Stonefest Website Review

• There's no search panel
• Very plain and in my opinion boring colours are used
  
• The layout doesn't compare with the originality used in other music festivals.
• It has a messy structure.
  
• The writing used is too small
• The website doesn't need poster shown
• There's a UC logo present in the right hand corner
  
• Pictures of the line up are not linked to further band information.
• All pages do not link back to the homepage.
  

Steve Krug's Trunk test & main questions

Krug's test, constitutes how to design and/or design a good website;

What site is this
What page am i on
What are the major sections at this level
Where am i, in the scheme of things
How can i search

I think the main questions to be asked are;

What's wrong with the stonefest site?
What can i change and make better, in regards to the stakeholders?
What constitutes a good website?
Is there any relevant insights i can gain from other music festivals websites? ie. big day out, pyramid & homebake

Design Reference

In regards to our future assignment, I have decided to focus on the Stonefest festival. I believe a Grunge Themed website would appeal to University Students, as well as its association with music/rock. It has interested me due to the unique nature of the characteristics’ which will in future help me to re-create the Stonefest website.

The following screen shots are five useful reference sites:

Bart-Jan Verhoef

Revolution Church

Biola Undergrad

Scouting For Girls

Edge Point Church

The following seven characteristics are present within grunge themed websites;

• Background: A textured background is an essential element in regards to a grunge design. For Example;

• Lines & Frames: The frames and lines within the references are crooked, irregular, have dirty edges and in some cases overlap. The references also have a fixed width, in which all the contents are placed.

• Colour: A key characteristic of a grunge themed design are the colours used. All of the reference sites mentioned use raw, dirty, dull and earthy colours, consisting of browns, purples, blues and dirty whites.

• Hand Drawn: A grunge theme includes unique hand drawn pictures and hand written words. For example;

• Heading: All the reference sites have a large heading in the left corner of the page. This heading is unique because in all five references the text is faded and missing, giving it a grungey/dirty look.

• Search Panel: Most of the reference designs contain a search panel.

• Options Menu: 4 out of the 5 sites have an options menu. These are present vertically on the top of the page.

References:

www.smashingmagazine.com

www.webdesignerwall.com

Media Design and Production site