groups

·         Violin Community

-Allow meeting other violins players in your area and it connects to other areas in NZ.

-Share Videos on music pieces

-Trade music instruments or buy/sell

-Find the level you’re in

·         Young Parents

-Talk to past and present teen/young parent(s)

-Post life stories

-Where to get baby things

-Other help services (links)

-Articles/Readings

-Meeting/Chat group

·         Naenae Badminton Community

There isn’t a web page for this Badminton club since it’s a small hall where it is in a small community area. Having me going to this badminton club on a weekday night, made me thought that since we are a community already but nowhere to share stories, a webpage for this club would be handy. The only information you can find out about this hall / club is though other badminton websites groups.

Ideas what I can have

-Share stories/ other web

-connect with the other members of the club/group

-Composition/challenges

-Founding

-Buying/Selling equipments

·         Elderly Learning/Connecting Center

The idea on this is what we call, older generation not knowing technology with computer to connect with friends from far away or to meet and write to friends.

I wanted to make a site where rest homes have there place sign where the members from that rest home/hospital can meet others.

-Having simple bold text and easy access buttons

-Lots of different activities to do

-Instructions (step by step)

What could be in the site

-Other members list from another/connected rest home/hospital.

-Blog/ Writing stories.

-Reading news.

-Services out there

-Learning center.

-Events