Hey! I am Jessie.

This proposal includes the integrated process of a website development, which includes brainstorm of the initial ideas, requirement review; determine audience, features, tools, language, budget, schedule, flow diagram, sketches, wireframe, sample initial visual, and story board. And all the process based on the research and case study. Besides, the interface design comes from my own idea, and produced by using Photoshop and Fireworks.

Because of the time limitation and lack of experience, there are also some drawbacks within this proposal. For instance, the initial idea of this project comes from the lecture handout which talks about the development of new media. Then, I decided to produce a 3D online gallery. According to the research of other 3D website, I know the tools and languages. However, within this proposal, I haven’t talk too much about the tools and languages, and I haven’t used 3DSMAX and MySQL, which would affect the thoroughly understanding of these tools.

Besides, within the design part, I have produce one sample initial visual for the web page, the clients would need more than one in the real website development. And all the design comes from my own idea, which needs to consider more about the technology aspect.

If a developer uses this proposal to implement this website, the potential improvement of this proposal is that it needs more information about technology part, such as the languages. And more research can give more ideas. Moreover, the interface design can be more specific and professional.

Home page

Gallery inside page

Appreciation room page

User’s space page

Home page and pop-up window for login and registration

Gallery inside page

Appreciation room page and pop-up window for searching, voting and sending message to artists

User space page for uploading and managing artwork, receiving and sending message.

Home page (for login and registration)

The Hall of the gallery

Appreciation room

User’s own space

This flow diagram includes all functions of this website, and defined the relationship between pages, contents and databases. Besides, this flow diagram describes how can pages link each other, and the features which can link to other pop-up windows. Oval represents pages, as well as Rectangular represents the content and databases which link to the features within the pages.

According to the research of existing online gallery, the result shows that most of the online galleries are only formed by picture and text, which similar as other websites; however, they cannot make the audiences feel like in the real gallery, which lose the attraction of visual impression.

Moreover, as “Art should do its best to recreate the full, multi-sensory engagement between the self and the world” which said by Richard Wagner who reinvented the opera house to transport the audiences into an illusionary world staged, the inspiration of this project comes from the similar idea. Network platform plays a more and more important role in the communication of people, which means it needs not only store and delivery information among people, but also display in an appropriate to make users feel convenient and interesting.

Furthermore, many online games use three-dimensional to be more attractive, besides, many personal websites are also built in 3D space. The common ground of them is that they all combine the 3D space and the communication of users very well. An innovative online gallery should not only share artworks, but also attracts people to join in and communicate with others.

This online gallery should like other online share platform, such as YouTube which is free to all the audiences to share their own work. And it also needs to have enough compatibility to store artwork and users information. Therefore, content management is very important.

I have found a good artical from this website which talks about the website budget consideration: http://www.htmlbasictutor.ca/website-planning-budget.htm

1. Building webpages
What part of the website building process can you do yourself?
Is this efficient use of time to save some money?
Would it be more cost effective in the long run to hire someone to do all or part of the work?

2. web content
Who will create the initial website content?
Who will handle website content management?
Who will create the website content now and in the future? Yourself or someone else?
Would some kind of content management system make things easier or even be appropriate for your business?

3. Web graphics
Do you have graphics suitable for the web already?
Are you going to have to build, convert, purchase or hire someone to build any website graphics required?

4. Other website budget costs to consider
Do you have to collect sales tax? Who is going to keep track of this and remit it on time?
Who will do the bookkeeping and taxes?
Have you selected a webspace that can grow with your website?
What future expansion of the website are you considering?
Are there some features your target audience really expect?
Are you going to fulfil the purpose of the website with this budget?