BBC Future
My design represents a stylish and relitavly simple BBC that can operate around its self, combining Online content with TV and Radio.
There are three parts, each with sub sections
+Header
--Quick Links to main sections
--Log In Register
--Search
--Page Path (www. BBC.co.uk ->)
--Launch the BBC Media Player
+Content
--Promo
--BBC infomation
--Page content
--User specific
+Footer
--copyright
--Terms and conditions
--Low Fi version
I'll now try and explain in more detail what I'm trying to achieve with each section and my ideas for the BBC:
+Header
--Quick Links to main sections -
The sections most likely to be visited muct be easy to see and use.
--Log In Register -
Prominant so people see it quickly
--Search
With the ammount of content on the BBC this is a valuable resource for all users, there is also a link to "search options"
Search Options could be somthing as extreme as choosing a search engine like google or yahoo, or just the ammount of results per page.
--Page Path (www. BBC.co.uk ->)
So users can see how they got to that page and can track back sections (i.e. if they were linked to a page they may wanto to visit pages in that category and will be able to go to that category instead of trying to find it by going back to the homepage and searching).
--Launch the BBC Media Player
Something I think is lacking on the BBC site at the moment, so I made it more prominant so users don't have to be invited to use it, as I see at the moment. They choose when they use it and what they view/listen too.
+Content
--Promo
All important advertisment for BBC programs, scemes etc.
--BBC infomation
Stats on the BBC, this can be changed on the other pages, e.g. it may become a list of category's on the news page. Each stat would be a list giving infomation on that stat or going to a list of stats (i.e. RSS feeds would go to a list of RSS feeds) This infomation can also be used by the BBC to see which sites are mor popular, which need work etc.
--Page content
The main content of the page, the too central columns would collapse to one on pages past the homepage
--User specific
User profiles and their local area, so the y can see what they can do. They'll need to be logged in for the user options, and the local info would have to default to somewhere. This infomation can also be used by the BBC to see which sites are mor popular, which need work etc.
+Footer
--copyright
Self explanitory
--Terms and conditions
Self explanitory
--Low Fi version
This can be used by dial u users, it will display a almost graphic less screen, just preview images on a simple CSS layout for quick loading.
There could also be a way to force this on when alot of traffic is expencted, i.e. in a national emergancy.
The User System would include contac info with the option of hiding it to the public or not.
Also a postcode, so people need not worry about the cookies for the weather etc. it would be in the database.
A user system means that when someone registers they don't need to join BBC sites multiple times, they are automatically registered to the entire site, whether or not they use it, they may get and interest in some part in the future and will ot need to register.
- 26 May 2006 15:53
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