NON-EXISTENT project sites

For each of you, I've pointed out a strong feature of your site, as well as a lesson that can be learned FOR EVERYONE as we create our next project:

Negated Socks - Lance
GOOD: The use of multiple but consistent images gives a good sense of the products available.
BAD: At 180 PPI, the images are too big, and take too long to appear. All images made for the screen should be set at 72 DPI. This is the maximum resolution for screen-based work (web, video, etc)

Spiritual Depth - Nastia
GOOD: Using an image editor to create the layouts for the site pages allowed her to have maximum control over the design elements.
BAD: The size of her pages are a little too big and thus can get cut off by those looking at the pages on a smaller screen or laptop. In this case in particular, the links are low and may not be visible unless the user expands the browser. A good rule of thumb is to make your website fit in a browser that is 800x600 pixels. See this link for an illustration of the sizes.

LogiCorp - Nate
GOOD: The copy reads easily and is low on typos and spelling errors. It's also funny.
BAD: The background color and site layout changes with each page, so the user doesn't know what to expect. Consistency and repeted elements are crucial to creating a cohesive design for the web.

Pillow Alarm - Ade
GOOD: site navigation bar remains consistent and user knows what to expect with each page
BAD: The color scheme doesn't seem to relate to the product for sale. The red-on-blue "vibrates" and is difficult to read. For more information on color theory for the web, go to this link.

Parental Rentals - Tom
GOOD: In a site with very few colors and a lot of text, Tom took advantage of changing font size & style and color-bar dividers to organize his information.
BAD: We associate underlines with links, so having unlinked items underlined can be a little confusing or distracting for the user. Remember that style sheets are cascading, meaning that they have a hierarchy of preference to those at the level closest to the item.