As I had to create a website for my
coursework and I had no prior skills for making websites or using Dreamweaver,
I attended a day workshop on how to create a website using Dreamweaver.
The first thing I did was to make my
masthead. I used illustrator to make my masthead. I chose a font from the
selection and used the text to tool write ‘Gwari’. I then added a Cornwall dots
logo in place of the dot above the ‘I’. I then used the extrude and bevel tool
to make my mast head 3D so that it would stand out against the background image
that I had used. I used the same masthead as on my magazine because this was a
convention I had seen during my website analysis, it helps the consumer
recognise their print product website and shows continuity. I decided to do
this because Bentley said in 1997, “ Successful media products come from
rearranging the old to create the new.”
The first thing that I did was to add my
banner image. I inserted the image and then resized it so that it would fit
across the whole of the top of the page. Above this was the header for website.
This included the subheadings that were also links to my feature stories. I
made it so that when you hovered over each heading they would highlight orange
so that you know they are links. Beneath the masthead and banner are links to
the stories that are featured on my website. I put in the title of the stories
and then a small teaser beneath the title. I did this using the text tool. I also included an image with each story to
break up the text. This is something that my target audience will feel will
represent them because they stereotypically don’t want loads of text. The links
to the pages are in orange boxes. I used orange because it is bright and eye
catching and if I want my readers to click on the links I will need to catch
their attention.
The body of my homepage consists of an
introduction into one of my stories. I put in the text using the text tool. I
then added a link button that would take you to the page that the story is on.
On the right hand side is a latest news column. These were of more local
football events. The next column included useful links from around the world of
Cornish football. Underneath this I have more links to other stories. I included
white boxes and then added text using the text tool and orange, eye catching,
boxes that read “more…” these are links to other stories. I added these so that
other stories could be accessed from anywhere because as I learnt from my
audience research, ease of use was most important to the users of my website.
In the footer of my website Included a
comment box where previous user of the websites could comment on the site and
what they thought about it. This gave the users the chance to get involved with
the site and have their say on their local football website. I also included
more story teasers, a link to the image gallery and some teaser images and a
final story and a link to that.
This is the first linked story on my website.
This story has a subheading in the header of my homepage. It has the same
banner and masthead as on my homepage to show continuity throughout my website.
The second story link was a football boot
review. The story page follow the same style as the previous one to continue
the theme of the website in order to make my product look professional.
