This document outlines the features and design of a proposed social media website called Our News. It includes mockups and descriptions of the home page, sign up page, profile page, third party advertisements, commented pages, and about us page. It also discusses how the Web Standards Project and W3C guidelines will impact the development of the social media product to ensure it is accessible and compatible across different devices and browsers.

2. Content
• Slide 3 – Our News Purpose
• Slide 4 – Our News Home Page
• Slide 5 – Our News Sign Up Page
• Slide 6 – Our News Profile Page
• Slide 7 – Third Party Advert
• Slide 8 – Our News Third Party Pop out Advert
• Slide 9 – Our News Commented Page
• Slide 10 – Sign in with other social media products
• Slide 11 – About Us
• Slide 12 - Web Standards Project
• Slide 13 - W3C Guidelines

3. Our News Purpose
This will be a social media website where people
are able to report news themselves and are able to
have discussions with events which are happening
all over the world with other users. There will be a
multiple different people from lots of different
backgrounds which can share their opinion. What I
would like the website to become is a platform
where people can share there ideas about how to
help change the world and from there they can get
more ideas and inspire people to do the same.

4. Our News Home Page
The picture connotes a more
powerful message when
reporting compared to just the
text. It can also enhance the
understanding of what has
happened.
The red connotes
importance and
urgency which is
appropriate of a
news social media.
The white also
connotes purity that
the news in all real
and true without
anything left out and
it is clear.
The heading and banner for
Our News has a rough text
which shows that the news
isn’t always nice the stories
reported are detailed.
There are also other social
media within my social media
which people can login
through or see our profiles on
that specific social media site.
The news is split into
local news and global
news so that it is more
personal and interesting
for users. They can also
related to the website
more.
The connotations of this
image is that it is a door
where people can enter
into the website. They
are able to go into
something new and
learn something
through this door.

5. Our News - Sign Up Page
The global connotes that
there is news happening all
over the world which is
being reported and the
pictures connote that there
are lots of different types
of news from politics to
sports which the website
covers
The red text connotes
that the information is
important and this
grabs the eyes of the
users.
The red boxes also
connote importance and
they are sections which
the users must enter data.
The important policies
which the users need
to know about are red
so connotes the
importance to them as
they need to read it.
This is an advert which
stands out from the rest of
the content which
connotes that it is not part
of the website and has an
external link to it. This is
because it is in a box on its
own and has nothing to do
with the website.

6. Our News – Profile Page

7. Third Party Advert
A third party pop up advert will be an optional
form of advertisement on Our News. This is an
advert which will appear taking up the full
screen when the user first goes onto the page.
The pop up will mean the advert will appear in
another window or just over the current page.

8. Our News – Third Party Pop out
advert

9. Commented page
For Our News it is based around ‘Citizen
Journalism’ (Gillmor - 2004), where a collection
and analysis of news and information by the
general public (‘Our News’ Users), especially by
means of the Internet. The comments which
people leave are where people will analysis
news information. They can then form an
opinion and discuss what they think about
current affairs. This form of journalism is where
the public are relied on to report on new
information and this is especially related to
posts on the internet by individuals not
business (for example The Guardian).
The reason for this type of journalism is that it
is more personal and isn’t designed to be
popular or make money with flashy titles like in
newspapers. This makes it a more genuine
report on events where people can add their
opinion. Also, there is more freedom for people
to talk about what they want as it is more in a
blogging style compared to sales.

10. Signing Up with other Social media products
The are also other ways in which people are sign up and login
to Our News. You will be able to login with Facebook. This is
important as it will be easier for other users to be able to use
Our news as they are able to sign up quicker. It is also simpler
as most users will probably already have a Facebook account
so all they need to do in enter their login information. This
could even encourage users to make an account as they might
not understand or can’t be bothered to enter lots of their
details into making a normal account without Facebook.

11. About Us

12. Web Standards Project
The WaSP will affect my social media product due
to their standards which will be used to check my
website is complete and compatible to be able to
put onto the web. As it would fragment the web if
everyone didn’t. The W3C recommends CSS and
XML to use in building a website. These are
compatible on the web. Which means that I will be
using them when creating my social media product.
This means I can put my product on the web and it
is safe to use and abides their web standards.
http://www.webstandards.org/about/history/

13. W3C Guidelines
On my social media I will need to make sure that it is accessible to
people with disabilities. By following the guidelines it will promote
accessibility for all users. It will also make finding information easier
and quicker. They also help make multimedia more accessible to a
wider audience so the use of pictures and videos is not discouraged.
For my website there are few thing within the guidelines which I need
to be aware of.
When I am changing which page the user is on I need to make sure I
need to give them the option to close down; spawned windows, pop-
ups and other windows which may appear as a result from my website
or an advert. I must also make sure that when changing the current
page I must inform users of this.
I must make sure that any elements that has its own interface can be
operated in a device-independent manner.
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.pdf

14. Conclusion
In this Learning objective I have outlined the
purpose of Our News and have created a Home
page, Sign up page, profile page, Third party
advert pop up, about us and comments pages. I
have also highlighted how the Web Standards
Project and W3C guidelines effect my social
media product. Overall, this is the start of me
making my final social media product.