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Section 3: Site Content

Pieces of Content and Sorts of Functionality
The static elements of the site will include: the homepage of Salon Utopia consisting of a video picture of a real life salon with haircuts, press and curls, relaxers and weaves going on. Ultimately I would like music to open with this page, preferable Nina Simone singing “Black is the colour of my true love’s hair.” The other static content elements will include links in the banner ad to cutting edge book buy, a hair-must resource list, itchin’ for your feedback, the politics of Black hair from Mariame Kaba’s perspective, the politics of Black hair from Donna Kakonge’s perspective, and weaving hair knowledge with other web links. Other elements such as the information in the links will be dynamic.
The dynamic elements will include the updating of the hair-must resource list. The feedback will also be posted on-line for everyone to read and respond to, and that will always be changing. Weaving hair knowledge with other web links will also be updated. And finally, as Donna Kakonge’s research evolves, excerpts will be posted on the site.
The functional element will be part of the politics of Black hair from Donna Kakonge’s perspective. My research will include finding out who is the audience that comes to the site. Web surfers will be asked to fill out a brief questionnaire of why they have come to the site and if they want to be contacted by the researcher. A warning will come up for the web surfer that any information they give over the net may not be private.
The transactional part will be part of itchin’ for your feedback. There will be an on-going chat session that will be recorded on this site. As well there will be an on-line purchase in the cutting edge book buy to a place like www.amazon.com

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