Wildlife website evaluation

I have now finished my wildlife website, Ithas a simple design to it, the main screen all fits on one page so you dont have to scrol down atall to get the information. there are 8 pages on my site ,one for each menus then one for each of the features on the carosale. The site has a working carosale, rss feeds and adverts on it.If i was to improve it, i would like to use a different colour scheme, add detail and make the site look cleaner so it is more appealing to look at. I managed to include all the information which was needed, and I think that the idea of my website was good, but could bei mproved.

Website plan

This is the design for my bbc wildlife website, It is in a neat organised shape and makes information easy to obtain. the final outcome was a bit different to this but basically the same.

My website design

This is just the basic design for the website we had to make, i would like to make it look neater and make it look nicer using colours to section off things. the adverts and carosail in the middle is working, there is also a working rss feed. all the links link to other pages within the site. I tried to make the design simple so you wouldnt have to scroll down to get all the information.

Web Template Evaluation

Here is my finished web template, It consists of all the things needed, including hyperlinks, different sections & pictures. I made the colours all compliment eachother, with the use of pictures which folow the same sort of colour scheme and give it a more homely feel to it. I did everything else how it was meant to be, and worked out how to do things if i didnt know how; such as changing codes to make bits work on the page. I could improve this web template by giving it a better style with more pictures and more information.

Website Design Issues

Websites can have different issues in their design which can make them not to the best standard.

• One web design issue is using Font families which can't be loaded on all computers because they need to be installed or come with a specific computer. This then makes the information not readable for the people without the font downloaded.
• Another Issue is the cross browser accesability. web pages have to be able to work on all browsers, some browsers may make parts of the page hidden and unusable, but nowadays most browsers can work them; it is browsers such as internet explorer 6 that cant run even the best of sites propperly.
• Another issue is fluid vs fixed. some websites change to fit the size of the browser that you are using, but then other websites are fixed in one size which means they aren't as compatable as they could be.
• Another issue is the readability of the information, you can get some websites which have coloured fonts that are hard to work out with pictures or other colours behind the font. The information could also work better when it is easier to read and is more appealing to read.
• Another issue is the access speed of the site, some pages could contain too much informtion which needs to be downloaded to be seen. This can make the page load alot slower than other websites and may even crash whilst trying to load it.
• Finally another issue is the consistency of the layout, pages work alot better if the colours are all similary or not too many are clashing; if there are too many fonts it could become confusing to read and harder to understand. it is also better if the layout stays the same mostly throughout the website, otherwise you wouldn't know where the information you need is found.

Website Design Technologies

JAVA
Java is one of the most comonly used programming language, mainly for client-server web applications.
Java applications are usually compiled into bytecode that run on any java virtual machine.
The way that java comonly changes into bytecode before going straight into platform specific machine codes makes it more patable.

SWF
SWF is a file format for multimedia, vector graphics and actionscript in the adobe flash environment.
swf is the main format for displaying animated vectors on the web. most software can run swf including the Wii, ps3 and smatphones. SWF is commonly used with browser games, using actionscript. SWF is used be cause it can be run on the internet and is very compatable.


CSS
(castcading style sheets) CSS is designed primarily to enable the separation of document content (written in HTML or a similar markup language) from document presentation. splitting these up improves the way that the web page can be laid out, by reducing the complexity and it makes the page more compatable.