Week 10

Visual Consumer - Review of website

The website that I would like to review is one of my favourite magazine website.  

www.chiangmaicitylife.com

The overall layout is very attractive, inviting and stylish by using a contemporary layout to ensure the site is aesthetically appealing (Hashimoto & Clayton 2009). White background helps bring out the features and icons. Personally, it has the clearest site-building interface, the layout is very tidy. 

The main site navigation is at the top right of the web page, it is very well located and easy to find.

Even the web-site has a lot of photos, the load time is very fast. On the top left of the website is a search bar following with the magazine's logo down below. At the centre is the most recent article presenting with a large photo and small caption at the right bottom of the photo. Generally the usability on this site is well done by utilising design elements such as size, colour, balance and placement (CQUniversity Australia 2014).

References
CQUniversity Australia 2014, COMM11007 media writing: week 10 – impact of design, viewed 15 September 2014, http://moodle.cqu.edu.au/mod/resource/view.php?id=338228
Hashimoto, A & Clayton, M 2009, Visual design fundamentals: a digital approach, 3rd edn, Cengage Learning Australia, Rockland, MA, USA.
Rogers, Y, Sharp, H & Preece, J 2011, Interaction design: beyond human-computer interaction, 3rd edn, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester.

Quiz ReviewThis week topic is quite interesting, I achieved 60% in my first attempt, I know the score is very low however I re-read the chapter again and i finally got 100% at the second attempt. 

BLOG SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

• Weekly activities are clearly tagged or categorised so teaching staff can access posts easily. √
•  All references to ‘i’ as an individual word (and its relational words i’m, i’ld) have been capitalised.√
• If you have used ‘it’s’, it’s because you are referring to ‘it and is’ as a conjunction. This is the ONLY time an apostrophe is used in ‘it’s’.√
• All sentences have a full-stop at the end of a sentence.√
• If you have made reference to an external website or reading, you have referenced the original source or created a direct link to the original website.√
• All references are consistent, and correctly punctuated for the referencing style you are using. If you have used a figure, it is in keeping with the rule: spell out numbers under 10, use figures over 10 unless the number starts the sentence. 
•  All proper nouns are capitalised.√
• You have correctly used apostrophes as plural or possessive. Every time you have used an apostrophe, ask yourself whether it is possessive or plural, and depending on the answer, then ask yourself if it is being used correctly.√
• Check that you have used the correct words in your posts – common errors include quite/quiet, for example. You should pick these up if you read your work aloud.√
• If you have used the word ‘however’ in the middle of a sentence to indicate a shift in sentence direction, consider whether it needs a semi-colon before the word (eg. The dog was black; however, it was easy to spot at night because it was very shiny.)√
• Review subject/verb agreement. (eg. If the subject is singular, the verb should also be singular – ‘The dog is shiny’; not ‘The dog are shiny’.)√
• Revise the length of your sentences. If your sentence is more than a couple of lines in your blog, it needs to be shortened. Shorter sentences have greater impact and are more active generally.√
• Read your work aloud. Every sentence, every post. If the sentence sounds awkward, rephrase it.√