USI site critique

alright so the USI website....
Good

• I think the site shows easy navigation from the start
• The pictures at the top are eye catching
• the colors stand out and come from the schools logo

Bad

• After the first page the navigation gets really confusing
• I Think the my usi link could stand out a bit more from the usual links on the left.
• The tool bar on top is awkward in almost every since and changes through out the site.

Over all i think the site works for what it needs to. most the time if your looking for something on the site if u go to the search bar and type in exactly what you want you'll find it within the first 3 options. Most the time i dont waste my time searching through links in a toolbar anyways, but maybe thats a common problem in which to improve....

So if anything the navigation could be a bit more simple and then the details in appeal could be more consistent.

I don't think the page should look like a commercial entertainment site at all. Its a school so academics should be the main focus. Academics can look like fun it doesnt have to be all work.

It sorta makes me laugh a little when i look at the liberal arts page to the usi site. Since most art students fall under the liberal arts school one would think that it would be full of art work and have a really fancy site. Complete opposite it true here. the site is almost the plainest of all. The most that is on this site is a banner that is a montage of pictures of the school but that's it, that's as art like as it gets. Then its all links and white space from there. Very disappointing.

One university site i found that was very easy to go through was the Harvard site. I know Harvard of course it will look nice and flow easy. Sometimes you never know though, but still what i liked was that it had a front page that was right to the point. it almost seemed like a gateway to me but it had drop menus to all the different school and offices and had a link to the latest news on the school plus a slide show showing the academic appeal along with activities involved in the school. Its a good site for a great school.

I Think that today when high school kids are looking for a school to go to or visit before graduating they look at the web site first. The website is the first impression. If the site is easy to handle then it will be a good step into the door for the student to feel more comfortable making that school an option. Right now i think USI's site is appealing but not too easy to work with but with some little touch ups it could be a great site for a great school

Lawn Art Assignment Critique

OK my three to critique are Melissa Sybert, Mary Travis, and Andy Brown

Melissa Sybert

Your page came out very nice. Its very esy to navigate through and the pictures are nice to look at. Sometimes i think its almost too dark like you could have used brighter colors in some places to even out the tone. I was hoping you would have used the rollover feature for you links to your other pages rather then just keeping them the same. i think it wouldve added a little more to the page other than that the page looks very professional. so far ur the only person i have to critique so yea.

Mary Travis

Page still not up or i cant seem to find a link on twitter or blogger

Andy Brown

Page still not up..

This is my opinion on the world...

OK so this is going to me my critique post for the 3 web sites

rmilligan.willyworld.org

i really like the way the page feels.  The angle the corn is 

at is nice and gets the point across but isn't too out there 

in ur face. The information is easily read at the bottom 

and the little figure in the bottom  presenting the items 

in a nice touch.  the only thing i would have changed 

was made the picture in the top look like its behind 

the corn rather then in front.

kleisman.willyworld.org
Ok in this one i like a lot the grunge feel is very 
obvious.  I like the abstract look of everything in 
the background.  I got to see this site from the 
beginning so i know the troubles involved with 
everything.  The only thing if possible id change 
would be the text in the boxes, id change them to 
a more appropriate font that gives the same feel as 
the rest of the page, but like i said i know the 
suffering that went into getting it to even look right 
so yea. 

mfoster.willyworld.org
This one when i opened it up was a lot different 
then the other 2 i looked at.  Mainly because it was really 
bright compared to the others, but no one said that was 
wrong.  I really enjoy the way the pictures are placed in 
with the effects around the edges, then it looks like all the 
pictures have a pit of a gradient over them and it matches
the look very well its a cool use of gradients.  Then the 
way art club has the drop shadow really adds to the looks 
and help bring it out more.  I dont really see anything to 
change about it.  If anything maybe the main text font.. it 
could be somewhat hard to read.

Hope what i said helps someone if not. well then whatever see if i care. 

Assignment 1 Site

www.epayne.willyworld.org check it out!

Art Club Page Defense Post

Ok my inspiration came from, of course when seen, graffiti. I find graffiti to be a great way for someone to get how they feel on a subject out. Most is very improvised and alot of work. Also i find it to be a more modern look. Using an actual image of the corn booth was to show that the booth was in front of the wall like on the street. Eventually images will be but on the wall in the form of a montage to show the fun of art club. Hope it comes out the way i want it to.

First Post

First real post just doing it cuz i guess i should