Some may think my idea is a little whack but let me give you a few reasons (before I give you the details) why I came up with this idea. I have had this idea for almost a year now, my father being a police officer I have always wanted to do something with what I do (computers and design) to honor what he does. And about one week ago, a firefighter was killed in the line of duty in my town. This hasn’t happened in decades here so it give me another reason to move forward with my idea. Of course 9/11 and the war in Iraq is another reason. Will my idea ever become a reality… I don’t know, hopefully.
But… I am calling all designers!
The idea is a memorial website for all fallen police officers, firefighters and armed forces members.
My vision:
A flash movie with some content management. Visitors to the website will be able to come to the website and submit their fallen hero: a photo, name, position, location, etc which will have to be approved by me (and others if they wish) to prevent spamming. The photos will be displayed in a flash movie to create a USA map. The photos of the fallen hero will be placed in the location they were from. When there are to many photos to fit on the map any longer, they will display at random. The photos will bounce larger when the mouse is over them. The photos will be grouped by the state, and form the shape of that state, and all the photos will enlarge in the form of the state when the mouse if over them. When you click on a state it will display all the fallen heroes of that state.
There will be CSS used for the contributors and submit a hero. When a link is clicked it will unveil the information. Like a page drop down to save on space and allow the page to be focused on the memorial.
There will also need to be a logo created.
The sky is the limit. This is only what I was thinking. If you make a valid effort towards this project, you become a contributor, whether we use your addition or not. In short, this is an open source website for designers and developers to honor Americas bravest.
What do you get from helping out in this project?
I’ll be honest your not going to benefit greatly from this project, you‘ll get publicity and feel good 
. If you contribute to this project, your logo, name and link to your website will be listed under the contributors section. My goal is to promote the website and get as much free publicity I can, and a project like this, I think would get some attention due to the different style of memorial and the collaborations of designers and developers. Also of course you can promote on your website that you are a contributor to this project.
I eventually want to raise money and donate to families of the fallen heroes and charities that deal with this but my first goal is to get a website going.
So, designers and developers, get involved. Here is a way we can make a difference with our talents.
If you need any more clarification or would like to help, get in contact with me. Post here and if you work on the website, I will get you my email and we get it on the website.
I know it is an out there idea but lets do something as web geeks to make a little difference.
