HORRAY!!

OMG! something happened... not sure what i did or didnt do, but its working!!! horray my site is fully functional and ready for review!!

http://nationalfolkfestival.host56.com/home.html

bask in its splendor...

:P

...

*sigh* another web hosting site, another epic FAIL. im having exactly the saem problem... none of my images are showing!!! ARGH!

http://nationalfolkfestival.host56.com/home.html

i shall try AGAIN

>:(

Geoff...

... can i ask you to please please please let me post the link to my (hopefully) fully functional website this afternoon? i would do it earlier but ive got to go to work now... either way its will be all done and ready to mark this avo!!

P

:'(

ok...i dont know whats wrong but none of my images are working. ive linked them all fine and stuff... i just cant figure it out. and i have to go to work now so it looks like ill be al uni to midnight again today. yay.

finally

well here it is, all uploaded and working and merry happy!!!

heffernannationalfolkfestival.x10hosting.com

enjoy!!

themed...

WELL! finally ive got my blog themed :D i used an original illustration, i think it looks quite cute and feminine :)

hopefully ill get my web hosting done tomorrow, them im all done.

XO

HTML

WELL! ive been having a little trouble understand the whole webpage thing, but heres my html! its quite basic, but thats mainly because of my minimalist design concept. heres my link:

\\mole\studenthomes$\u3028205\my documents\folk festival\Links\html document.html

as you can see it need alot of work!!
till next time...

Design Reference

When choosing my 5 design reference websites for this project, I decided to select them based on aesthetic principles, rather then technical, considering I’m a graphic design student who is much more versed in the visual side of things.My 5 websites are as follows;

http://www.modcloth.com/ 

http://www.frankie.com.au/

http://www.thefinderskeepers.com/

http://www.worldsweetworld.com/

http://www.madebywhite.com

I was familiar with most of these sites before this project, and was fond to their design concepts and principles. These aesthetical features are what most drew me towards these sites, combined with my my own idea of what my 'National Folk Festival' website should look like.

7 key characteristics that are shared by these website are therefore mostly visual. they are as followed;

1) Picture design

Each website shares the same basic principle in their picture choice. for example, each website uses a combination of both illustrated and photographic images, and these images themselves are very soft in appearance, lightly coloured and sparely used on the page to create a clean cut appearance. I am ecpecially interested in this charcteristic as im keen to use my own  illustrations in my web design.

2) Listing of main categories

Each website (save the modcloth website) uses a horizontal bar at the top of the page to list each of the sites main catergories (eg: home, shop, join). Modcloth still uses this same principle, though on a veritcal angle. i find this features, though very simple, extreamly important for navigational reasons (Steve Krugs trunk test).

3) Minimal design

Each site uses a minimal design concept, most choosing to have white as a background colour. 

4) Logo

Each website has the heading location at the top, and this in each case is also a link to the websites homepage. This is also important for navigation.

5) Navigation angle

Each website has its information listed on a horizontal angle, with the information leading down the page. This follows the normal conventions which most veiwers would be more familiar therefore comfortable with.

6) Language

Each website uses colloquial language. this feature makes it accessible tom more people, and gives it something like a personality.

7) HTML

Each webpage is presented in HTML

Thats all folks

xo

just

just a quick note, ive chosen to cover stonefest for my web design. i basically chos it besause im note a big follower of music, and this is the only one i had prior knowledge of before i started this unit :)

changed

well this is my first second blog, since ive just changed my blog account from twitter to blogger. since i only chose twitter bcause i thought it had a cute name, i find the reasoning behind using blogger much more rational :) its actually good