The 'Homepage' is very similar to FUCCA's, though the picture would of course be related to the Journalism Course, and I have not included a 'News&Events' or 'Search' box as I feel they would be redundant bearing in mind the content and size of the site.
For the 'Main Content' page, I have only included 3 of the 4 specialities. The reason for this is that I do not believe it will be possible to gather any Online examples (the inherent number of files required for a website in comparison to a Print piece, and especially compared to Radio and TV pieces, makes the task too great). Furthermore, I am unsure if there are any online works worth displaying. However, a note can be added to the bottom of the page highlighting to viewers that the website they are viewing is the work of an Online specialist.
Were the client to disagree with me, or an optimal method for displaying an Online student's work could be found, all 4 specialities could be shown. If that were the case, I would display the sections in a 2x2 square shape, rather than follow the existing 1x3 layout. This is because I believe a 1x4 would leave the sections too tight vertically.
It should also be noted that in contrast to the current 1x3 layout, the sections could be displayed in a 3x1 form (each stacked horizontally on top of each other). I believe 1x3 is aesthetically more pleasing however, and a 3x1 layout is more likely to require scrolling.
The 'Content' pages, I have laid out with a centralised text box, and a thumbnail gallery displayed on the right-hand side. I intend to have these thumbs enlargeable, either through a flash plug-in, linking to a new window, or auto-prompting the browser to open the image in a new window when clicked.
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