1. Appearance
Even though this is a personal website, it is too much going on. The site is not appealing nor professional. The owner of the site is advertising that she will come to an event to speak on liberty issues. You must read the entire page to find that information. Unfortunately, I don’t believe the first impression of the website will produce potential customers. If this website reflects her company views or mission, I doubt if anyone will take her seriously.
Suggestion: I would include a navigation bar on the first page to direct viewers to a gallery, blog, events, contact, an about page, etc. Only a few pictures if necessary for the first page.
2. Typeface
The owner of the liberty van website used too many typefaces. Her
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Suggestion: I wouldn’t have blue both as a background and text color. There are many colors that compliment each other that could have been used. As you add more and more fancy colors and background, it’s important to make sure the text stays readable.
4. Spacing
Paragraphs are all over the place, they’re overlapping and overflowing into the pictures.
Suggestion: A grid will help this website in its structure and organization as well as organizing large chunks of information into relevant sections. It is useful to use a grid in terms of spacing as well as many other design issues.
5. Images and Graphics
The images are fine if that’s what she wants to share. However, as mentioned above, a gallery would be the best place to display the images along with all the links she has all over the page linking to other pictures.
Suggestion: Graphic gives appeal to an otherwise boring page. However, according to Duckett, “images should make your website more attractive and professional.” Also, according to the lecture on good design practices, an image should give you clear details about the image. This will give the viewer more incentive to continue to
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It makes you scroll and scroll and scroll. In fact, it really sucks because my finger is sore from trying to navigate around it.
Suggestion: Again, this site needs to be easy to read, easy to navigate, and easy to understand. It needs minimal scroll particularly on the first page. Provide links from the main page to read more about a particular topic. An id attribute would be beneficial for this website.
7. Clear Navigation
Navigation means to help people find where they want to go. Liberty van website navigational system is not working.
Suggestion: I believe a website is useless without clear navigation. It should be concise, clear and selective. The navigation part of the website needs to have names for various pages on the site. Goals and ideas should be clear and obvious
8. Strong and Clear Message
I’ve tried to read some of the message on the website, but I can’t get a clear message because my eyes keep jumping around the page. I’m afraid to open some of the links from fear of getting a possible virus on my laptop.
Suggestion: Visitors should be able to understand your site’s purpose when they visit. You want to leave a lasting impression so that they will revisit your
In a second attempt to further expand the company horizons, an e-commerce site was created. This site is interesting because its main focus is not the clothing but the “lifestyle”. Upon entering the Abercrombie and Fitch website, the first thing the consumer sees is a half naked man, sprawled on the ground, eating a plate full of fruit. It is just to be inferred that he is wearing Abercrombie and Fitch clothing. This just shows how the image of Abercrombie is much more important than the clothing itself. The site itself is bright and summery. The attitude is carefree, active and sexy. Maneuvering ones way around this website is relatively easy. The links include Lifestyle, A&F TV, A&F Quarterly (the magazine/catalogue), Company, and Shop A&F. Other links include, music, movies, downloads, postcards, photos, and “hot” sites. The website seems to be almost completely focused on drawing the consumer into the lifestyle of Abercrombie and Fitch. The information the company gives is very limited. For example, throughout the entire website, there is not one mention of a company mission statement, yet there is a plethora of information about the company’s financial standings.
I created my website on weebly.com because I knew it was a simple website creator. I got to choose the theme and the layout of the website and add different pages to it so it would fit my style. I first added text to the website in more a blog style form, the text was about my own experiences in dance because I wanted to give people some background on me. I added links to other pages, such as dance studios, that people could find helpful if they were looking for a place to dance. I added photographs and videos to the page to make it more interesting and to support what I had written. My intended audience for the website was people coming to Michigan State and looking for a place to dance or just interested in dance in general.
The fastest way to give a user a sense of confidence in what your webpage represents is to use effective colors. Different colors should be u...
I chose a very simple white template for my website and chose to go through the domain of Weebly. I chose a more simple template because I wanted everything to be easy to find and to navigate. There is nothing more frustrating than when you're trying to research a topic and you can't because the website is busy and messy. My goal in designing my website was this, I wanted to create a website that I wish I had available to me when I was preparing for my news presentation. I wanted to build a website that was a well blend of the sources I had used, but with little to no bias. Affirmative action can more often than not be seen as an issue of the past so it was important to me to include resources that reinforced how big of an issue it still is today so that readers aren't making up information about affirmative action or believing old wives tales. I chose to include minimal pictures because I feel like pictures often enough can be really unnecessary unless its informational like a poll or graph.
