From now on any blogs with this title will be the development blog for the OCF UQ website...
I've decided to have a paper trail on this website for just some reason,
1. Inventor Rights (copyrights belongs to and only to OCF UQ)
2. A public design documentation
3. Future referencse (so that OCFers in the future will know what thoughts and elements have went into this site and will know how to edit it)
4. Bench mark setting
Ok enough of that now what have my thoughs been in the OCF website so far, when I initially saw the site, I was saying "For the love of God...please take this site down..." it no secret that I felt it wasen't good (this is just me bare with it, seriously if you've been trained as a web designer for 5 years, you'll know what I mean).
However on further there is actually some meaning in the website, so what if the design is not as good as I though, people don't go to websites for "that experiancial feeling", they go to websites for information, and it does serve its purpose by giving just enough information although some are out dated.
So enters the in-famous battle of Designer V.S. Christian, just to let you guys know this happens everytime I do a christain based design or something (videos, games, website...etc) however the outcome will usually be something as beautiful the chrous of "Canon in D".
So lets see on initial looks, website has to be nice, it has to be easily updated, it should be user friendly (considering the number of IT idiots we have in OCF *looks for cover to hide*). I'll just cut to the chase, all in all after listing out the things I want to do for the website (a Flash GUI above a Shockwave architecture) it started to look more like an online multimedia presentation. HOLD IT !!! did the designer just win this battle? lets get back to basics "Who am I doing this for in the first place?" Things usually go wrong when the focus is lost, so who or what is the focus here?
Now let me openly say this, the website is NOT ....and BY NO MEANS! meant for OCF UQ, that website IS for God. I'm not just creating a website here, I'm creating something that should display the essens of God's work in OCF UQ. No doubt it shows information about OCF, but all the more it should show God as a focal point and base unit in OCF. The reaction toward the website should not be "wow OCF UQ has a great website." but "I can see God's presence in these people." The take home message should not be a nice website, but a realisation of God.
Of course this lead to a major change an deletion of graphics. Which has to done, it good that this is noticed now....
Now do any of you see what I mean by hearing "Canon in D" ?
End of milestone 1, Things to be done: Verses to be checked up on meaning and surpose. Graphics to be changed. Template will be kept, but overall theme will be updated
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