Designing for the user week 8 22/4/10

This week I started getting my site created in flash after finishing the logo design. I also decided I wanted a map of the dales so the user could click the relevant location on the map and info on walks in that area and a map would come up. I found a map on the internet of the Dales which I imported into Illustrator and drew around it with the pen tool. I then added the place names and red dots next to each name that would be transformed into buttons in flash. Below is what the map looked like after I had finished it in Illustrator.

After I had drawn the map out in Illustrator I imported it to the library in flash along with pics of the Dales I had found on the internet. I then started designing my site in flash using the rough layout I had drawn out of how I wanted it to look. Below is my first flash design for the site:

I created a home, guided tours, book a tour and contact us pages in a green nav bar underneath the header that displayed the Grandays Out Logo I designed and the Yorkshire Dales official logo. Underneath the navigation was the main content which would be text on top of a faded out pic of the Dales.

Designing for the User Week 7

After talking to Jay and showing him my logos he suggested I change the blue background to green under the bridge. I did this then I started drawing out ideas for how the site would look and the content I would need. After drawing out a couple of rough frameworks for the site I began to put my design into flash and that is the stage I am at now.