My job is to capture the essence of your brand and design/develop a website that compels your visitors to choose you. One of the most common concepts I hear from web clients is what "they like" in a website. I am the "visitor advocate". I challenge you to think, "what would they
With such large and prominent images this design could easily become overwhelmed and the text could be lost. However design is balanced out through using white text on top of pictures and using over image text away from the focus of the picture. Another way this article uses balance to add to the article’s design is by balancing out the pictures with white space. This can be seen on pages fifty-six, sixty, and sixty-one where both the text and images are separated with strips of white space. This allows for the readers eyes to rest and, as in the case of page sixty and sixty-one, helps the reader separate similar images across the pages. This is why I feel like this is the design element that is strongest in the article. Without the balance this article used the reader would become overwhelmed and lost in the sea of similar images and
Another point on the checklist is how professional the site looks. The site isn’t something that is too flashy. It looks very professional. Has tabs on the side that make it easy to see and decide what specifically needs to be seen on the website. The think is even though it looks put together it doesn’t mean that the data is credible but this website took the time to place everything in the exact way it should be read it. All the information is categorized and not just placed to where
With a lack of design and readability but good navigation, The Museum of Science and Industry’s website is able to fulfill its purpose of presenting its visitors useful information. The design of the website, such as the backgrounds and slideshow, could be changed to a more simple and neutral style to let the visitors focus on the information and not be thrown off by the overwhelming amount of things that are going on. Once again, the readability of the website could also be easily improved just by increasing the font size, capitalizing important words, and by being more specific. The navigation of the website only needs a few small changes but the base for it is already there. With all information taken into consideration, the Museum of Science and Industry’s website is below average but has the potential for
The website that has been chosen to be evaluated by me is IKEA’s website. IKEA website is actually one of the profit-making website. The website enables people to choose for their items and make a list before they make a real purchase at the real IKEA store. Basically, IKEA store is a store that provides home furnishing products such as sofas, beds, kitchen stuff, toiletries and some others. And even more, they had a showroom to inspire people to decorate their own house. So, in the website, there is also a preview of the showroom as it will helps for those that did not get a chance to go to the IKEA store.
Next, design is an important consideration. Website can provide the user with useful information but if the design and layout of the website is not attractive, it is useless. The graphic design plays an important role in attracting user to navigate the website. As for the website of Apple Malaysia, the design is simple yet
The design of the Web site is very bright and appealing to the eye. Its layout is inviting and easy to navigate. Its design is consistent through all pages. There are many graphics including, photographs, illustrations, and animated buttons and GIFs. These graphics are placed in an orderly fashion and do not create a cluttered appearance. The site has its own search engine which assists in navigating throughout the site.
Now that we are living in an ever changing world, technology is viewed as the most resourceful tool in keeping up with the pace. Without the use of technology, communication would be limited to using mail for delivery and encyclopedias for research. Although technology has improved the way we communicate and find information for research, the information is not always valid. Unfortunately, for those of us who use the internet for shopping, research, or reading articles of personal interest the information is not treated the same as a your magazine or book. While such literature is reviewed by an editorial staff, internet literature or information can be published by anyone. In order to reap the full benefit of having the use of technology for any purpose, there are five basic criteria’s one must keep in mind as an evaluating tool for deciding whether or not the particular website is a reliable source for information.
When designing a website, a web designer must develop and create an effective way of navigating his or her website. When doing this job, the web designer must keep the principle of compensation in mind. According to authors Killingsworth and Gilbertson “in every revision of a text, something is lost and something is gained” (45). Using this principle of compensation, a web designer must realize the consequences for choosing a picture, icon, or text to represent links on his or her web page. For each one there are advantages and drawbacks, which if weighed or balanced properly can enhance that web designer’s page. Human beings by nature are visually oriented; therefore, the web designer should find a satisfactory medium between the use and placement of either text or graphics. According to Brad Bachetti in his response “Creating a Roadmap”, “ If both text and graphics are used to represent the button, it is visually appealing to keep the text and graphics of equal width. This is exemplified on the main page of the WebCT course page” (Bachetti). If we take a look at the WebCT course page, we will find this to be true. The WebCT course page also exemplifies the principle of compensation. The pictures that accompany the text not only compliment each other in width and size, but also enhance each other. Together the pictures and text convey better meaning then they would if they stood alone, thus allowing for easy navigation on the course page.
There was a time a person would use a roadmap to get from one location to another. Some also would stop and ask for directions. Today, you seldom see paper maps and people stopping at a local gas station for directions. Many vehicles come with a navigation system that provides a real-time map of the vehicle’s current location as well as systematic directions to requested destination.
Next, you have to develop the layout of the web page. You should draw some simple sketches to display the basic “look and feel” of the web page. The use of a specific theme or template should be used to maintain the same basic look throughout the web site. Keep the reader of the web site in mind when designing the web site. Most readers will not usually wait on large graphic files to load, especially on the home page.