One thing that I really learned to grasp a hold of this semester is what I think of something right off hand, from the first time I see it. So I am going to start off with my first impression of the website. First of all, I thought wow, “what color use and scheme idea”. I really felt like this group took into account the full effectiveness of the use of color and its importance. When I saw the sight I automatically assumed this was a site that was either for or about children. It was sweet and simple, not too much going on. A few things I noticed were that the blue colors on the side and on the top are different and I would suggest that you see what it looks like as the same color because to me it seemed like it would present itself more informally. It would also compliment the three little men in the yellow box because you already kind of went out on a limb with that box because it is yellow, so that is just a suggestion. The alignment of everything almost seems to flow but there are a few questionable aspects. For one, there are spaces in some places and then there are places that lack similar spaces, so that may be a problem with uniformity. And also, there is a lot of green space unused on the left side where the links are located! I don’t know if that is purposed for something but it might look better and flow more if you cut it, or even spread the links out a bit more.
Now for the more technical aspects of the website, I did no find a whole lot, but I did see some things that could be fixed or improved. Firstly, I think that the slicing on each link is a little unclear, because it seems to link to more then one word or phrase. For, example, when I scroll over the programs link, I see the options available, but I also notice that it takes a while for the options to disappear or go away when I move on to the next link. That may be a little confusing for someone trying to navigate your site.
Another thing that I noticed was that when you click on a link the spacing changes quit a bit. It goes from small to big as you go down each link. I think it might be a technical malfunction or something that works differently in each of the different servers. Also the font changes from page to page. It appears bold on some pages, larger on others, and sometimes as an all together different font.
Some of the links can not find the URL so there would be no way of going back to the site for someone who is not computer or internet literate. I guess other then the things that I have already mentioned there is not really anything that pops out past the first impression of the website (which it good). But I am assuming this is because the website is not finished and there is much more information to be put in it. Without assuming that there are going to be pictures, I am going to suggest that you provide many pictures for your audience because I think that is a big attention for your particular audience, they want to feel like they are invited and want to help! I would also assume that for each link there is going to be an introductory page, and I would say for that to make sure that you keep it simple and to the point because I can see there is going to be a lot involved and offered through your website, so be careful not to overwhelm your audience with millions of words.
Overall I think that this will be a very appealing website for the community. Keep up the good work ya’ll!!!
posted by Anonymous @ 8:12 PM
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