Working!!!!!

This has been a pain in what can't be said. It took a while to get the pages designed the way I pictured them. Although I wish I could have done them more differently, I am completely satisfied with my site.

In case this doesnt work, here's the link. Amarvaltierra.com

Color Page

The color page has been hard to do. Specially with the alignment and the margins.

Color Selection

Although they are common in the design world, I still want to use these colors. Reason? They give the right sensations plus giving me options to give what the website will have to stand much more. I think of it more of a whole idea. The website, stationary package, etc will have the same style and color theme to create a strong unity and image.

HTML

As you can tell, my html page is quite simple. I'm a minimalistic type of guy. Before I go in on how it looks like, let me tell the struggle.

It was tedious business. Putting the code isn't the problem, it's the idea that one has to tell every single detail into it. The using of pixels for position cost me a lot of time. Though after trial and lots of error, I manage to get a bit on how to do it. Could I redo it again faster? No. But I could try to get it somewhat on the fifth try. It's matter of practice.

Now to the page, I went with a more simple elegant way. I placed that position so it created a more dynamic white page that all aligned to the edge or simply on the middle. No matter how big or small the webpage can be, it will always have a different white space that will work with the composition.

Good v. Bad

This is the first of the assignments for the Designing for the World Wide Web. The assignment is to find two examples of good websites and two examples for poorly design websites.

Good.

The first of the two I picked for the good websites is an artist website. The reason that it is a well design website is due to amount of personality that is clear when a person logs in. The purpose of the website is to be a showcase of the work he does and a website should be another art piece that is a representation of the artist. Although there's not much flashing going on, the website feels intuitive. simple. The color schemes are used much in this artist work so it creates a unity of it all.

The second of the websites is Google. The engine is quite simple. It has a search bar and the option to search. Although it's quite empty looking (by empty I mean with ultra white space usage) it works. It's purpose is to be simple. direct. to the point. A search engine does not have to be flashy with ultra hi flash interaction. On the contrary, it would be distractive and more of an eye candy than a highly functional site that google is.

Although the sites I selected seem rather simple, they are good designed website. It's easy to navigate, satisfy their target audience, and maintain a sense of unity and reinforces their purpose.

Bad.

The first of the poorly websites that flood the web is from a political candidate. Although the political views of everyone are to be respected and are varied, the website of the candidate is very poorly made. It's over-the-top American patriotic color schematic, the bad selection of typography, and the manner of the layout give the audience the sense of lack of seriousness. What I mean is that the viewer may take it's gaudy appearance as not serious enough for a political candidate. A politician is to show his stance and maintain a dignifying presence; though the website gives it an amateur look. A very bad choice of website.

The second option I picked was the popular dating site. The amount of traffic that the site possess is high enough to make people visit it quite often. At first glance, the website serves it's primary purpose but the manner that it appears dims the site. The appearance gives the web viewer a sense of not modern enough. An outdated site. This outdated view is all around the website which does not help the navigator as quickly as it could be. Although the primary audience is loyal, the design of the website could have been improve to facilitate more overall.

Although there are probably far worse websites done, these are the ones I have seen so far.

Links.

http://www.aicatch.com/

http://www.google.com/

http://www.georgehutchins.com/

http://www.plentyoffish.com/