If the logo was on the lower right hand corner it's the first thing to disappear when someone resizes a window.
The photo credit at the bottom of the polaroid needed to be moved to maintain the humanist feel of the photo.
The panel 'related stories' panel on the side needed to be redone to accommodate the shift in menu from the bottom right where the logo used to be to the top right and the options moved to the top of the left panel which is perfect because most navigation is seen on the left side and might be more intuitive and better seen on that end.
After consulting a few people on the state of the site my friend reminded me that this is not all about death and gloom though that's what people imagine when funding a cause it can also be hopeful causes as well and thus I went back in my file and started to review some of the causes I had come across in my search I came across and project proposal that was carried through by International Center for Sustainable Cities and a few photos I requested. This gave me the content I needed to put the next couple of pages up so it could demonstrate the possibility of networking donors and causes on a smaller scale. The photos were also good because it made some of the organizations more creditable and I understand that if this is a public domain and there's going to be some bad apples that put up faulty or fraudulant stories to get people to donate and scam money but something a rigorous filtering process might be able to minimize like on the 'give meaning' website. This is not within the scope of the project though it will be revisited if the project goes gets support and goes ahead after this the presentations have been given.
The live updates page was also added to show how someone could keep coming back to something like this. It also creates habit.
The discussions page was also added so that the community can also interact on the site as well. An idea I just had is maybe to put the dialogue as a live update on the main page when filtering through but this might be too much information and excessive rather than necessary.
Gill Sans regular is also substituted in with the Light version because the regular made it feel a little heavy. Agenda and Bliss were tested as well but did not work as well as the humanist Gill Sans typeface.
A share button option was also added because of the nature of the stories and photos I think buzz marketing is probably best for a website like this because creditability towards listening to what friends want you to see and what a flyer has to convey does not have the same persuasiveness. Something like a facebook application that could send you stories and photos daily or weekly may increase the exposure of the site as well because people are always uploading the content will never be the same. The more people see these stories the more support they will get. Ultimately this will be a database and hub for people's stories and the beauty of charity and making our world a little easier to live in for everyone.
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