Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Happy Christmas to everyone and have a Peaceful New Year!!

Lots of work to do over Christmas

Today I had a little bit of an achievement...I completed a Java Practical!! I am very happy with myself over it. And thanks to my classmates who gave me a hand with it.
So over the Christmas I will be refining my design ideas and getting to work on the interactivity side of the site and taking a look at coding it also.
Only 13 more sleeps until Christmas!!!!

Next step

Right. Well I had my big Design Presentation today. It went okay. Not spectacularly brilliant by any means. So my next big step is to move onto the back end of the project. I have the idea for my design and next thing I need to have is the code and the database knowledge to run it.
Now...if only I could understand Java...this might take awhile!!

Design for interface for main site

This is an design idea for the main pages of my site using the PSP console. I will be keeping to the workings of the PSP as much as is possible. Such as, trying to keep the meanings of the buttons similar if not the same as the actual console.
The icons will hopefully work the same as the PSP too so people will be familiar with the way that the icons move from right to left when you use the left and right arrow buttons on the console.

Design for Homepage using the cinema screen

This is an idea I am going to do for my homepage using the cinema screen as my interface.
You can choose whether to go into the recycling section or the energy conservation section.
The links on screen will only display what they are when you roll over the icons with the mouse. So initially all you will see is the screen with the recycling symbols and light bulbs.

Idea 2 for the interface design

This is a second idea for my interface design. Using the DS and its stylus for navigation. The touch screen is on the bottom where you can choose a topic with the stylus, and the top screen displays your choice.
I was thinking of using this design for the energy conservation side of my website.

Idea 2 for homepage

This is a second idea I came up with for my homepage. It is a cinema screen with the choices on it. The recycling items are on the left and the energy conservation items are on the right. I went with the cinema idea because students go to the cinema alot and games can also be played on bigger screens too. The gaming concept is going to be used throughout my site.

A design idea sketch

This is one of my ideas for the interface of my site. I will be using the idea of the PSP and its controls for the navigation. The icons that usually appear on the screen of a PSP will be different than the Sony ones and will match up with my topic of Recycling.

Rough idea for homepage

This is another rough idea for my homepage. I am trying to incorporate a recycling bin into my design. I am using a TV screen again to hold my designs.

An idea for the home page

This is an idea for my homepage. I went with the idea of a DVD menu as students watch a lot of DVDs and movies on TVs. The colours that I have used are clours associated with recycling.

An early design idea

This was a rough work idea of what I wanted my sites navigation to look like. I intend to use the side scrolling system.
The 3 images are examples of littering in a college. Paper and empty polystyrene cups left on the table instead of being put in the bin.
Used paper strewn on the floor and desktops. Recycling bins put in obscure places where students cannot see them.

Logo idea

This was an idea for a simple logo.
I wanted the earth in the background to be a simplified version as it is more graphically appealing to a younger audience rather than have an actual image of the earth behind it.
The font for the writing is just Arial which i like to use because it is a sans-serif font which makes it easy to use and read at a glance.