Beginning Hyperlinked Page

I have started to research articles on websites to identify the generic page layouts, size of images, number of images and amount of text etc. Here are some structures I have found that I think work well:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-12832275

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk:80/sport/other-sport/boxing/city_looking_towards_bright_future_1_2539007

I prefer the layout of the BBC website so this is the structure I will be modelling my article page on. I have started creating my web page, so far it looks like this:

Finished Home Page

I have now finished the home page for my website and I like the design of it. I got inspiration from the News website and created a 'Find it' feature that allows the audience to search for local businesses and places of interest. I changed the advert as planned, and I think the page looks neater because of it. I also added more colours to make it more lively, after showing my mum who said it wasn't as colourful as my cover and inside page. I was particularly influenced by this opinion as my mum is in the target age range for my readers.

For my other web page, I am going to create the article that follows on from the 'Gold for Gosport skating star' link. I have decided to do this because I would quite like to finish off writing the story from my front page.

Website Progress

Today I have been concentrating on the home page for my website. I am pleased with how it is developing. I have used my all of my own original images on the page, including a photo I have taken from a carnival a few years ago. I am particularly pleased with the overall layout of the page, I think the menus allow for easy navigation which is useful when my newspaper audience is a generation that may not be technological geniuses! I think making it simple and keeping it well structured makes for a more successful web page.

Looking at it now though, I am not entirely happy with the way the advert looks at the top of the page. I feel the text is too big and detracts from the content of the website. I will seek to improve this next lesson.

Creating My Website

Today I have started to construct the main page for my website using iWeb. 

http://allaboutiweb.com/index.php/2009/03/add-search-to-iweb-site/

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