Sharon (steorra) wrote, @ 2006-04-10 12:32:00

Current mood:

rushed

More guidelines please.....
I'm currently trying to pick a website on which to write an essay about how best to approach archiving its contents. I was meant to pick one about a month ago but, as with all things I'm meant to do, I kept forgetting. Now I really need to pick one before Wednesday to prevent my lecturer from losing it.

Only problem is I don't have a frickin' clue where to start. Our only guidelines are as follows:

1. It shouldn't be too big (i.e. nothing like the BBC or BA.....)
2. It should contain as many different types of media as possible (images, video, audio, pdfs, flash animation.....)
3. At least some of the website should be constructed using scripting and a database.
4. It shouldn't be anything too embarassing to hand in as assessed work (OK, this one is mine.....)

I really wish we'd been given more specific instructions than these. Even having a site assigned would have been grand, in the end I'm going to be concentrating more on how to archive the different file types rather than discussing the content itself.

I've had a look at a few gallery sites to see if anything fits the bill but sadly they've all been too boring or too big. Any of you guys got suggestions? I'm open to anything and everything at this point.......

	eileen 2006-04-10 07:44 (link)
	I don't know if any of these will be of any use, but I typed Archival Websites into google and came up with this page. I don't understand what you're looking for (especially with reference to the scripting and database stuff), so sorry if I'm way off track here. Good luck! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cosmicavatar 2006-04-10 08:01 (link)
	How about this one? It's a bathroom manufacturer. http://www.sottini.co.uk/index2.asp (Reply to this) (Thread)

delle 2006-04-10 08:30 (link)

I don't have a specific one to suggest, but I do have a type (one of which you'd probably have more knowledge than I). How about the website of a band? That should fit with not being too big, the ones I've seen tend to have a mixture of pictures, videos, sound clips and flash and, provided you picked a respectable band, shouldn't be too embarrassing to hand in. I'm not sure about the database bit, though if you picked one with a forum (that wasn't just a glorified guestbook), that at least would fulfill that criteria. (Reply to this) (Thread)

cassylee 2006-04-10 10:16 (link)

hmmm, I like Delle's suggestion of finding a band site. I immediately thought of Buffyguide myself, but it really doesn't have that many different types of media, and, depending on your mood, might also contravene your fourth guideline. How about http://www.lordoftherings.net/? I've never explored it in great depth, but it seems like it would have quite a bit of what you're after. How much time do you think you'd have to spend on this? If it's a long in-depth thing, you want to make sure it's not a website that will bore you to tears. (Reply to this) (Thread)