Tuesday, March 11, 2008

My Web Design Sample

This is a website that I have designed in the BCIT technical writing program "Writing For the Web" course. This website is designed for a fake rock and roll music band called Credible But Deadly.

The band was formed in 2005 with four members: two lead guitar vocalists, a bass player, and a drummer. They have released two albums and were getting popular. Besides albums and venue/event performances, they also produced band merchandises. The audience of this site were rock and roll fans.

The purpose of this website is to promote the band and its discographies, as well as to compel fans to buy its CDs and merchandise.

This was a team project, I designed the site information organization framework, page layout, navigation tabs, breadcrumbs, site map, as well as the home page graphic and the site banner.

The information of this site is organized by 5 categories. Homepage shows these 5 categories by different color tabs to indicate different categories.

The navigation system of this website is very clear and logical. I put the navigation bar in the left side of each page, which is easy for visitors to locate. Every page includes a breadcrumb to indicate the visitor’s current location. The site map page shows the entire structure of the site, with different color and shape to indicate categories and hierarchies.

The logo and banner at the top of each page maintains the consistency and also leads to the homepage.

In summary, the navigation is logical and consistent; the page layout is attractive and coherence; this site meets both the audience’s expectation and the proponent’s purpose.

This project gained the best design in my class.





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