This is our final chosen design for The Castros' website. It still follows the colour scheme that we wanted and the only thing we may change is the chosen font shown. Also the headings displayed may not be on the final product.
Thursday, 8 December 2011
Final Idea for Website
This is our final chosen design for The Castros' website. It still follows the colour scheme that we wanted and the only thing we may change is the chosen font shown. Also the headings displayed may not be on the final product.
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Ideas For Website Production
We have had several meetings as a group, and have come to the conclusion that after researching websites and websites of different genres, we are following a design held by the Artic Monkeys on their website. This design is clear, and follows codes and conventions of an Indie/Rock website as shown in the analysis.
Our first design featured the colour scheme like we decided from The Castros' cd cover design.
Our next design featured more grids in order to show more of the links on the home page, with a big rectangle in the middle which would display a slideshow of band pictures. But we have not decided fully what design we will have or what we will change.
Our first design featured the colour scheme like we decided from The Castros' cd cover design.
Our next design featured more grids in order to show more of the links on the home page, with a big rectangle in the middle which would display a slideshow of band pictures. But we have not decided fully what design we will have or what we will change.
Codes & Convetntions of a Website
These are the codes and convetions of a regular website:
Some text will be written in a certain way to help translate the written text into actions you may want to achieve, such as Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word etc. Each indicated menu or sub-menu button will be separated by a double arrow like this » Therefore, the sequence will be:
Menu button » Sub-menu button » Sub-menu button
Website: Codes and Conventions
We can see different codes and conventions of websites easily, below, there is an analysis of the Arctic Monkeys website:
Layout and Design
The website is very clear and easy to use.It is clear, as it portrays the links easily and in a clear matter.It uses a wide grid system, this enables the website to have space, so as to not seem too clustered and to be clear in presentation. The background colour is a complete contrast to font colour and this makes it stand out and clear to see. It does not follow the usual convention of having a band picture in the middle, but instead has one of their music videos.
The technical codes used
Many sites provide moving image or audio players to view/listen to. There is no music player or moving image on this home page, however there is in fact a method of making the page scroll down, along with the top menu following, so wherever you are in the page, the menu bar is always there for easy access.
Genre codes
Web design uses recognisable codes and conventions from the genres to make sure audiences know the genre that is being used and are familiar with it, therefore having level expectation sof it. In relation to this website, it is mainly simple with one video in the middle, with links above it.
Some text will be written in a certain way to help translate the written text into actions you may want to achieve, such as Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word etc. Each indicated menu or sub-menu button will be separated by a double arrow like this » Therefore, the sequence will be:
Menu button » Sub-menu button » Sub-menu button
Website: Codes and Conventions
We can see different codes and conventions of websites easily, below, there is an analysis of the Arctic Monkeys website:
Layout and Design
The website is very clear and easy to use.It is clear, as it portrays the links easily and in a clear matter.It uses a wide grid system, this enables the website to have space, so as to not seem too clustered and to be clear in presentation. The background colour is a complete contrast to font colour and this makes it stand out and clear to see. It does not follow the usual convention of having a band picture in the middle, but instead has one of their music videos.
The technical codes used
Many sites provide moving image or audio players to view/listen to. There is no music player or moving image on this home page, however there is in fact a method of making the page scroll down, along with the top menu following, so wherever you are in the page, the menu bar is always there for easy access.
Genre codes
Web design uses recognisable codes and conventions from the genres to make sure audiences know the genre that is being used and are familiar with it, therefore having level expectation sof it. In relation to this website, it is mainly simple with one video in the middle, with links above it.
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