Main Task: Charity Website Analysis

This is the website of PETA, the website against animal cruelty. I have decided to base the website i am making on this charity and so i analysed it. This is because it for a good cause, i like the work the charity does and the layout meets a lot of conventions.
I also analysed the chairty i have chosen, it does meet a lot of conventions like the logo beingin the top left corner, which is next to PETA's logo. Also, the navigation bar is at the top, making it easy to get around the web site, and lastly, PETA's address and contact information is at the bottom of the page. By having all this it meets a lot of conventions for web design, and makes it easy and simple to get around the site.

Evaluation of Preliminary website

(The smiley face is a link to my blog.)

This is the website i made for a primary school called Fosse Way Primary School. I think that the layout of my website shows the conventions of webpages because my navigation bar is going down the left side of the page, the logo is at the top left corner and the name of the school is at the top.

I also like the logo because it is simple, uses the same colours as the website and ties in with the name of the school. To make the School look better and to show more information on my website i have included the awards my School has earned, therefore making the School look better and so childrens parents would want to send their kids there.

However, if i made this website again i might change the background colour of purple to a different shade of blue or black. This is because the connotations of the colour purple are often linked to and represent that of a femenine nature.

When i make my own website i would take my own pictures, or make my own video for Fosse Way Primary School's website i used pictures from the actual Fosse Way School website.

Media Diary Post

I drew a simple line drawing using black pen of what I want my web site to look like. I then scanned these drawings in and opened them on Photoshop. Once they were open on Photoshop, I then coloured them using the paint tool.

These drawings will help me when I come to create my own web site as I will know where key items such as the logo will go and also what photographs I will have to include and where.

Preliminary website page designs

Here are my designs for my website. I scanned my black and white drawings onto Adobe photoshop elements and then put colours on to show what my website may look like.

Media Diary Post

I have just created a basic design using Photoshop by using the shape tool and the paint tool to create a colour theme and also where things such as the schools logo will go. I have then labelled my work so the viewer can see the navigation bar and logo is.

This will really help me when I come to create my web site as I will then be able to follow the colour scheme and follow where things such as the navigation bar will go.

website storyboard

This is my basic design of what my website would look like. There is a theme throughout my web pages and i have labelled the different parts on each page i have got. As i am doing a primary schools webpage i have used bright, bold colours which would attract them to the website.

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I have just finished the work I have done on web conventions. I looked in to why conventions are useful and I also found my own examples of web conventions and examples of people breaking the conventions.

An example of a web site which bends the conventions of web design is river islands clothing web site as the navigation bar is above the name of the shop. This is very unusual however, the navigation bar is still at the top of the page which is why the convention has not been broken. Little details such as this is what makes a web site different to others, I could use this idea when I come to create my own web site as it will then look individual and will show that web sites can look good even though a convention has been broken.

I understand web conventions really well now and when I go onto different web site I analyse what conventions the creator has broken or followed which is really interesting to know.