Name: Dawei
Today’s Date: 2007/02/09
Days Worked: M, TH
Total Hours: 4
School: Ray
Kind of Work: website project

This week, I had my 2nd meeting with Ms. Sheridan. Since she didn't have much time to look over the websites I emailed her, I went through them with her again during the meeting and explained some of the key features we saw in those websites and how to apply them to our own website.
Some of the key features include:
<ul>
	<li><strong>Clean Interface:</strong> a lot of the websites we looked at have very clean interface, with white background and evenly distributed text. It gives a feeling of neatness, and we want that to be reflected in our website as well.</li>
	<li><strong>Font:</strong> We observed that most school websites apply their school color in font, not in background. For example, when you hover on a font (black), it changes color to the school's color (maroon). This idea is beneficial in that it preserves the overall design.</li>
	<li><strong>Color:</strong> Color is not too difficult to tackle, in most websites, black text and white background is the usual standard. Colors can be applied in links and images.
	<li><strong>Content Hierarchy:</strong> We observed two different navigation hierarchies existed on websites. One is audience oriented, one is information oriented. Audience oriented navigation includes items such as Students, Parents, Teachers, etc. Information oriented navigation includes items such as About, Calendar, Maps, Admissions, etc.</li></ul>

So, after looking over these factors, both Ms. Sheridan and I gained a much better understanding of the design elements we want to apply. We decided to split our work over the weekend, she will be in charge of organizing the content hierarchy, which she now has a much better idea of how it should be after our meeting. Meanwhile, I will be working on the draft design and interface of the website, taking into account all the features we have discussed. Although we've just started, things are looking good already.