http://designspiration.net/ + www.dafont.com
As a creative designer for my job, I am constantly looking for new inspiration. I have to keep on track for the latest design trends. These two sites help do my job effectively.
Both sites post new material daily, which keep their sites looking up to date and fresh.
Designspiration.net has very little text and is very image heavy, which makes it simple and modern. As a visual person, the site keeps my interest and keeps me scrolling for more.
www.dafont.com deals with fonts, fonts and more fonts. You are able to view your specific wording in any font you wish. It's my number one font search because the layout of the categories make it simple to find fonts to fit the look you are trying to achieve. New fonts are posted daily which allow me to view what is current or popular.
There's nothing I would change visually on both these sites.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Web sites with the potential for problems
www.richsoil.com/raising-chickens.jsp
Problems with this site is the amount of text at the forefront of the site, the one long, continuous page and the lack of navigation on the site.
I understand that it is a written article but the amount of text is the first thing that catches my eye and makes me not want to read the article. A great solution to this would have been to begin with an eye-catching graphic or video and continue to break up the article with infographics.
The site does offer good illustrations/videos but the visitor would not discover them until they scroll down on the page. Once again, break up the long, continuous page into different web pages would be very helping in reading the article.
There is navigation on the left side of the site but it seems there for the sake of having navigation. It would seem that this site would best be served by placing the navigation (section links) toward the top of the site and placing the sections of the article accordingly.
http://tectorch.com/
The first potential problem with the site is that it is in need of a much needed facelift. The layout is a very dated one which would possibly tell the customer that "our web presence is not that important" which could possibly lead to a loss of sale.
Next, the different sizes of typography is very confusing. There is no clear headliner for the customer to go to. There are headlines everyone and space that is being filled with non-vital information. I would change "Company History" and information with a slide show of featured products.
Finally, the site is very busy. Words and links everywhere you look. Where does the visitor go? It's so confusing that it might cause the visitor to leave the site altogether. I would make the site with a minimal look, focusing on the images of the products.
Problems with this site is the amount of text at the forefront of the site, the one long, continuous page and the lack of navigation on the site.
I understand that it is a written article but the amount of text is the first thing that catches my eye and makes me not want to read the article. A great solution to this would have been to begin with an eye-catching graphic or video and continue to break up the article with infographics.
The site does offer good illustrations/videos but the visitor would not discover them until they scroll down on the page. Once again, break up the long, continuous page into different web pages would be very helping in reading the article.
There is navigation on the left side of the site but it seems there for the sake of having navigation. It would seem that this site would best be served by placing the navigation (section links) toward the top of the site and placing the sections of the article accordingly.
http://tectorch.com/
The first potential problem with the site is that it is in need of a much needed facelift. The layout is a very dated one which would possibly tell the customer that "our web presence is not that important" which could possibly lead to a loss of sale.
Next, the different sizes of typography is very confusing. There is no clear headliner for the customer to go to. There are headlines everyone and space that is being filled with non-vital information. I would change "Company History" and information with a slide show of featured products.
Finally, the site is very busy. Words and links everywhere you look. Where does the visitor go? It's so confusing that it might cause the visitor to leave the site altogether. I would make the site with a minimal look, focusing on the images of the products.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Social Media platforms
In my experience with Social Media, it seems at the top of the list for personal use would be Facebook, then maybe Twitter or Instagram. Google+ is making strong attempts to be more personal with the use of Hangouts (video chat).
For business use, I would say LinkedIn has a strong following for professionals. I have notice that more businesses are using Facebook to get their name out there to the masses.
For business use, I would say LinkedIn has a strong following for professionals. I have notice that more businesses are using Facebook to get their name out there to the masses.
What's this?
The template that I chose was based on photography. I enjoy experimenting with different angles when I take photos. My background for this blog is one those experiments.
Our church has a coffee bar and I help oversee it. The girls who work in it, love taking pictures of themselves and I happened to catch them at the right moment. (That's me with the camera!)
I thought that this photo would be perfect for our class blog. I'm pretty confident that girls posted the picture to Facebook or Instagram.
Cheers!
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