Cynthia+Anakwe+unit+3

UNIT TITLE

**Name:**

 * Chizo Anakwe**

**Unit question:**

 * What makes an effective Web Design**


 * Pre-Unit exercise (if any)**

= INVESTIGATION =
 * Exercises: **

http://www.ourtime.com/
This is the website i have found for people at the age of 50. It is a dating website. I think it is different because you can also meet new people the same age as you, and make new friends. I think this website if very user friendly because everything is clear and its not hard to understand. I personally think whats in the website could be useful for people at the age of 50 who are lonely or looking for someone to date.

UNIT QUESTION: WHAT MAKES AN EFFECTIVE WEB DESIGN? To make an effective web design, the website has to be user friendly,

which means it should be clear and easy to use, because if you have a complicated website
no one would use it therefore it would not be effective. if the website is for a younger audience, it should be quite colorful and not have loads of writing because nobody wants to spend time reading information from a boring looking page.

http://www.bbc.com/ I think this website is not very user friendly, i would not go on it because it looks boring and there is lots of writing on it. Its also quite confusing for someone like me. What is good about this website is that its user friendly, if you don't only speak English, it has many different languages for you to chose. This website is more for older people that like knowing whats going on around them.

http://www.tsb.co.nz/ this website is clearly for an older audience because its for people who have bank accounts and need loans. the website looks quite user friendly but again, its for an older audience.

http://www.wunderground.com/ This website looks very user friendly because its clear, and easy to use. its also useful for people that want to know what weather it is in another country, or if they are travelling to a country, they might want to know what the weather is like there. this website could be for both children and adults.

http://donegalpens.com/ This website is user friendly, it is a website for pens, and handmade pens. This website might be for people who want to open a jewelry store or learn how to make pens. It looks like a website for an older audience

The current situation/problem:
The current situation is that there are lots of websites that don't have enough security. These types of websites have many people that try to hack into them. The hackers also try to steal your money and or your shops money.

The Design Brief
I am going to design and make a website about the stakeholders involved in online shopping. It should be suitable for students aged 12 to 18.

The Design Specification
My website must
 * Have a Homepage
 * 2 Pages about what you need to shop online
 * 2 Pages about what the shop needs to offer this service
 * 2 Pages about hacker's methods
 * 2 Pages about security measures
 * The layout should be clear, and easy to find what you are looking for
 * User friendly
 * Have pictures that go with the text
 * None of the information should be copy and pasted
 * Have tables with merged cells
 * All pages that adjust to the window size
 * Must function the same in three different browsers.
 * Links that work

Tests
1. Ask somebody to check my website and see if it includes the following: 2. Does it have a homepage? 3. Does the color scheme match? 4. Does it have 2 pages about what you need to shop online? 5. Does it have 2 pages about what shops need to offer the service? 6. Does it have 2 pages about hackers methods? 7. I will tell some one to go to my website and see if it is user friendly 8. Do all the links work? 9. Do the pictures match the text? 10. Is all the information clear and is it easy to find what you're looking for?

= DESIGN =

Design 1
This design has all the pages i listed i must have in my specification. It also has a color scheme but it is very dull and looks too plain. If i were to make a website to look like this i think it would be user friendly because there are no complicated parts to the design. I would also make sure all the links work.


 * Design 2 **



This design has all the listed pages i said my website should have in my design specification. There is also a color scheme and i think this scheme would go well with teenage viewers because of the bright colors. I would make sure all the links to every page would work perfectly. If i were to make a website of this design i think it would be very user friendly and the information would be clear enough for someone to find what they are looking for. Out off all my three designs, i would choose this design. I will need to make links from the menu to all the pages that it has listed in it I will use this design but i want to make some changes, i only want to have 2 columns instead of three to make the website look less confusing and complicated. I also want to change the color choice of this and make it pink, blue and purple

In this design, all the pages i said i would need in my specification are included in it. There is also a color scheme meaning every page has the same colors. This is user friendly because everything is clear and easy to understand. = PLAN = PAGE, MOUSE || Look at my chosen plan || 15 minutes || Shop Online || COMPUTER, INTERNET, WIKI PAGE, MOUSE || Look at my chosen plan || 20 minutes || Online || COMPUTER, INTERNET, WIKI PAGE, MOUSE || Look at my chosen plan || 15 minutes || To Offer for the Service || COMPUTER, INTERNET, WIKI PAGE, MOUSE || Look at my chosen plan || 20 minutes || To Offer for the Service || COMPUTER, INTERNET, WIKI PAGE, MOUSE || Look at my chosen plan || 15 minutes || PAGE, MOUSE || Look at my chosen plan || 20 minutes || PAGE, MOUSE || Look at my chosen plan || 15 minutes || PAGE, MOUSE || Look at my chosen plan || 20 minutes || PAGE, MOUSE || Look at my chosen plan || 15 minutes || Do not forget to make links from each of the pages in the menu. i am going to change my chosen design a little bit and make it only two columns going down. i am also changing the colors to pink, blue and purple.
 * Design 3 **
 * || Resources || What i need to do || Time ||
 * Make a homepage || COMPUTER, INTERNET, WIKI
 * Page 1 on What You need To
 * Page 2 on Y ou What you Need to Shop
 * Page 1 About What The Shop Needs
 * Page 2 About What The Shop Needs
 * Page 1 on Hackers Methods || COMPUTER, INTERNET, WIKI
 * Page 2 on Hackers Methods || COMPUTER, INTERNET, WIKI
 * Page 1 on Security Measures || COMPUTER, INTERNET, WIKI
 * Page 2 on Security Measures || COMPUTER, INTERNET, WIKI

**CREATE**

= EVALUATE = i am quite happy with my finished website. it turned out how i wanted it to be. i think the changes i made with the colors and the designs look good. it is a user friendly website and easy to understand. if i had more time i would add more information on each of the pages. If i clicked on this website on the internet, i think i would be attracted to it because of the color choice, and also because the writing is not small.

IN MY DESIGN SPECIFICATION I SAID


 * i should have a homepage, and i did.
 * i said i should have 2 pages on each part, and i did
 * i wanted a clear layout that should be easy to find what you're looking for, and i think my website is clear and easy to find information
 * i said my website should be user friendly, by looking at my website i think it is very user friendly
 * the pictures should only relate to the text. In my website i included pictures that match exactly with the text
 * i also listed that i should have merged cells. While making my final website i added a table and merged some of the cells
 * I said the pages should fit into the window size, and all my pages in the website did
 * I wanted links that were going to work, i checked all my links and they worked.

After analyzing my website to the design specification i think my website fits into everything i listed!


 * ==Stage== || ==Grade== || ==Reason For Level .== || ==How to improve next time .== ||
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 * ==**CREATE**== ||  ||   ||   ||
 * ==**EVALUATE**== ||  ||   ||   ||
 * ==**ATTITUDES IN**==

**TECHNOLOGY**
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