Design in web

In this section of the blog I will be educating you in the following things: rules of thirds, depth of field/ focal point, lead line, uses of colours, navigation , design (colour type and consistency), language and terminology, usability and users/ target audience.

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First things first the rule of thirds the rule of thirds is this grid
this grid is used in photography the grid allows for the image
 focus points by using the points shown on the grid you can make an image look more visually effective rather than just having a person in the centre of the image.

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Depth of field is used to make an image feel like it has multiple layers it adds depth to the image meaning it gives the illusion of someone or something being in the foreground and background it puts something in to focus and blurs the area in front and behind the thing that is in focus.



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Lead lines are important in a photograph they are lines that occur naturally in a photo that draw the eye to a certain focal point in the image to the right you can see the lines draw you to the very distance of this photo, this could be Incorporated in to a website to draw someone to a certain area of the web page.










Uses of colour are important in web design for example having too many colours on a web page could causes colours to clash and cause difficulty for the viewer of your website to focus on, having good optical balance means your website can be simple and effective such as the Facebook website the only use blue and white and black text this simple layout allows for an effective and simple design that users really like.

Navigation in a website consists of primary, secondary and tertiary navigation, Primary navigation consists of things like the main navigation bar this is usually the bar at the top of the screen and it appears on every page of the website, secondary navigation are things like the drop down menu from somewhere like the navigation bar this takes you to different sub sections of the website, and finally Tertiary navigation are things like links that take you off the page to view an image or video and can only be accessed via the primary and secondary navigation menus.

This website shows primary secondary and tertiary navigation the primary navigation bar the secondary drop down bar and the tertiary music section.
(http://grooveshark.com/#!/)

Design of your web page is the key to making your website successful it must be designed in RGB (red, green, blue) colour mode due to creating it in CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and black) would cause the colours to be affected when publishing the website. Consistency of these things must be a priority otherwise your website will look unprofessional. To create a design of a website it should be consistent with the theme of your website for example a music website could be designed to have sound waves  this is a good design for this kind of website because it shows what the website is about which with a music website would  be sound.

Language and terminology on your website should be considerate of people who may not be familiar with words that are not used to technical words, however that doesn't mean that you should make your language too simple as this could affect the professionalism of your website, make sure your language and spelling are correct otherwise this will again affect how professional your website looks.

Usability is how easy something is to use this is important in a website a simple layout is much better than an over complex one a simple navigation bar that leads to other set pages like the home page, your personal profile page, a page for things such as videos/images.

Users and target audience of your website is probably the main thing thing you need to consider because if you don't understand who your website is designed for then you can't create a successful for your target audience and the users of the website. Say your website is a music website aimed at a certain age of people lets say 14 to 21 year olds you would need to research what music is popular in that age group and gather the rights to use that music on your website this to do this you could carry out a survey using a website such as Facebook to create a poll on what genre of music people like after the results are in you could then design a music website around a genre people who took the poll would then visit the website and pass the link on to their friends and with luck your website could grow.