Proposal for the mods to look at

[naseeha]

(Assalam)

hey everyone here is my proposal for the children:

<b>First of all here are the objectives:</b>


Help the children to gain knowledge of islam.
Introduce them to the wide world of islam on the internet
teach them how to navigate around sites in general
MOST OF ALL..... ALLOW THEM TO HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!

<b>Note:</b>We need to fulfil these objectives the question is <i>HOW???</i> we need something FUN, CAPTIVATING, COOL TO LOOK AT and most of all FULL OF KNOWLEDGE....

well i think i have an idea:

<b>here is the plan:</b>

A treasure hunt:

<b>1] HOW THE KIDS WILL SEE IT:</b>

they will be introduced to an interface where they are going on a ship(similar to a pirate ship) to different parts of the internet: the interface would take them to a whole new site where they will be greeted by a person who would come aboard their ship... this person would ask them an islamic question... To answer this question they will be pointed to a section of the site that they will have to go through(something small children have small attention spans)..when they get the answer then they will be given the secret location to another point on the map(which is really another site)they will go through the same thing here....

when they have finished about 10 questions and 10 different sites then they would be given a prize and added to a winner's list for everyone to see...

there will be three different levels of questions.. easy.. meduim and TOUGH...

<b>2] THE TECHNICAL BEHIND THE SCENES OPERATIONS:</b>

INTERFACE:

this would be done in flash... it would have a cartoonish appearance and the questions would be read off a text file on the server...

ASP(Active Sever Pages):

this server/side language will be used to write the text file.. this way there can be an administration area set up where the moderators can change the questions periodically... since www.islamsms.com doesnt support this, it would have to be hosted off my site www.naseeha.com.




... but here is what i was thinking...we could have one page with two frames.. one above and one on the bottom.. the top one will have the interface with the pirate ship and the quesitons and the bottom one will be where they will see other sites load up so that they can browse through it and find the answers then they would put that answer in the interface...

when they have answered all the questions then they will put their name in a little box and will be given the prize

THE PRIZE:

well i talked to muslimah about this and we were thinking to let them download a story book with islamic stories for children... but we will have to put this up.. somehow we could use help with this...

THE GRAPHICS:


we would need some graphics of a treasure map,
the decking of a ship with a person standing by the ship's steering wheel (this is the child himself)
a few pics of people from different sites... (in islamic garb)
a treasure chest

<b>3] PROGRESS THUS FAR</b>

well i only had the idea yesterday.. so i havent actually done anything yet... i asked one of my freinds to do the graphics but i dont know when i will get it.. he is a very busy person

as for the rest i will do it by myself but i need help with the stories... i want someone to help me with some prizes

and when everything is ready then we will have to prepare the questions and maybe email some sites to go on an advertising campaign of some sort... in order to get the word out there...

as for everything else i will be handling that.. but everyone gotta understand one thing i am studying to become a professional accountant... I HAVE NEVER in my life had any lessons in web programming... everything that i am doing will be totall y amateur and i will have to do it by trial and error... not only that but i have exams in early june so things will be slow before that... i can use any help...

i heard joshua is into graphics.. maybe he would be interested in helping...

this is my proposal....

now lemme get some feedback

(Walikum)

[radiyah]

Masha'Allah brother naseeha very brilliant plan, may Allah accept from u and give Ajr insha'Allah. everybody is busy now with exams I guess children and mothers and teenagers as well, so take your time, I will also c if my daughter can help with some of these drawings, but after she finishes her exams by will of Allah :smilingfl .

Jazzak Allah khayr, and may all this be added to your Hasanat(good deeds).

(Walikum)

[naseeha]

Masha'Allah brother naseeha very brilliant plan, may Allah accept from u and give Ajr insha'Allah. everybody is busy now with exams I guess children and mothers and teenagers as well, so take your time, I will also c if my daughter can help with some of these drawings, but after she finishes her exams by will of Allah  :smilingfl .  

Jazzak Allah khayr, and may all this be added to your Hasanat(good deeds).

(Walikum)

ameen ukhtii...

if i can get any help that would be great... even if i dont use the pics for the treasure hunt then i can use it for something else so ANY help that i can get would be nice

insha allah

[Shereen]

i like this idea........except that iam NOT a moderator

[naseeha]

i like this idea........except that iam NOT a moderator

No problem Shereen i really want the feedback...

well as for the project.. i had a major breakthrough with the flash last night so things are going well... there are a few other problems to work out

i am making a call for anyone who has any experience with the server side language ASP(Active Server Pages) to help me... just private message me or post a reply here and i will reply...

also for graphic artists... and people with experience with macromedia flash.. i would really appreciate the help...

hey shereen maybe you can help huh???

in what ever way that you can....

for the prize at the end of the treasure hunt i want to give the children a storybook....

Maybe you can start a thread in the kids room with islamic stories for children... i am actually too swamped with work to think about this aspect...

so how about it shereen

jazaakallah khair from your BROTHER naseeha...hehehheheheheh

[Muslimah]

Mash a Allah I really like what i see, Mash a Allah may Allah allow this to come true ....

members' opinion are equally important shereen.... so just give it...jazaki Allah khairan, we are all here a family right

[radiyah]

Mash a Allah I really like what i see, Mash a Allah may Allah allow this to come true ....

Ameeeeeen sister Ameeeeen, my daughter now is creating the year book for her school, so once she is done with it, by will of Allah I will make her start doing pages for our board by will of Allah, and even if not for the treasure hunt brother Naseeha, we are ready to help u in any way, we are all one here, and may Allah Almighty accept our deeds.

(Walikum)

[joshua72]

also for graphic artists... and people with experience with macromedia flash.. i would really appreciate the help...

I can do graphics - I do a lot of photoshop and web graphics, but I don't know much about flash. Ive used it a few times here and there, but thats it.

I wouldnt mind helping if I could

[radiyah]

I do a lot of photoshop and web graphics

That is great Joshua, I think it would be nice, go ahead do it and give it a start,

may Allah be your assistant.

:smilingfl

[naseeha]

well joshua i will be doing all the flash but i need graphics...

for this project what i am looking for is a ship.. similar to a pirate ship but maybe with a different banner.

i already have a treasure map...

i would like a pic of the ship on the deck with a muslim guy for the treasure hunter...

hehe

ammm hmm lemme seee.... may be we could do a nice piece of graphic for the story book... maybe we could do that... whaddaya all think...

OH YEAH A TREASURE CHEST... heheh

all pics should be cartoonish looking.. (for the kids right)

amm well these are the needs.. you dont have to do all josh whatever you can help with is just fine... alhamdulillah... i have someone doing some graphics for me at home here so if we all pitch in we can pull this off so no problems...

your help would be greatly appreciated...

jazaakallah khair wa yahdikallah

and radiyah

OMG that picture is really cute... i like it.. maybe we could work it in some where... it looks really cool...

here is one that i think that you would like

i have alot of pics of little muslim children at home here... I LOVE CHILDREN..

hmm maybe i will have alot when i get married... maybe about 20 heheh or is that too little... hmm well i am only 20 so i have a little time to think about that insha allah