Main Task - Charity Website

For our main task we were instructed to create a charity website for a chosen issue. I have researched into different charity websites in order to find an issue of which i can create a website for. I have chosen to create a charity website for neglected, abused and vulnerable children. I have looked at and reviewed other, simliar websites in order to help me gain ideas for the website of my own.

Other sites

I looked at a number of similar sites such as the nspcc website, every child website and the action for children website. I straight away noticed that each site showed much of the same things, with a conventional and easy to navigate lay out. A big similarity between the websites was the fact that they were all very simple and clear, so as not to be to complex to a possible donater. I therefore decided that with my website i would follow these conventions in putting my navigation bar in an easy and conventional place, and making sure my website was simple, with soft colour schemes throughout. I also noticed that most sites had a distinctive logo and so set about designing my own.

Target audience

The audience of which i will aim my site at will be adults over the age of 18 who will be most likely to donate money to the charity. I will therefore have the task of making sure my website appeals to a wide range of people of all ages rather than just a defined group. This is one of the main reasons of why i plan to keep my website very simplistic so that no particular group of people feel alienated to visit the site.

Preliminary Task Evaluation

Looking back over my website, i think that it turned out as i had wished, although it was rather simple and given more time i could of made it more complex. I included 4 pages in my website, being a homepage, about us page, kids page and subjects page. These pages were all linked together with a simple navigation bar of which served its purpose well. My website included lots of pictures of the school, and helpful information about the school in general. I tried to make the colour scheme go well together so that the website is pleasant to look at, and looked at other websites in order to try to follow conventions of similar schools sites. This could include a navigation bar down the left hand side, and a title and logo above the fold, at the top of the page.

This is the home page of my website, with a general introduction to the school with contact details, and general pictures of school activity.

This is the 'about us' page, it displays the mission statement of the school with school values and beliefs, with an introduction from the head teacher.

The 'kids page' is directed at children, with links to educational games.

This is the 'subjects page'. It gives website users a general overview of the main subjects taught in the school, and what they entail.