Hello, I can't seem to phrase this in 160 characters or less, so I decided to switch from Twittering to the list. I'm creating a website for a client. She has a series of fantasy books (unpublished) that she wants to put into a website. She doesn't want her readers to be locked into a linear story. The basic sections are these:
- Organized by character: Look up any stories that your favorite character is in, read origins, stats, view art of these characters, etc. Each character would have at least one page, and there are 125+ characters, all fleshed out fully. - Organized by timeline: Events/stories listed chronologically - Organized by country: a world map with countries/provinces/cities/towns and their characters, stories, languages, etc. - Organized by "boring" (her word): the linear books - Other sections include a tarot deck based on the series, a gallery, glossary, a set of Tarot decks, and more. It's essentially an encyclopedia of her series. I've run into a wall on the following questions. Being new to interaction design and web design, I have no idea how to handle this much content. (1) All of these sections are just different ways to access the same basic stories and their content. What's an effective navigation to show this? (2) Is there a "best" way to handle LONG blocks of text? (the whole book series) (3) Has anyone found interactive timeline designs that aren't horrible? (I don't think I'm searching by the right terms.) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Even if it's just a link to older threads or a reading list. -Christine ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
