Assignment+2

Assignment 2: Fitness Sports Re-Design
Due October 9, 2009



Reflection
I re-designed the [|Fitness Sports] page following Redish suggestions.

The original site already had a logo and identifying tagline (31). I included them on my page, placing the logo in a familiar place and included the tagline so the purpose of the site was clear. I included a search function and I also placed it in a familiar place–top right of the page.

I set the tone for website–visual style, colors, graphics, typography, writing style, words (31). The original site had a serif font. I set a sans serif font as the default (144).

I tried to help the reader get a clear sense of what the site is about (36). “A useful homepage is mostly links and short descriptions” (37). I created links to pathway pages, which represents the information currently found on the web site. I decided to take the information from the about us page and modify it for the home page. I put a sale item and the poll on the home page to add interest. The original site was a blur of links so I added more space that is active (139).

I used site visitors’ words such as “gear” (45). The original site centered text, I only centered the text in the sale advertisement (143). I set default font large enough for site visitors 14 point font (147). As Redish suggested I provided a good contrast between text and background (use black type on white background) (152).

To seem friendly and reach out to the site visitors I used “you” and “we” (172).