Unit 8.2 / Lesson 1 / presentation1b

Website Styles

Types of Style

Formal Comic Interactive Passive Service Informative

Rigid, precise – ideal for

businesses

Fun, light-hearted, bright

– ideal for a younger audience

A chance for the user to take part – good for

educational sites

Information does not

change very often and the site is very

basic

Provides a service to the

use, e.g. online shopping sites

Simple and clear layout for giving

information, e.g. library opening times

Web sites are all different:

123 456

A simple web page created in a table

Uses hypertext instead of buttons

Animated GIF

Graphics

Text

Moving text (marquee)

Designed to fit 800 x 600 screen resolution or better

Formal, Comic, Interactive, Passive, Service, Informative

A Flash introduction

A web page with a Flash introduction

Black background

Menu items listed on a

moving cube

Flash introduction that takes about 30 seconds

to run

Formal, Comic, Interactive, Passive, Service, Informative

Professional and clear

A business web site

Formal Comic Interactive Passive Service Informative

Navigation by hotspots on

an image map

Designed to fit 800 x 600 screen resolution or better

Simple, clear white background

Good contrast between text, graphics and background

When looking at web sites ask yourself:

•Was it quick to load?

•Is it easy to navigate?

•Is the page easy to look at and understand?

•Is the information structured and organised?

•Does the design give the right message to the audience?

•Can you spot the hyperlinks or image maps easily?

•Do you have to scroll too much?

•What is your overall impression of the site?