WEBSITES

Rockport-Fulton

 

The website comes off as rather boring in the sense that the design of the website and the color combinations comes off as rather stale. From this, the question of selecting the most effective colors consistently arises. Since the  selection of the proper color palette for a website is a substantive element to convey the message, brand your product or service, and if you are in online ecommerce – marketing your commodities. Everyone has his own favorite colors and the significance of colors varies from culture to culture. Color communicates far more than most people realize, and the use of the wrong colors can be a to be a hindrance to attaining succes.

 

The colors of the site must be based upon the statistics of its clientele group, as this can also make a difference. Younger people more enticed by concentrated colors than adults who on the other hand are often put off by them. Strong color contrasts can also drive older audiences away. While young people often react positively to new color trends, these stylish colors are most of the time overused and go out of style as promptly as they come to fashion.

 

Color harmony also one of the most significant aspect to conceive when selecting colors. It is considered enough when the number of colors used are no more than 4 including black and white. Too many colors create confuse and distract the user.

 

Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce

 

            The Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce website was absolutely much more better than the one offered by Rockport-Fulton in the sense that it used more nuetral colors and the integaration of flash as its navigation method. Another interesting aspect which is worth notice is the advertisements at the bottom of the page. This Is considered as the norm nowadays with regard to most websites as it offers them the chance to earn revenues while managing the cost of maintining a website.

 

            While the website may have its share of properness in context of user friendly websites, it does have it fair share of rather below quality works. This refers to the horizontal template of the website and this tends to cut off the main page whenever a viewer scrolls down. It would have been better if then removed the horizontal cut altogether and take use the space more properly.

 

            Another thing of which the website fails is its portability, The writer viewed the page In Mozilla Firefox (FF) and the page shown was skewed in comparison when when the website was opened on Internet Explorer (IE). The authors of the page must designate that their website must be portable and support most existing browsers.

 

South Padre Island

 

The South Padre Island website congregates the typical aspects of an effective website and does good good job on it. It offers a easy interface complemented by the subtle hues of color and pictures, this creates an enticing and less hassle for the web visitors upon navigating the website.

 

Furthermore, it offers the visitors access to comprehensive details which are important for potential clients of the resort. This gives the visitors a general idea of their expenses and what the resort offers and the corresponding rates.

 

Another noteworthy aspect of the website in contrast to which Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce website used was the flash navigation interface. Instead of using a flash interface they came up with a smaller size website but catches up with regards to the visual aspect in the sense that they used a simper but still an effective website objects.

 

While the website is generally good, what they need  to keep in mind is the fact that while the website may look good for now, as time goes on, this can become stale. What they need to do is revert to another design / template every now and then to keep the website fresh and new. Overall, the website authors needs to take a pro-active stance on maintaining their website.

 

Report:

            When generating a website, many concepts have to be taken accordingly. These concepts determine the efficiency of the project and ultimately determines the usefullness of the finished project.The contexts go as follows: (1) The navigability of the website, as this enables the user to identify what they are looking for. Poorly designed navigation interfaces tend to confuse viewers and leave them disappointed. (2) The interactivity of the website. Interaction brings life and eases the general feelings of the customer. When customers transact online, they tend to be wary of these transactions and the appeal of interaction eases this predicament. (3) The design enhancements. These enhancements add life to a website and raises the appeal for the website. (4)  Integrated approach to the e-store design. Clients must not be left in the dark after requesting or aplying for a package. They must be constantly guided not only for their pleasure but for the fact that  service must always come with it. Finally, the objectives of the website must be higlighted and kept in mind throughout the time of making the website. This gives the web authors a guiding path as to what their main objective is. This concepts coupled with the other concepts are efficient ways to create a website which lives up to what it was intended for. Furthermore, the design and the template, no matter how effective it is for the mean time must be constantly updated. This prevents the site from becoming stale and keeping the concept of why the website was created.

 

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