Week In Review 9-19-08

This week our readings looked at one main thing and that is how to create a all around well put together web page/design. These readings made me understand why certain criteria for web design are needed so a web page can be affective and digitally up to date with technology. The first article I read was “The Seven C’s of Web Design Service,” which gave us seven different criteria to look at and take into consideration when designing a webpage. In this article all of the seven words that were used began with a C of course which described what needed to be done to design appropriately. The seven C’s were; Comprehensiveness, Currentness, Client-Orientation, Clarity over Coolness, Courtesy over Coolness, Compatibility without Compromise, and Cross-Linking and Validation. These just go to show you what can and needs to be done for a top notch web design.

The second article I looked at was “The Seven C’s of Interactive Design,” which basically told me how to make the web page hip and cool, and digitally pleasing. In this article they looked at what people should look at when creating a web page so it is functional in all aspects when having others uses it. We did a group example in class when we split up into groups of 3 people and had to evaluate the BGSU website and how it was put together. The seven different groups had to look at the following; Correctness, Creativity, Consistency, Clarity, Consideration, Curiosity, and Coherence. Each group was assigned one of the seven C’s and had to apply it to the BGSU homepage/website. My group had consistency, and we looked at how the text was consist throughout the website and so was the color themes, orange, purple, green, and sub colors of different reds and browns. We also thought there was consistency with the content of the website too. After this each group went up to the front and explained their findings, overall I thought it was a very helpful and interesting learning event.

The third article we had to read for this week was “How C.R.A.P. is your site design,” which stood for contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. These are important because they can in fact help you design a well developed web page, the word C.R.A.P. actually means to me that each letter is an important piece in the design of your web site. It can help you in any situation just like the other two articles we read this week can.

I know when I go to look at and grade a website I will be keeping all of these new tools in mind, especially when I go to design my own web site for the project at the end of the semester.

~ by wnorris on September 19, 2008.