Child Humor Website Design

Child Humor

Childhumor.com is a content website about all the funny and silly things kids (and sometime parents) do. We love kids and all the funny things they say and do.

The site will be a blog style site where parents can share pictures, stories and videos about the funny things their kids do and say.

Our primary audience is stay-at-home moms with kids between the ages of 0-11. These moms love to read new gossip about celebraties on People.com, find a new recipe or craft idea on MarthStewart.com and check out the new happenings on Oprah.com.

They also have a recent addiction to Daily Deal websites relating to moms and kids. These websites include http://mamabargains.com/ and http://babysteals.com/.

Please review ALL attachments before starting design. We would prefer you use the content attached in CONTENT_TO_USE.doc document in your designs.

Site Width: 960PX (Not including background)

You can use any of the logos in the attached file (ChildHumor_Logo_colorSchemes). You pick which one you want to work with!

Navigation:
-Home
-Pictures
-Videos
-Things Kids Say
-Stories
-Refrigerator Art
-Articles
-Contests ***This is a very important category and should be highlighted

This is a blog style site where stories are listed in chronological order as they are submitted (see example in attached design brief and mock_up). Each post should have the following :
-Headline
-Category (ex. Videos, Things Kids Say)
-Facebook Like Button
-Tweet Button
-Email Button
-Thumbs Up and Down

Add slots:
Top Banner 728 x 90
Right Side Banner 300 x 250
Left Side banner (Optional) 120 x 600

Promotional text referencing to:
-Follow us on Facebook
-Visit the ChildHumor Blog
-Follow us on Twitter

Please use 3 posts in your design (see attached CONTENT_TO_USE.doc)

1

This will be the design for the home page. Please read all attached documents before proceeding with designs

Attached is the child_humor_mock_up.pdf. This was a design we had done that we are not completely happy with.

Don't Like:
-Not sure about the color scheme. You make want to chose different colors based on the childhumor_logo_colorSchemes (1).pdf.

-Not sure about the ad space on the left. May want the content to be flush with the left side on the content area.

-The "Connect" box in the top right is taking up too much real estate on the page

-The navigation bar is too thick

-Not sure we like the font used, and don't like the lowercase in the navigation

-We want the "Contests" to be highlighted more in the navigation

WE DO LIKE:
-The back ground is clever using part of our logo

-All the buttons (facebook, twitter, child humor blog, up and down buttons) are designed well

-Placement of the Upload Button

-The bottom site link area of the page

See attached Child Humor Design Brief
Marthstewart.com
Oprah.com
thekitchn.com